{
  "id": 2496424,
  "title": "Longhorns Daily News: Texas’ Rasheem Biles, Colin Simmons land on Chuck Bednarik Award watch list for second consecutive year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/longhorns-daily-news-texas-rasheem-biles-colin-simmons-land-on-chuck",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T04:28:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/longhorns-daily-news-texas-rasheem-042836997.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Texas Longhorns football team has secured a spot on the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list for the second consecutive year. Rasheem Biles, a senior transfer from Pittsburgh, and Colin Simmons, a junior, have been named to the prestigious watch list, which honors the top defensive player in college football each season. The award committee announced the selection on August 21, 2026, marking the second year in a row that both players have been included in the prestigious group.",
  "summary": "Texas football standouts Rasheem Biles and Colin Simmons have wracked up preseason accolades throughout the preseason, and most recently, that includes both players being named to the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, the award’s committee announced this week. It’s the second consecutive season that Biles, a senior who joined Texas after transferring out of Pittsburgh’s […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Longhorns Daily News: Davey O’Brien Award names Texas’ Arch Manning to this year’s preseason watch list",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/longhorns-daily-news-davey-obrien-award-names-texas-arch-manning-to",
        "published": "2026-08-21T07:13:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}