UConn senior tight end Ryan Griffin has been named to the Mackey Award watch list as one of the top tight ends in college football for the second straight season.
The 6-foot-6, 247-pound Griffin from Londonderry, N.H. caught 33 passes for 499 yards and three touchdowns as a junior and heads into his final season with 87 career receptions.
Griffin had eight games with at least three catches in 2011 highlighted by five catches in an Oct. 8 game against West Virginia.
Griffin was one of 33 players named to the watch list. The semifinalists will be announced on Nov. 12 and the finalists will be named on Nov. 19. The winner of the Mackey Award will be announced on Dec. 6.