LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football redshirt senior Bryce Foster was named to the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced on Tuesday. Foster is one of 50 returning standout interior linemen.
The recipient of the 2025 Outland Trophy will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, live on ESPN on Friday, Dec. 12. The official trophy presentation to the winner will be made at the Outland Trophy Awards Dinner sponsored by Werner Enterprises and produced by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee on Jan. 21, 2026, in Omaha, Neb.
Foster is one of nine centers selected to the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List, along with 16 offensive tackles, 15 guards and 10 defensive tackles. Foster is also one of 10 representatives from the Big 12 Conference and Kansas’ first representative on the Outland Trophy Preseason Watch List since Hakeem Adeniji in 2019.
Foster, of Katy, Texas, was recently named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team, after being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team following the 2024 season. Foster started all 12 games and helped pave the way for 211.4 rushing yards per game and allowed just 10 sacks as a unit in 2024. Following the 2024 football season, Foster earned Second Team All-America honors in the shot put at the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, as part of the Kansas track and field team.Foster arrived at Kansas following three seasons at Texas A&M, starting 28 games and being named to the 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team, 2021 FWAA Freshman All-America Team and the 2021 The Athletic Freshman All-America First Team.
The FWAA will announce six or seven Outland Trophy semifinalists on Nov. 19 at a reception in Omaha, and those players will then be pared down to three finalists announced on Nov. 25 on ESPN. The Outland Trophy winner is chosen from those finalists who will be part of the annual FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects a 26-man first team and eventually the three Outland finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner. Only interior linemen on offense or defense are eligible for the award; ends and edge rushers are not eligible.