TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
https://gofrogs.com/news/2019/7/23/...niang-named-to-outland-trophy-watch-list.aspx
GoFrogs: Blacklock and Niang Named to Outland Trophy Watch List
DALLAS -- TCU defensive tackle Ross Blacklock and offensive tackle Lucas Niang have been named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy, recognizing the nation's top interior lineman.
Blacklock, who also appears on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, was selected as the state's best defensive lineman by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. As a redshirt freshman in 2017, he started all 14 games and was an FWAA Freshman All-American and the Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year. The junior from Missouri City, Texas, totaled 27 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss with two sacks. He was sidelined by injury in the 2018 campaign.
At right tackle, Niang was the only offensive lineman on the Horned Frogs to start all 13 games last season. He did not allow a sack and had an 86.3 percent grade by Pro Football Focus, making him the highest-graded pass blocker among Big 12 offensive tackles who played a minimum of 300 snaps in 2018 and return this fall. A senior from New Canaan, Conn., Niang was second-team All-Big 12 last season and was selected to the 2019 Media Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team.
GoFrogs: Blacklock and Niang Named to Outland Trophy Watch List
DALLAS -- TCU defensive tackle Ross Blacklock and offensive tackle Lucas Niang have been named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy, recognizing the nation's top interior lineman.
Blacklock, who also appears on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, was selected as the state's best defensive lineman by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. As a redshirt freshman in 2017, he started all 14 games and was an FWAA Freshman All-American and the Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year. The junior from Missouri City, Texas, totaled 27 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss with two sacks. He was sidelined by injury in the 2018 campaign.
At right tackle, Niang was the only offensive lineman on the Horned Frogs to start all 13 games last season. He did not allow a sack and had an 86.3 percent grade by Pro Football Focus, making him the highest-graded pass blocker among Big 12 offensive tackles who played a minimum of 300 snaps in 2018 and return this fall. A senior from New Canaan, Conn., Niang was second-team All-Big 12 last season and was selected to the 2019 Media Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team.
