Seven OVC Defensive Football Players Named to CFPA Preseason Watch Lists 6/30/2011 3:05:00 PM Offensive Players on CFPA ListsThroughout the summer the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) will be releasing preseason watch lists for players in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The list highlights players whose performance mertis recognition heading into the 2011 season.The purpose of the CFPA is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA is the only awards organization to receive praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.The watch lists will include the following categories: quarterback, running back, wide receiver, defensive line, linebacker, defensive back, placekicker, punter, kickoff returner and punt returner.The three lists involving defensive positions have been released and the lists include seven total players from the Ohio Valley Conference.The defensive line list included only one player, Eastern Kentucky sophomore Anthony Brown.There were three OVC linebackers on the list, including Eastern Kentucky senior Tyson Patrick, Jacksonville State senior Rodney Garrott and Tennessee Tech junior Marcus Edwards.Three OVC players also made the defensive backs list including Eastern Kentucky senior Jeremy Caldwell, Jacksonville State junior Keginald Harris and Southeast Missouri State junior Tylor Brock.The specialist lists will be released later this summer.OVC Players on CFPA Defensive ListsDL - Anthony Brown, Eastern KentuckyLB - Tyson Patrick, Eastern KentuckyLB - Rodney Garrott, Jacksonville StateLB - Marcus Edwards, Tennessee TechDB - Jeremy Caldwell, Eastern KentuckyDB - Keginald Harris, Jacksonville StateDB - Tylor Brock, Southeast Missouri State