Kansas State senior quarterback Jake Waters is one of 20 semifinalists for the 2014 Maxwell Award, given annually to the College Player of the Year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday.

Waters is the second Wildcat in the last three years to be named a semifinalist for the award and the third overall as Michael Bishop and Collin Klein were finalists in 1998 and 2012, respectively. Waters is joined on the list by fellow Big 12 quarterbacks Trevone Boykin of TCU and Bryce Petty of Baylor, as well as wide receiver Kevin White of West Virginia.

Waters has accounted for 285.3 yards of total offense through eight games this season for the 7-1 Wildcats.