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Perales earns spot on watch list
8/1/2022 1:00:00 PM | Football
Senior defensive end David Perales earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award®
HOUSTON - Fresno State senior defensive end David Perales has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award®, announced by the Rotary Club of Houston on Monday afternoon.
Perales is one of 77 players on the preseason watch list for the award presented annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman, who in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi. Perales is one of three players from the Mountain West, joined by San Jose State defensive end Viliami Junior Fehoko and San Diego State linebacker Caden McDonald.
Perales enters his sixth year of collegiate football in 2022. Transferring to Fresno State from Sacramento State in 2019, Perales has made an impact on the defensive line for the past two seasons. Being named a team captain in 2021, Perales stepped up as a leader on the defense while recording the most tackles on the defensive line with a single-season career-best 40 stops. Perales also had single-season career-best marks in tackles for loss (13.0) and sacks (7.0) a season ago. His 13.0 tackles for loss accounted for 72 yards lost, a team-best yards lost. A force on the line, Perales had seven-straight games with at least 1.0 tackles for loss from Sept. 24-Nov.25 last season.
In his brief Fresno State career (19 games), the Merced, Calif. native has totaled 73 tackles, 22.5 tackles for a loss of 108 yards, 11.0 sacks for a loss of 82 yards, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, three quarterback hurries and one pass block. He was named a second team All-Mountain West defensive end in both 2020 and 2021.
This year's watch list is filled with talent from a multitude of schools and conferences, which should make for an exciting voting process. To be considered for the Rotary Lombardi Award®, players must be a NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:
The voting process will follow this schedule.
A midseason watch list will be released on Oct 15 to reflect any updates to the current list.
The 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award® watch list is compiled by a subcommittee of the Rotary Lombardi Award® committee and included SID submissions. Players were selected based on their past performance and expectations for the upcoming 2022 college football season. To be considered for the watch list, players must also have started at least one game at an NCAA Division 1 college or university.
Fresno State Football Preseason Watch Lists
Maxwell Award - Jake Haener
Davey O'Brien Award - Jake Haener
Doak Walker Award - Jordan Mims
Biletnikoff Award - Jalen Cropper
Jim Thorpe Award - Evan Williams
Bronko Nagurski Trophy - Evan Williams
Paul Hornung Award - Nikko Remigio
Walter Camp Award - Jake Haener
Chuck Bednarik Award - Evan Williams
Rotary Lombardi Award® - David Perales
"Fresno State Athletics - For The V: The Central Valley" - Bulldog student-athletes, coaches, and staff proudly wear the "Green V" to show their pride in representing the Central Valley. Stories of why the Bulldogs play for the "Green V" will be shared throughout the next year with #ForTheV. To become a Bulldog Foundation member or join "The Green V Society," please visit bulldogfoundation.org.
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Perales is one of 77 players on the preseason watch list for the award presented annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman, who in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi. Perales is one of three players from the Mountain West, joined by San Jose State defensive end Viliami Junior Fehoko and San Diego State linebacker Caden McDonald.
Perales enters his sixth year of collegiate football in 2022. Transferring to Fresno State from Sacramento State in 2019, Perales has made an impact on the defensive line for the past two seasons. Being named a team captain in 2021, Perales stepped up as a leader on the defense while recording the most tackles on the defensive line with a single-season career-best 40 stops. Perales also had single-season career-best marks in tackles for loss (13.0) and sacks (7.0) a season ago. His 13.0 tackles for loss accounted for 72 yards lost, a team-best yards lost. A force on the line, Perales had seven-straight games with at least 1.0 tackles for loss from Sept. 24-Nov.25 last season.
In his brief Fresno State career (19 games), the Merced, Calif. native has totaled 73 tackles, 22.5 tackles for a loss of 108 yards, 11.0 sacks for a loss of 82 yards, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, three quarterback hurries and one pass block. He was named a second team All-Mountain West defensive end in both 2020 and 2021.
This year's watch list is filled with talent from a multitude of schools and conferences, which should make for an exciting voting process. To be considered for the Rotary Lombardi Award®, players must be a NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:
- Be a down Lineman, end to end, either on offense or defense, setting up no further than ten (10) yards to the left or right of the ball at the time of the snap.
- Be a Linebacker on defense, setting up no further than five (5) yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
- Must not come out of the offensive backfield and set up on the line of scrimmage as a Blocker or a Receiver or listed in the program as an Offensive Back or Receiver.
- Be eligible to participate in the current season.
The voting process will follow this schedule.
- November 1 – 8, 2022: Vote to determine Semi-finalists
- November 10, 2022: Semi-finalists announcement
- November 11 – 21, 2022: Vote to determine Four Finalists
- November 23, 2022: Four Finalists announcement
- November 23 – December 5, 2022: Final vote to determine winner
- December 7, 2022: Rotary Lombardi Award® Winner announced
A midseason watch list will be released on Oct 15 to reflect any updates to the current list.
The 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award® watch list is compiled by a subcommittee of the Rotary Lombardi Award® committee and included SID submissions. Players were selected based on their past performance and expectations for the upcoming 2022 college football season. To be considered for the watch list, players must also have started at least one game at an NCAA Division 1 college or university.
Fresno State Football Preseason Watch Lists
Maxwell Award - Jake Haener
Davey O'Brien Award - Jake Haener
Doak Walker Award - Jordan Mims
Biletnikoff Award - Jalen Cropper
Jim Thorpe Award - Evan Williams
Bronko Nagurski Trophy - Evan Williams
Paul Hornung Award - Nikko Remigio
Walter Camp Award - Jake Haener
Chuck Bednarik Award - Evan Williams
Rotary Lombardi Award® - David Perales
"Fresno State Athletics - For The V: The Central Valley" - Bulldog student-athletes, coaches, and staff proudly wear the "Green V" to show their pride in representing the Central Valley. Stories of why the Bulldogs play for the "Green V" will be shared throughout the next year with #ForTheV. To become a Bulldog Foundation member or join "The Green V Society," please visit bulldogfoundation.org.
Follow us on:
Twitter: @FresnoStateFB
Instagram: Fresno_State_Football
Facebook: FresnoStateFootball
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