Tag: Dick Butkus Award

Rutgers football: Tyreem Powell named to the Butkus Award watch list

Tyreem Powell made the Dick Butkus Award watch list.

Coming off what was a very strong season 2022 season, Rutgers football linebacker Tyreem Powell

Last season, his first as a starter at Rutgers, Powell had 70 total tackles (34 solo) along with three sacks and four passes defended. He is expected to be one of the leaders of a Rutgers defense that has the potential to be top five in the Big Ten this season.

The Butkus Award is given annually to the nation’s top linebacker. It was first awarded in 1985 to Brian Bosworth, who won the award the following year in 1986 as well.

Last season, Iowa’s Jack Campbell won the Butkus Award, ending a 15-year drought for the Big Ten with the award.

Adam Korsak, now in the CFL, won the Ray Guy Award last year as the nation’s top punter. He became the first Rutgers football player to ever win a national award for on-the-field contributions.

Olakunle Fatukasi, a former Rutgers alum now in the NFL with the New England Patriots, was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award in his final two seasons at Rutgers (2020, 2021).

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Chiefs LB Nick Bolton named finalist for 2022 Professional Dick Butkus Award

#Chiefs LB Nick Bolton is among the six finalists for the 2022 Professional Dick Butkus Award, recognizing the top linebacker at the NFL level.

Kansas City Chiefs LB Nick Bolton is a finalist for an award recognizing the best linebacker in the NFL.

The Dick Butkus Award is mostly known at the collegiate level, but they have high school and professional awards handed out annually too. On Wednesday, Bolton was named one of six finalists for the 2022 Professional Dick Butkus Award. The five other finalists include Eagles LB T.J. Edwards, Rams LB Bobby Wagner, 49ers LB Fred Warner, and both Jets LB C.J. Mosley and Ravens LB Roquan Smith, who were collegiate recipients of the Butkus Award.

Bolton’s nomination comes following his record-setting 2022 regular-season campaign in Kansas City, where he surpassed Derrick Johnson’s franchise record for tackles in a single season. That record stood for 11 years after Johnson set it with 179 total tackles back in 2011. Bolton started all 17 games this season, recording 180 total tackles, two interceptions and two sacks — all career-high marks.

He may have been passed over for the Pro Bowl this season, but Bolton is having a year to remember. To be recognized as a finalist for this prestigious award is just another reminder of how great he’s been during his second season with the team. Past winners of the award include Cowboys LB Micah Parsons (2021), Steelers LB T.J. Watt (2020), Cardinals LB Chandler Jones (2019), Bears LB Khalil Mack (2018) and Panthers LB Luke Kuechly (2017).

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Joseph Ossai named to Dick Butkus Award watch list

Texas linebacker Joseph Ossai has been garnering plenty of hype lately and now he finds himself on the watch list for the Dick Butkus award.

In the game of football Dick Butkus is royalty. Widely remembered as one of the best linebackers in the game. The top linebacker in college football will be presented with the Dick Butkus Award at seasons end. As a member of the Illinois Fighting Illini, Butkus earned two consensus All-American honors and finished sixth in Heisman voting during 1963 and finished third in 1964. Illinois stats show that Butkus finished his career with 374 career tackles. He is a member of both the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fames.

The Big 12 Conference found eight linebackers named to the Dick Butkus Award watch list.

  • Terrel Benard (Baylor)
  • Mike Rose (Iowa State)
  • DaShaun White (Oklahoma)
  • Amen Ogbongbemiga (Oklahoma State)
  • Malcolm Rodriguez (Oklahoma State)
  • Garret Wallo (Texas Christian)
  • Riko Jeffers (Texas Tech)

The eighth linebacker from the Big 12 Conference wears burnt orange on Saturdays.

It has been 16 years since a Longhorn has won this award. Derrick Johnson took home the honors in 2004. In fact he is the only Longhorn to ever take home the hardware since the trophy was first presented in 1985. It is time for another Texas player to walk away with it.

Joseph Ossai is becoming no stranger to the amount of watch lists he has found his name on. In his two season, Ossai has tallied 110 total tackles with 90 coming in 2019. He also recorded 13.5 tackles for loss and five sacks a season ago. A breakout year could be on the horizon in a new position. It could bring him more hardware but also increase his draft stock.

The semifinalists will be named on November 2nd and finalists on November 23rd. The winner will be announced by December 8th.

Locked on Longhorns Podcast: Award watch lists and Kobe Boyce

Latest Locked on Longhorns Podcast discussing the award watch lists including Caden Sterns on the Jim Thorpe Award plus Kobe Boyce departs.

The Locked on Longhorns podcast opens it’s Monday edition discussing budget cuts around the country. Tom Herman is one of the few coaches who hasn’t taken a pay cut for the upcoming season. Over the weekend defensive back Kobe Boyce announced he will be stepping away from football. Plus Tony Fields II recently picked up an offer from the Longhorns. Where does the transfer fit in the Texas defense?

Texas Longhorns running back Keaontay Ingram was added to the Doak Walker Award watchlist, what are his chances of coming home with the hardware? Plus Caden Sterns and Joseph Ossai added their names to premier award watch lists. Sterns was named to the Jim Thorpe Award while Ossai was named to the Dick Butkus Award list.

The Big 12 Media poll is out. The Texas Longhorns are picked to finish third in the conference. It comes down to a likely three-team race at the top with Iowa State as the dark horse. One team picked fourth by College Football News comes as a surprise. USA TODAY Sports released their college sports revenue database, the Texas Longhorns generated the most, 72 percent coming by way of football.

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