All-Ireland champions Kerry lead the way with a dozen nominees for the 2022 PwC GAA-GPA All-Star football awards, with talisman David Clifford the front runner for the player of the year award.
Eleven counties are represented among the 45-player shortlist, with the award ceremony to take place on Friday 28 October.
Not surprisingly, All-Ireland finalists Kerry and Galway provide close to half of the nominees, with 12 from the Kingdom supported by eight Tribesmen.
Ulster champions Derry have seven nominees, Leinster holders Dublin have six players included, while Armagh have five.
The other counties represented are Cork (Seán Powter and Steven Sherlock), with one each from Mayo (Lee Keegan), Kildare (Ben McCormack), Limerick (Cian Sheehan), Monaghan (Jack McCarron) and Clare (Eoin Cleary).
The footballer of the year accolade will be fought out between Clifford and the Galway pair of Cillian McDaid and Shane Walsh.
The Fossa man is expected to land the personal gong chosen by the players after a sensational season, with the lack of another Kerry option increasing the likelihood, with no chance of a 'split vote’ as has been witnessed in previous years between team-mates.
Dublin’s Lee Gannon, Ethan Doherty of Derry and Galway defender Jack Glynn make up the three-man shortlist for the young player of the year honour, limited to players aged 22 and younger.
Goalkeepers
Ethan Rafferty (Armagh), Shane Ryan (Kerry), Evan Comerford (Dublin)
Defenders
Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Graham O'Sullivan, Tom O’Sullivan, Gavin White (all Kerry); Liam Silke, Seán Kelly, John Daly (all Galway); Chrissy McKaigue, Conor McCluskey, Brendan Rogers (all Derry); James McCarthy, Lee Gannon (both Dublin); Lee Keegan (Mayo); Jarlath Óg Burns (Armagh); Seán Powter (Cork); Cian Sheehan (Limerick)
Midfielders
Paul Conroy, Cillian McDaid (both Galway); Conor Glass, Gareth McKinless (both Derry); Brian Fenton (Dublin); Jack Barry (Kerry)
Forwards
David Clifford, Seán O’Shea, Paudie Clifford, Stephen O’Brien (all Kerry); Shane Walsh, Damien Comer, Robert Finnerty (all Galway); Rian O’Neill, Stefan Campbell, Rory Grugan (all Armagh); Ciarán Kilkenny, Con O’Callaghan (both Dublin); Shane McGuigan, Ethan Doherty (both Derry); Ben McCormack (Kildare); Eoin Cleary (Clare); Steven Sherlock (Cork); Jack McCarron (Monaghan)
PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year
David Clifford (Kerry); Cillian McDaid, Shane Walsh (both Galway)
PwC GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year
Lee Gannon (Dublin); Ethan Doherty (Derry); Jack Glynn (Galway)
