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Jestin Jacobs included on preseason watch list for Butkus Award

Oregon’s Jestin Jacobs is on the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, which goes to the nation’s best linebacker.

This is why Oregon football and Dan Lanning brought in linebacker Jestin Jacobs over from Iowa.

The Ducks had some problems with their linebacker corps a year ago, but the addition of Jacobs should help with the talent at that spot as well as depth.

Now convincing the former Hawkeye to come out to Eugene looks like an even smarter decision as Jacobs has been included on the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award. The honor goes to the best linebacker in the nation and ironically, Jacobs played alongside last year’s winner with Iowa’s Jack Campbell.

Jacobs has seemingly put his history with the injury bug behind him and the Ducks expect him to return to his 2021 form where he accumulated 53 tackles, 33 of those of the solo variety.

 

Texas LB DeMarvion Overshown named to the 2022 Butkus Award watch list

De’Marvion Overshown is primed for a strong senior season.

Texas senior De’Marvion Overshown has been named to the 2022 Butkus Award watch list. An honor rewarded to the top colligate linebacker in the nation.

Overshown is taking advantage of his COIVD-19 year of extra eligibility and is returning for a fifth season in Austin.

He led the Longhorns defense with 74 total tackles along with 5.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles over 10 games in 2021.

Year two in Pete Kwaitkowski’s system should prove beneficial for Overshown. Texas will use Overshown in a multitude of different ways this upcoming season. Giving him more chances to play on the edge will create more pass rush opportunities on late downs.

Former Longhorn Derrick Johnson took home the Butkus Award back in 2004 and is the only Longhorn to have done so. Here is is look at the full list of player named to the watch list ahead of the 2022 season.

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Pair of Georgia LBs make Butkus Award watch list

Two Georgia football LBs have been named to the Dick Butkus Award watch list for the 2020 college football season.

Georgia linebackers Azeez Ojulari and Monty Rice have recently been named to the 2020 Butkus Award watch list.

This award, named after legendary University of Illinois and Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus, is given annually to college football’s most outstanding linebacker.

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Since the award’s origination in 1985, only one Bulldog has won it, that being Roquan Smith in 2017.Ā  Roquan coincidentally now starts at linebacker for the Chicago Bears.

The redshirt sophomore Ojulari saw time in eleven games in 2019, putting up 33 total tackles (14 solo), 5.5 sacks and one forced fumble.Ā  He is a rising star in the SEC and a notable defender to look out for this season.

Rising senior Monty Rice has been a staple in the Dawgs’ recent ferocious defense.Ā  It is no surprise that Rice is on this watch list.Ā  Rice saw time in 8 games his freshman year, 9 his sophomore year and played all 14 his junior year.Ā  He has racked up 170 total tackles (85 solo), 4 pass deflections, one sack and one forced fumble in his career at UGA.

These two will both play big roles in Georgia’s defense this year, a defense that ranked No. 1 in team defense in 2019.

Gators linebacker Ventrell Miller named to Butkus Award Watch List

Redshirt junior Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller has been named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, announced on Monday.

Redshirt junior Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller has been named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation’s top linebacker, the Butkus Foundation announced Monday.

Miller is one of 51 players nationally to be named to the watch list for the award.

The Lakeland product is coming off a strong sophomore season in which he started 11 of the 12 games he appeared in and finished second on the team in tackles with 55. He ended the season with back-to-back career-high performances in tackles, notching eight against Florida State and Virginia.

Miller also earned three sacks on the year, two of which came in the season-opening win against Miami.

The list will be cut down to semifinalists on Nov. 2 and finalists on Nov. 23 before the winner is announced on Dec. 8.

Here is the full watch list.

Shane Lee Alabama
Dylan Moses Alabama
Merlin Robertson Arizona State
K.J. Britt Auburn
Terrel Bernard Baylor
Max Richardson Boston College
Kuony Deng California
James Skalski Clemson
Nate Landman Colorado
Ventrell Miller Florida
Azeez Ojulari Georgia
Monty Rice Georgia
Jake Hansen Illinois
Mike Rose Iowa State
Damone Clark LSU
Jabril Cox LSU
Cameron McGrone Michigan
Lakia Henry Mississippi
Erroll Thompson Mississippi State
Nick Bolton Missouri
Troy Andersen Montana State
Chazz Surratt North Carolina
Paddy Fisher Northwestern
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah Notre Dame
Tuf Borland Ohio State
Baron Browning Ohio State
Pete Werner Ohio State
DaShaun White Oklahoma
Amen Ogbongbemiga Oklahoma State
Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State
Isaac Slade-Matautia Oregon
Hamilcar Rashed Oregon State
Micah Parsons Penn State
Derrick Barnes Purdue
Blaze Alldredge Rice
Riley Cole South Alabama
Garret Wallow TCU
Henry To’o To’o Tennessee
Joseph Ossai Texas
Anthony Hines Texas A&M
Buddy Johnson Texas A&M
Riko Jeffers Texas Tech
Carlton Martial Troy
Devin Lloyd Utah
Dimitri Moore Vanderbilt
Charles Snowden Virginia
Rayshard Ashby Virginia Tech
Joe Tryon Washington
Jahad Woods Washington State
Treshaun Hayward Western Michigan
Jack Sanborn Wisconsin

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Three Ohio State linebackers selected to Butkus preseason watch list

Ohio State linebackers Tuf Borland, Baron Browning, and Pete Werner have all been named to the Butkus Award preseason watch list.

We continue to get the preseason college football watch lists hit the news cycle for all the awards. We’ve already seen several Ohio State players make several of the lists, and now we have three more with the release of the preseason Butkus Award watch list..

Tuf Borland, Baron Browning, and Pete Werner are all a part of the names announced Monday by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando to keep an eye on. The Butkus Award goes annually to the best linebacker in the country and has been handed out since 1985.

Here are some brief Bios of each provided by the Ohio State athletic department.

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Ohio State has had two Butkus winners in its history. Andy Katzenmoyer won it in 1997, and James Laurinaitis took it home in 2007.

 

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