UACFOOTBALL - The Central Arkansas duo of David Walker (DL) and TaMuarion Wilson (DB) were joined by Utah Tech's  Syrus Webster (DL) as United Athletic Conference football standouts included on the preseason watch list for the STATS Perform 2023 Buck Buchanan Award, presented by FedEx Ground. The award is presented annually to the national defensive player of the year in Division I FCS college football.
 
All 15 FCS conferences, which combine to form 13 leagues, are represented on the watch list of 35 players, highlighted by 13 past finalists including Walker, a 2022 finalist for the honor.

More players can join the watch list during the regular season before a national media panel selects the winner from a group of finalists. First awarded in 1995, the Buchanan includes past recipients such as Dexter Coakley, Rashean Mathis, Jared Allen and Arthur Moats.
 
The preseason watch list includes:
 
Defensive Linemen
Sundiata Anderson, Grambling State
Finn Claypool, Drake
Daylan Dotson, UT Martin
Ty French, Gardner-Webb
Patrick Godbolt, South Carolina State
Thor Griffith, Harvard
Nate Lynn, William & Mary
Eli Mostaert, North Dakota State
Eric O’Neill, LIU
Jay Person, Chattanooga
Josiah Silver, New Hampshire
Sebastian Valdez, Montana State
David Walker, Central Arkansas
Syrus Webster, Utah Tech
 
Linebackers
Colton Adams, Alabama State
Armon Bailey, Sacramento State
Adam Bock, South Dakota State
Rodney Dansby, Houston Christian
Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross
Isaac Dowling, Mercer
David Hoage, Northern Colorado
Liam Johnson, Princeton
Bryce Norman, Southeast Missouri
John Pius, William & Mary
Winston Reid, Weber State
Tristan Wheeler, Richmond
Antoine Williams, Western Carolina
 
Defensive Backs
Maxwell Anderson
Khalil Baker, North Carolina Central
Kameron Brown, Chattanooga
Rex Connors, UC Davis
Myles Harden, South Dakota
Devin Haskins, Holy Cross
Lawrence Johnson, Southeast Missouri
TaMuarion Wilson, Central Arkansas