After picking the perfect year to debut, the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award is back and released its 36-man watch list for the 2015 season on Tuesday.
Headlining this year's list are Notre Dame tackle Ronnie Stanley, Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon, Oregon State lineman Isaac Seumalo, BYU defensive end Bronson Kaufusi, Oregon defensive end DeForest Buckner and USC's Su'a Cravens and JuJu Smith.
The award is presented annually to the most outstanding college football player of Polynesian ancestry. Oregon quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota was the award's inaugural recipient in 2014.
The full breakdown of players on the watch list by conference is as follows: Pac-12 (17), Mountain West (7), Independents (6), Big 12 (3), Sun Belt (2) and Big Ten (1).
Here's the complete watch list (36 nominees):
OL Siaosi Aiono, Utah
DE Kalei Auelua, New Mexico State
DL DeForest Buckner, Oregon
DL Kamalei Correa, Boise State
LB Su'a Cravens, USC
K Ka'imi Fairbairn, UCLA
TE Siale Fakailoatonga, Utah
OL Alex Fifita, Fresno State
QB Salamo Fiso, Arizona State
OL Isaiah Folasa-Lutui, New Mexico State
OL Tuni Kanuch, BYU
OL Nila Kasitati, Oklahoma
DL Bronson Kaufusi, BYU
OL Ului Lapuaho, BYU
QB Sefo Liufau, Colorado
OL Toa Lobendahn, USC
LB Tau Lotulelei, UNLV
DL Lowell Lotulelei, Utah
LB Laiu Moeakiola, Arizona State
DL Bryan Mone, Michigan
LB Manoa Pikula, BYU
DL Ian Seau, Nevada
OL Isaac Seumalo, Oregon State
WR JuJu Smith, USC
QB Anu Solomon, Arizona
OL Ronnie Stanley, Notre Dame
LB Christian Tago, San Jose State
OL Viane Talamaivao, USC
OL Vi Teofilo, Arizona State
DL Mike Tuaua, TCU
OL Siosifa Tufunga, Washington
DL Travis Tuiloma, BYU
DL Kennedy Tulimasealii, Hawaii
OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai, TCU
DB Peni Vea, UNLV
OL Psalm Wooching, Washington
Five finalists for the award will be unveiled on Nov. 19, and the winner will be honored on Dec. 8. Former coaches Dick Tomey, LaVell Edwards, Ron McBride and Dick Vermeil and ex-NFLPA president Kevin Mawae are among the members of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame's selection committee.