Joe Ganz and Marlon Lucky both found their names on the watch lists for two major college football awards earlier this week.
Ganz was named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list, which goes to the top senior quarterback in the country. He is the likely starter this year for the Huskers and is coming off an amazing three-game effort that saw him throw for 1,453 yards and 16 touchdowns while setting single-game school records for passing yards and touchdowns.
Lucky is on the watch list for the Maxwell Award, given to the nation's top college football player. He is coming off a junior year that saw him rush for over 1,000 yards and catch a school-record 75 passes for 705 yards. He accounted for 1,743 all-purpose yards in earning second-team All-Big 12 honors last year.
Both athletes could join some legendary company if they win these awards. Former Husker I-back Mike Rozier won the Maxwell Award -- along with the Heisman Trophy and Walter Camp Award -- in 1983 after rushing for a school-record 2,148 yards. The Unitas Golden Arm Award was also won by a former Husker, as Tommie Frazier earned the honor while leading the Huskers to the national title in 1995.
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