SB Nation announced All-American Will Hernandez as one of 44 linemen on The Piesman Watch List on Friday.
Hernandez has racked up the preseason honors leading up to UTEP's season opener. The left guard was announced to the 2017 Outland Trophy Watch List, 2017 Preseason AP All-American and was recognized by Athlon Sports as a Preseason All-Conference USA first team and Preseason All-America third team. Dave Campbell's Texas Football picked Hernandez to the Preseason All-Texas team, while Phil Steel's College Football Preview appointed him to the Preseason All-C-USA first team and as a Preseason All-American.