Evan Boehm celebrates the Tigers, SEC East clinching victory over Texas A & M (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Evan Boehm celebrates the Tigers, SEC East clinching victory over Texas A & M (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Missouri football players Evan Boehm (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) and Markus Golden (St. Louis, Mo.) have been named to pre-season award watch lists for a pair of prominent national awards, as announced today.

Boehm, a junior center, has been named to the Outland Trophy Watch List as one of 64 players up for the award, which goes to the nation’s top interior linemen on either side of the ball. This is the second national award to include Boehm, who has started all 26 games for the Tigers the past two years. On Tuesday, he was named to the watch list for the Rimington Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top center.

Golden, a senior defensive end, has been included on the watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes annually to the nation’s top defensive player overall. He is one of 81 standouts named to the pre-season list. Golden was one of the most disruptive defensive ends in the Southeastern Conference in 2013, despite playing only roughly 40 percent of the snaps (55 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, 8 QB pressures). Mizzou’s Michael Sam was a Nagurski finalist in 2013 for his standout play during MU’s 12-2 campaign last year.

Markus Golden chases Corbin Berkstresser out of the pocket during the Black and Gold Game (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Markus Golden chases Corbin Berkstresser out of the pocket during the Black and Gold Game (photo/Mizzou Athletics)

Mizzou’s preseason camp for the Tigers gets underway on Monday, August 4th.