TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – BYU wide receiver Gunner Romney has been added to the 2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation on Wednesday.
The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football's outstanding receiver, not merely college football's outstanding wide receiver.
Romney has 20 receptions for 453 yards and two touchdowns through four games this season. His 453 receiving yards ranks No. 4 in the FBS and the junior leads the nation in receptions of more than 20 yards with 10, and more than 30 yards with seven. His 22.65 yards per reception and 113.3 yards per game both rank 10th nationally.
A product of Chandler High School in Arizona, Romney started the year with three consecutive 100-yard games. He is the first BYU wideout since the Cougars' career-leader in receiving, Cody Hoffman, to have at least three games of 100 yards in a row. Hoffman was a two-time Biletnikoff Award watch list honoree.
The semifinalists, finalists, and award recipient are selected by the highly distinguished Biletnikoff Award National Selection Committee, a group of prominent college football journalists, commentators, announcers, Biletnikoff Award winners, and other former receivers.
Fred Biletnikoff, a member of the pro and college football halls of fame, was a consensus All-America receiver at Florida State University, and an All-Pro receiver for the Oakland Raiders. He caught 589 passes for 8,974 yards and 76 touchdowns in his 14-year Raiders career from 1965 through 1978. Fred was the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XI.
The 2020 Biletnikoff Award winner will be presented the Biletnikoff Award trophy by TQC Foundation Chairman George Avant, Jr., keynoter and College Football Hall of Famer Chad Hennings, and college and Pro Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff before 550 patrons at the Biletnikoff Award Banquet at the University Center Club at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee on Saturday, March 6, 2021.