The Augusta Sports Council has announced the pre-season watch list for the 2020 Ray Guy Award, which honors the nation’s top collegiate punter.
 
The 19 candidates on the list incorporate a broad spectrum of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) punters. The 2020 watch list was compiled based on the 2019 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist List, the top ten NCAA Punters from 2019, the 2019 All-Conference teams, the 2019 All-American Teams and the 2020 pre-season All-Conference Teams. 

The number of eligible candidates for this season will grow when the award opens nominations on July 23. The complete list of candidates will be released on November 10th. In mid-November, the Ray Guy Award committee will meet to select the ten semifinalists, who will be announced on November 24th. A national body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will then vote for the top three finalists to be announced on December 2nd. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation’s top punter. The winner will be announced live during The Home Depot College Football Awards airing on ESPN on Thursday, December 10, 2020.
 
2020 Ray Guy Award Pre-Season Watch List:

• Adam Korsak, Rutgers

• Austin McNamara, Texas Tech

• Blake Hayes, Illinois

• Drue Chrisman, Ohio State

• Jake Camarda, University of Georgia

• James Smith, Cincinnati

• John Haggerty, Western Kentucky University

• Kyle Thompson, University of Kansas

• Max Duffy, University of Kentucky

• Michael Turk, Arizona State University

• Oscar Bradburn, Virginia Tech

• Oscar Draguicevich III, Washington State

• Pressley Harvin III, Georgia Tech

• Rhys Byrns, Louisiana

• Ryan Bujcevski, University of Texas

• Ryan Stonehouse, Colorado State

• Trenton Gill, North Carolina State

• Tyson Dyer, New Mexico

• Zach Von Rosenberg, Louisiana State University

Ray Guy Award Timeline

July 22 - Pre-season watch list announced
July 23 - Nomination period begins
November 9 - Nomination forms due 
November 10 - Final candidate list announced
November 24 - Semifinalist list announced 
November 24-27 - Online voting to select finalists
December 2 - Three finalists announced 
December 2-6 - Online voting to select winner 
December 10 - Home Depot College FB Awards Show (Atlanta) 
January 2021 - Banquet (Augusta)