Butkus Award: Who was the best linebacker in college football in 2017? White is the first LSU Tiger to claim a national award since Odell Beckham Jr. won the 2013 Paul Hornung Award. Roquan Smith, University of Georgia, has been selected as the 2017 Butkus Award winner. The preseason watch list for the 2017 Butkus Award was released on Monday, with LSU's Arden Key and Iowa's Josey Jewell leading a stacked field. By Staff Reports. Butkus Award. The 2017 Butkus Award preseason watch list was announced. Who Won? White beat out finalists Josh Allen (Kentucky), Devin Bush (Michigan), Tre Lamar (Clemson) and Dylan Moses (Alabama) to claim the honor. The Butkus Award was expanded in 2008 to include high school and professional winners [2] as part of a makeover by the Butkus family to help end anabolic steroid abuse among young athletes.

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This year’s watch list is highlighted by finalists for the 2017 Butkus Award in Devin Bush of Michigan and T.J. Edwards of Wisconsin. The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football, and was first given in 1995 after the Walter Payton Award was designated solely for offensive players.. Please check back soon! Two players have won both the high school and collegiate Butkus Awards: Notre Dame linebackers Manti Te'o (2008, 2012) and Jaylon Smith (2012, 2015). Isaiah Simmons Wins 2019 Butkus Award. The Butkus Foundation announced today that Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons has won the 2019 Butkus Award, presented annually to the nation's top linebacker.

The recognition keeps coming for Badgers senior outside linebacker Zack Baun, who on Monday morning was named a finalist for the Butkus Award, given to the best linebacker in the country. All Players Listed in Alphabetical Order.
Roquan Smith, Jr. Georgia OTHER FINALISTS: Devin Bush, Soph. He becomes the first Bulldog to win the award in its 33 year history. ... Butkus Award | July 17, 2017 2017 Butkus Award watch list released. Champ Bailey won the Nagurski Award in 1998. 0 ... earning the honor over an esteemed group of finalists that included Wisconsin’s Zack Baun, ... 2017 - Roquan Smith, Georgia 2016 - Reuben Foster, Alabama 2015 - Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame David Pollack was twice a finalist for the Bednarik Award, winning it in 2004. The Butkus Award announced its 2017 finalists on Monday, and the Big Ten is well represented. No Georgia player has won the Butkus Award. No Collegiate players on the watchlist. Copyright ©2007-2020 The Butkus Award™. White becomes LSU's first winner of the Butkus Award and winner of the school's 25th national award. One of six finalists for the award, which is named after the legendary Dick Butkus, Baun has earned this recognition by showing that he can do a bit of everything this season.