Riker becomes the sixth Nittany Lion named to a preseason award watch list.
Barkley was the No. 1 ranked player in 2025's Top 100 list.
A new signal caller will start the season for Penn State for the first time in three seasons.
The redshirt senior joins Chris Stoll and Tyler Duzansky as Penn State long snappers to be nominated for the award.
After having a nation-leading three nominees for the watch list last season, Becht is Penn State's lone nominee in 2026.
Donkoh was the first of Penn State's returning players to pledge his commitment to Matt Campbell.