It's that time of year when we start to see all those fun watch lists come out.

Sure, they might not mean much now, but it's another sign that we are getting closer and closer to the college football season. Today, the National College Football Awards Association released the 2014 watch lists for the Bednarik Award, which is given annually to the nation's best defensive player, and the Maxwell Award, which is presented each year to the college football player of the year.

The SEC is well represented, with 15 players from the league making the Bednarik watch list and 13 on the Maxwell watch list. There were 76 total players on each list.

Bednarik

• Landon Collins, S, Alabama

• Trey DePriest, LB, Alabama

• Alvin "Bud" Dupree, DE, Kentucky

• Trey Flowers, DE, Arkansas

• Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia

• Dante Fowler Jr., DE/LB, Florida

• Markus Golden, DE, Missouri

• Vernon Hargreaves III, CB, Florida

• Jordan Jenkins, LB, Georgia

• A.J. Johnson, LB, Tennessee

• Benardrick McKinney, LB, Mississippi State

• Cody Prewitt, S, Ole Miss

• A'Shawn Robinson, DE, Alabama

• Robenson Therezie, S, Auburn

• Ramik Wilson, LB, Georgia

Maxwell

• Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn

• Jacob Coker, QB, Alabama

• Alex Collins, RB, Arkansas

• Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama

• Mike Davis, RB, South Carolina

• Jeff Driskel, QB, Florida

• Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia

• Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama

• Nick Marshall, QB, Auburn

• Dak Prescott, QB, Mississippi State

• Bo Wallace, QB, Ole Miss

• Jonathan Williams, RB, Arkansas

• T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama