POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Chase Hatton of the Marist University football team has been named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List.

The Jerry Rice Award honors the Football Championship Subdivision Freshman Player of the Year. The award is in its 15^th anniversary season. Previous winners include Cooper Kupp, Chase Edmonds, Trey Lance, Cam Ward, and Shadeur Sanders.
 
Hatton has already earned national recognition for a pair of outstanding performances this season. He earned Honorable Mention for FCS Stats Perform Freshman of the Week after the Red Foxes' victories against New Haven and Wagner. In his first collegiate game against New Haven, Hatton totaled seven tackles, an interception, and a fumble recovery. Two games later at Wagner, he finished with nine tackles and an interception.
 
Hatton is the Red Foxes' leading tackler this season with 52. He has three tackles for loss, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery.
 
Following the conclusion of the regular season, a national voting panel will select the winner of the Jerry Rice Award. The award recipient will be announced on Dec. 3, and will be honored at the Stats Perform National Awards Show on Jan. 3 in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
2025 Jerry Rice Award Watch List
Braden Atkinson, Mercer, QB, 6-1, 215 (Southern Conference)
Trevor Barry, New Hampshire, LB, 6-1, 222 (CAA Football)
Rico Bond, Lindenwood, WR, 6-1, 177 (OVC-Big South Football Association)
Cason Carswell, Western Illinois, QB, 6-3, 190 (OVC-Big South Football Association)
Landen Clark, Elon, QB, 6-0, 186 (CAA Football)
EJ Colson, UIW, QB, 6-1, 190 (Southland Conference)
Brooks Davis, Montana, WR, 6-0, 174 (Big Sky Conference)
Xai'Shaun Edwards, Houston Christian, RB, 5-9, 195 (Southland Conference)
Eric Handley, Alabama A&M, QB, 6-2, 200 (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Chase Hatton, Marist, S, 5-11, 208 (Pioneer Football League)
Jaiden Haygood, UTRGV, LB, 6-0, 215 (Southland Conference)
Jack Hennessey, Central Connecticut State, PK, 5-10, 190 (NEC Football)
Andrew Indorf, Towson, QB, 6-1, 195 (CAA Football)
Evan James, Furman, WR, 5-11, 170 (Southern Conference)
Lamont Lester Jr., Monmouth, DE, 6-2, 230 (CAA Football)
Darius Malcolm Jr., Wofford, DB, 5-11, 175 (Southern Conference)
Tre Page III, Tarleton State, RB, 5-9, 180 (United Athletic Conference)
Caden Pinnick, UC Davis, QB, 6-0, 200 (Big Sky Conference)
Josh Robinson, Princeton, WR, 5-7, 165 (Ivy League)
Montreze Smith Jr., Austin Peay, LB, 5-11, 204 (United Athletic Conference)
Mitchell Summers, Sacred Heart, RB, 5-7, 155 (FCS Independent)
Owen Sweeney, VMI, WR, 6-4, 200 (Southern Conference)
 
Marist will return to action on Saturday, when the Red Foxes host Drake in a Pioneer Football League contest as part of Homecoming & Reunion Weekend. Kickoff is set for noon.