LOUISVILLE - UMass' Ty Harding, Toledo's Trayvon Rudolph and Buffalo's Victor Snow were named to the 2025 Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse Watch List, as announced by the Louisville Sports Commission today. The Paul Hornung Award is given annually by the Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) to the most versatile player in major college football.
Harding hauled in 20 receptions for 331 yards with five touchdowns in his primary role as a receiver last season and tallied a 58-yard reception, marking a career high, against NIU last season.
As a return specialist, the current redshirt junior added 109 punt return yards, including a career-best 58-yard return versus Wagner, and totaled 282 kick return yards, highlighted by a 32-yard return at Missouri. In total, Harding averaged 66.3 all-purpose yards per game in 2024, contributing across receiving, punt return, and kick return duties.
Over his career, Harding has eclipsed 100 all-purpose yards in four games: Central Connecticut State (148), Northern Illinois (116), Wagner (118), and Liberty (106).
Rudolph is in his first season with the Rockets following five seasons at Northern Illinois. He was named All-MAC four times in his Huskie career, two times each at wide receiver and kick returner. For his NIU career, he caught 151 passes for 2,032 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was named a freshman All-American by the FWAA and second-team All-MAC in 2020 as a kick returner. As a sophomore, he earned second-team All-MAC honors as both a receiver and kick returner, snagging 49 passes for 877 yards and seven TDs with a MAC-leading 25.1 kickoff return average. He had 51 receptions in 2023, earning third-team All-MAC accolades.
Snow was an All-MAC receiver and a standout punt returner for the Bulls in 2024. He led UB in receiving with 55 catches for 651 yards and six touchdowns. He averaged 14.47 yards per punt return on the year which ranked second in program history for a single season.
Three finalists will be selected in December and the winner of the 2025 Paul Hornung Award will be honored in March. The award is now in its 16th season.
MACtion on Preseason Watch Lists
Maxwell Award
Al-Jay Henderson, Buffalo
Parker Navarro, Ohio
Tucker Gleason, Toledo
Jalen Buckley, Western Michigan
Bronko Nagurski
Red Murdock, Buffalo
Jim Thorpe Award
Tank Pearson, Ohio
DJ Walker, Ohio
Avery Smith, Toledo
Paul Hornung Award
Ty Harding, UMass
Trayvon Rudolph, Toledo
Victor Snow, Buffalo
