WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The John Mackey Award has announced that fifth-year senior Justin Sinz has been named one of 33 players nationally to the midseason watch list.
Sinz, from Edger, Wis., is third for the Boilermakers with 22 catches for 176 yards and one touchdown on the year. Dating to last season, he has at least one reception in 19 consecutive games. He is also Purdue's nominee for the 2014 National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. An excellent student, Sinz is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee and the 2014 John Mackey recipient will be announced on December 10, 2014 and then presented live on December 11, 2014 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on ESPNU. Upcoming key dates include the announcement of the semifinalists on Nov. 17, 2014, and the finalists on Nov. 24, 2014. All future announcements can be found at johnmackeyaward.com
Tim Stratton, who lettered at Purdue from 1998 to 2001, was the inaugural John Mackey Award winner in 2000.
2014 John Mackey Award Midseason Watch List
Rory Anderson, Sr., South Carolina
Kennard Backman, Sr., UAB
EJ Bibbs, Sr., Iowa State
Gerald Christian, Sr., Louisville
Evan Engram, So., Ole Miss
Billy Freeman, So., San Jose State
David Grinnage, So., NC State
Connor Hamlett, Sr., Oregon State Mitchell Henry, Sr., WKU
Jeff Heuerman, Sr., Ohio State
Bucky Hodges, Fr., Virginia Tech
Austin Hooper, So., Stanford
OJ Howard, So., Alabama
Jesse James, Jr., Penn State
Malcolm Johnson, Sr., Mississippi State
Ben Koyack, Sr. Notre Dame
Tyler Kroft, Jr., Rutgers
Jimmay Mundine, Sr., Kansas
Nick O'Leary, Sr., Florida State
Casey Pierce, Sr., Kent State
Joel Ruiz, Jr., Georgia State
Tyreese Russell, Sr., Eastern Michigan
Wes Saxton, Sr., South Alabama
Cam Serigne, Fr., Wake Forest
Jean Sifrin, Jr., Massachusetts
Justin Sinz, Sr., Purdue
Jonnu Smith, So., FIU
Randall Telfer, Sr., USC
Eric Tomlinson, Sr., UTEP
CJ Uzomah, Sr., Auburn
Clive Walford, Sr., Miami, FL
Alex Welch, Sr., Miami, OH
Maxx Williams, So., Minnesota