Former Central Bobcat Named to Prestigious Award Watch List

SAN ANGELO, TX— A former Central Bobcat has been named to a prestigious award watch list.

Maverick McIvor, who is the quarterback at Western Kentucky, has been named to the Maxwell Award watch list. The Maxwell Award is given to the most outstanding college football player in the nation.

McIvor played for the San Angelo Central Bobcats from 2016 until 2018. 

After playing as a receiver as a sophomore, he exploded in 2017 as a junior when he played 12 games, completing 262 of 422 passes for 3,415 yards, 43 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.

His senior year, McIvor was injured in the second game with a season-ending knee injury.

McIvor started his college career at Texas Tech and was injured again before he transferred to ACU. McIvor returned to Lubbock last season when the Wildcats took on the Red Raiders and took things down to the wire, so much so that the game went into overtime. McIvor and the Wildcats took the loss, 52-51, but he played outstanding, going 36-51 for 506 yards, three TDs and no INTs.

He again entered the transfer portal in 2025 and now plays for Western Kentucky.

Eighty players made the 2025 preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award. They are as follows:

Quarterbacks

• Drew Allar- Penn State
• CJ Bailey- NC State
• Braylon Braxton- Southern Miss
• Kyron Drones- Virginia Tech
• Avery Johnson- Kansas State
• Sam Leavitt- Arizona State
• John Mateer- Oklahoma
• Darian Mensah- Duke
• Miller Moss- Louisville
• Garrett Nussmeier- LSU
• Marcel Reed- Texas A&M
• Brendan Sorsby- Cincinnati
• Alonza Barnett III- James Madison
• Tucker Gleason- Toledo
• Eli Holstein- Pitt
• Nico Iamaleava- UCLA
• Haynes King- Georgia Tech
• Owen McCown- UTSA
• Chandler Murphy- Virginia
• Maalik Murphy- Oregon State
• LaNorris Sellers- South Carolina
• Caden Veltkamp- Florida Atlantic
• Luke Altmyer- Illinois
• Rocco Becht- Iowa State
• Taylen Green- Arkansas
• Josh Hoover- TCU
• Keyone Jenkins- FIU
• Cade Klubnik- Clemson
• Maddux Madsen- Boise State
• Maverick McIvor- Western Kentucky
• Behren Morton- Texas Texas
• Parker Navarro- Ohio
• Sawyer Robertson- Baylor
• Diego Pavia- Vanderbilt
• Desmond Williams Jr.- Washington
• Jackson Arnold- Auburn
• Carson Beck- Miami
• Tommy Castellanos- Florida State
• Devon Dampier- Utah
• Noah Fifita- Arizona
• Mark Gronowski- Iowa
• Blake Horvath- Navy
• Kevin Jennings- SMU
• DJ Lagway- Florida
• Arch Manning- Texas
• Fernando Mendoza- Indiana
• Dylan Raiola- Nebraska

Running Backs

• Demond Claiborne- Wake Forest
• Nate Frazier- Georgia
• Anthony Hankerson- Oregon State
• Al-Jay Henderson- Buffalo
• Makhi Hughes- Oregon
• Jalen Buckley- Western Michigan
• Jonah Coleman- Washington
• Dylan Edwards- Kansas State
• Jamal Haynes- Georgia Tech
• Nicholas Singleton- Penn State
• Darius Taylor- Minnesota
• Bryson Washington- Baylor
• Kaytron Allen- Penn State
• Isaac Brown- Louisville
• Caden Durham- LSU
• Ahmad Hardy- Missouri
• Jeremiyah Love- Notre Dame
• Jaydn Ott- Oklahoma
• Desmond Reid- Pitt
• Terion Stewart- Virginia Tech
• Justice Haynes- Michigan
• Le’Veon Moss- Texas A&M
• Jaden Nixon- UCF
• Jai’Den Thomas- UNLV
• Jahiem White- West Virginia
• Quintrevion Wisner- Texas

Wide Receivers

• Elijah Sarratt- Indiana
• Jordyn Tyson- Arizona State
• Antonio Williams- Clemson
• Cam Coleman- Auburn
• Ryan Williams- Alabama
• Corey Rucker- Arkansas State
• Jeremiah Smith- Ohio State