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McGuire Named to Bednarik Award Watch List

McGuire, Isaiah

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri football’s Isaiah McGuire is a member of the 2022 Bednarik Award Watch List, it was announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday.

The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1994 and is named in honor of Chuck “Concrete Charlie” Bednarik who was an All-American at Penn and later an All-Pro linebacker and center for the Philadelphia Eagles.

McGuire returns for 2022 as a senior with 29 games played, including 13 starts last year, and 77 career tackles. He led the Tigers in sacks with six in 2021 and was second on team in tackles for loss with 14.

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