NEW HAVEN, CONN. (SMU) – Senior quarterback Kevin Jennings was named to the Walter Camp 2026 Player of Year Preseason Watchlist, the foundation announced on Monday.
 
Earlier in the summer, the Foundation announced its 2026 preseason All-American teams. Walter Camp is the nation's oldest and most prestigious collegiate football All-America team. The 2026 Player of Year watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in early November and three finalists will be announced in early December. The 2026 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 138 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced in the second week of December.
 
The Dallas native threw for 3,641 yards in 2025, which was third in the ACC and seventh in FBS. The two-year captain finished last season with career highs in completions (300), passing yards (3,641), passing touchdowns (26) and completion percentage (66.0).
 
Among returning FBS quarterbacks, Jennings enters the 2026 season with one of the nation's strongest resumes. Jennings is tied for third among returning Power Four quarterbacks in career wins as a starter (19), owns the third-highest winning percentage among active FBS quarterbacks (.731), is fifth among returning Power 4 quarterbacks in career passing yards (7,709), ranks fifth among returning Power 4 quarterbacks in career passing touchdowns (55) and is fifth nationally in career total offense for returning Power 4 quarterbacks (8,267).
 
About Walter Camp
Considered the "Father of American Football," Walter Camp introduced the play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side in 1880. Nine years later, Mr. Camp, then the Yale University head coach, selected the first-ever college football All-America team. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
 
About the Walter Camp Foundation
The Walter Camp Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses college football's most prestigious awards. The NCFAA's 25 awards have honored nearly 1,000 recipients since 1935. This season, 12 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday. Sixteen NCFAA members are unveiling preseason watch lists over a three-week period as the association spearheads a coordinated effort to promote each award's preseason candidates.