Indiana Hoosier junior offensive lineman Bray Lynch was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Preseason Watch List, announced Wednesday by SPORTyler and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Selection Committee.
The award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding Division I offensive player who graduated from a Texas high school or plays at a four-year college in Texas.
Lynch, a 6-foot-5, 307 pound offensive lineman from Austin, Texas attended Westlake High School and graduated in 2022 before signing with the Hoosiers that fall. He was a 2021 MaxPreps All-American and helped Westlake to to three-straight state championships (2019-21) with Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik.
Lynch has been stellar at Indiana on and off the field since 2022. Last season he helped Indiana to an 11-2 record which featured a College Football Playoff berth. He was also part of an offensive line that was named semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award for the best offensive line in the nation. Lynch was also named to the Big-Ten All Academic team two consecutive seasons.
Bray Lynch started in all 13 games last season and looks to start at guard this season along side Carter Smith, Pat Coogan, Drew Evans and Khalil Benson.
.@Bray_Lynch74 is on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Watchlist! pic.twitter.com/ArVwWodj8p
— Indiana Football (@IndianaFootball) August 20, 2025
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community and tenacity; specifically, tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals.
Each week during the regular season, an Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week will be selected leading up to announcing the 16 semifinalists in November and up to five finalists in December. The recipient of the award will be announced in January.
The award is named in honor of Earl Campbell, who graduated from John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas, before playing at Texas. In his senior season, Campbell led the nation with 1,744 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns, becoming Texas’ first Heisman Trophy winner. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers, where he earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1978 and went on to lead the NFL in rushing three times. Campbell earned NFL MVP in 1979 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.