MARTIN, Tenn. - Josh Bey (6-0, 220 pounds), a senior linebacker at The University of Tennessee at Martin has been named to the 2010 Division I FCS Preseason Favorites watch list by College Football Performance Awards.

Bey led the Skyhawks in total tackles with 107 and was second in the OVC in total tackles this past season. He was ranked among the top 40 in the NCAA FCS in three statistical categories: tackles/game (30th); sacks/game (40th); and tackles for loss/game (10th).

"Josh sets the tempo for our defense, said Jason Simpson, the Skyhawks' fifth-year head coach.

This is the first year College Football Performance Awards has made players from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) eligible for the awards. The purpose of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.

As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA is the only awards organization to receive praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.

The awards are given in 13 total categories, including Performer of the Year, Defensive Performer of the Year and positional Performers of the Year.

All Division I FCS players are eligible for awards at their respective positions.

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