California senior defensive back Nohl Williams has been named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday.
 
Williams is one of 20 semifinalists representing five conferences and one independent university.
 
Semifinalist voting for the award begins today and will close on Nov. 23. Three finalists will be announced on Nov. 26 and a finalist round of voting will take place at that time. Eligible voters include Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA head football coaches, sports information directors and selected national media.
 
Williams is having a standout season for the Golden Bears, leading the country in interceptions (7), which ties for seventh on Cal's all-time list. The Oxnard native has as many interceptions as any Cal player since Daymeion Hughes' eight in 2006, when he was the Lott IMPACT Trophy winner, a consensus first-team All-American and the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Williams is two shy of Deltha O'Neal's single-season school record of nine interceptions in 1999 and has 14 career interceptions. He is Cal's first Chuck Bednarik Award semifinalist since Evan Weaver in 2019.
 
2024 Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalists

Jihaad Campbell		Alabama	LB	Junior
Donovan Ezeiruaku		Boston College	DE	Senior
Nohl Williams		California	CB	Senior
Travis Hunter		Colorado	CB	Junior
Malaki Starks		Georgia	S	Junior
Mikail Kamara		Indiana	DE	Junior
Jay Higgins		Iowa	LB	Senior
Mike Green		Marshall	DE	Sophomore
Mason Graham		Michigan	DT	Junior
Xavier Watts		Notre Dame	S	Senior
Caleb Downs		Ohio State	S	Sophomore
Chris Paul Jr.		Ole Miss	LB	Junior
Walter Nolen		Ole Miss	DT	Junior
Abdul Carter		Penn State	DE	Junior
Kyle Kennard		South Carolina	ED	Senior
James Pearce Jr.		Tennessee	ED	Junior
Anthony Hill Jr		Texas	LB	Sophomore
Jahdae Barron		Texas	CB	Senior
Nic Scourton		Texas A&M	DE	Junior
Antwaun Powell-Ryland		Virginia Tech	DE	Junior

 
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