DAVIS, Calif. – For the second-straight year Rex Connors has been named among the best preseason defenders in the nation after being named to the 2025 Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List.
 
The UC Davis football senior defensive back was named to the 2024 Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List and is again among the 30-best defenders as named by STATS Perform's preseason award watch lists. Connors becomes one of three from the Big Sky Conference to be named to the list.
 
The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the FCS as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors. The honor was first given in 1995 after the Walter Payton Award was designated solely for offensive players.
 
Connors has earned a pair of preseason All-American honors this season having earned the nod from STATS Perform and FCS Football Central and he was recently named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000. The Aggie safety was also the first in program history to be named the Big Sky Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and he also earned Preseason Big Sky All-Conference honors.
 
His 2024 All-American season was record-breaking finishing with a program record 74 solo tackles, finishing with a total tally of 115 on the season.
 
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