Tulane QB Pratt named to Maxwell Award Watch List

Philadelphia – Tulane junior quarterback Michael Pratt has been named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced on Monday.

The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the outstanding football player in college football. The Maxwell has been presented to the College Football Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell who was a former standout at Swarthmore College and went a renowned sportswriter and football official. This will be the 87th presentation of the Maxwell Award.

The full list for this year consists of 85 players with 16 schools having two players represented.

Pratt is coming off a 2022 season in which he played in and started 13 games, went 215 for 338 in passing, had a 63.6 completion percentage (third best in a single season), threw for 3,009 yards (fourth most in a single season), threw for 27 touchdowns (third most in a single season) and had a 161.8 passing efficiency rating. He also finished second all-time at the school in a single season with his 5.4 touchdown to interception ratio and with his 8.9 yards per attempt. Pratt also finished second on the team in 2022 with his 129 carries for 478 yards and 10 touchdowns. His 10 rushing touchdowns are the second-most ever recorded by a Tulane quarterback in a single season.

In his career, Pratt has started 35 games while completing 544 of 920 passes for 7,196 yards and 68 passing touchdowns. He also has had 349 rushing attempts for 849 yards and 23 touchdowns. He enters the season ranking in the top-10 in the career record books at Tulane in lowest interception ratio (1st – 2.28), passing efficiency (1st – 144.7), passing touchdowns (3rd – 68), completion percentage (4th – 59.1), passing yards per game (4th-205.6), passing yards (5th – 7,196), completions (6th – 544), 300-yard passing games (6th – 5), completions per game (7th – 15.54) and yards per completion (7th – 13.22). His 68 passing touchdowns are only two from reaching Shaun King for second and only four from tying the Patrick Ramsey’s school record.

This season, Tulane brings back four of the team’s five starters on the offensive line (Sincere Haynesworth, Prince Pines, Josh Remetich, Rashad Green), two of the team’s top three rushers (Michael Pratt and Shaadie Clayton-Johnson), the starting quarterback (Pratt), two of the top four receivers (Jha’Quan Jackson and Lawrence Keys III), the team’s punter (Casey Glover), the team’s kicker (Valentino Ambrosio), the team’s leader in interceptions (Jarius Monroe) and three of the five leading defensive players in tackles for loss (Patrick Jenkins, Darius Hodges and Keith Cooper Jr.).

In 2022, Tulane’s football team completed an unprecedented 12-2 campaign, culminating with an American Athletic Conference title and a 46-45 win over USC in the Cotton Bowl. At season’s end, the Green Wave finished with a ninth overall ranking, the second-highest in program history. Tulane opens the 2023 season at Yulman Stadium hosting South Alabama on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.

2023 Maxwell Award Preseason Watchlist: Alphabetically

Alex Adams
WR Akron Junior
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin Junior
Trey Benson
RB Florida State Junior
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia Junior
Carter Bradley
QB South Alabama Senior
Jermaine Brown
RB UAB Senior
Hudson Card
QB Purdue Junior
Marquez Cooper
RB Ball State Junior
Chevan Cordeiro
QB San Jose State Senior
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky Junior
Blake Corum
RB Michigan Senior
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona Senior
Jalon Daniels
QB Kansas Junior
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU Senior
Jayden de Laura
QB Arizona Junior
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State Junior
Samson Evans
RB Eastern Michigan Senior
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas Sophomore
Dequan Finn
QB Toledo Junior
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oklahoma Senior
Oronde Gadsden
TE Syracuse Junior
Matthew Golden
WR Houston Sophomore
Frank Gore, Jr.
RB Southern Miss Junior
Darren Grainger
QB Georgia State Senior
Taylen Green
QB Boise State Sophomore
Donavon Greene
WR Wake Forest Junior
Frank Harris
QB UTSA Senior
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State Junior
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame Senior
Seth Henigan
QB Memphis Junior
George Holani
RB Boise State Senior
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State Senior
Will Howard
QB Kansas State Senior
KJ Jefferson
QB Arkansas Senior
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ole Miss Sophomore
Phil Jurkovec
QB Pitt Senior
Devin Leary
QB Kentucky Senior
Riley Leonard
QB Duke Junior
Damien Martinez
RB Oregon State Sophomore
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina Sophomore
Grayson McCall
QB Coastal Carolina Senior
Larry McCammon
RB Florida Atlantic Senior
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan Junior
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama Junior
Cade McNamara
QB Iowa Senior
Joe Milton
QB Tennessee Senior
Tanner Mordecai
QB Wisconsin Senior
Chandler Morris
QB TCU Sophomore
Malik Nabers
WR LSU Junior
Devin Neal
RB Kansas Junior
Bo Nix
QB Oregon Senior
Nate Noel
RB Appalachian State Junior
Rome Odunze
WR Washington Junior
Jaydn Ott
RB Cal Sophomore
Diego Pavia
QB New Mexico State Senior
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida Senior
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington Senior
John Rhys Plumlee
QB UCF Senior
Jack Plummer
QB Louisville Senior
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane Junior
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina Senior
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky Senior
Richard Reese
RB Baylor Sophomore
Cameron Rising
QB Utah Senior
Aidan Robbins
RB BYU Junior
Will Rogers
QB Mississippi State Senior
Kurtis Rourke
QB Ohio Senior
Raheim Sanders
RB Arkansas Junior
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado Junior
Will Sheppard
WR Vanderbilt Senior
Will Shipley
RB Clemson Junior
Tyler Shough
QB Texas Tech Senior
Garrett Shrader
QB Syracuse Senior
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State Sophomore
Kedon Slovis
QB BYU Senior
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland Senior
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State Senior
Cameron Ward
QB Washington State Junior
E.J. Warner
QB Temple Sophomore
La’Damian Webb
RB South Alabama Senior
Antwane Wells
WR South Carolina Senior
Jalen White
RB Georgia Southern Senior
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois Junior
Caleb Williams
QB USC Junior
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas Junior