Courtesy of the Butkus Award
The Butkus Award has released its 2010 Watch List.
Instituted in 1985, The Butkus Award® is one of the elite individual honors in college football. This year, The Butkus Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, takes stewardship of the award and comes home to Chicago to fully realize the original purpose of honoring athletic achievement and service to the community while honoring the nation's best high school, college, and professional linebackers. An independent Butkus Award Selection Committee, headed by Pro Football Weekly's Hub Arkush and comprised of 51 experts including professional, college and high school scouts, and prominent sports journalists, will conduct the selection process.
Butkus Award watch list:
Akeem Ayers, UCLA
Nick Bellore, Central Michigan
Chris Borland, Wisconsin
Vontaze Burfict, Arizona State
Josh Bynes, Auburn
Tank Carder, TCU
Bruce Carter, North Carolina
Jonathan Cornell, Mississippi
Quentin Davie, Northwestern
Brian Duncan, Texas Tech
Mason Foster, Washington
Jerry Franklin, Arkansas
Chris Galippo, USC
Mark Herzlich, Boston College
Dont'a Hightower, Alabama
Doug Hogue, Syracuse
Ross Homan, Ohio State
Justin Houston, Georgia
Nate Irving, North Carolina State
Nico Johnson, Alabama
Greg Jones, Michigan State
Elijah Joseph, Temple
Thomas Keiser, Stanford
Luke Kuechly, Boston College
Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
Greg Lloyd, Connecticut
Scott Lutrus, Connecticut
Chris Marve, Vanderbilt
Casey Matthews, Oregon
Colin McCarthy, Miami (Fla.)
Von Miller, Texas A&M
Mike Mohamed, California
Adrian Moten, Maryland
Jonas Mouton, Michigan
Kevin Reddick, North Carolina
Keenan Robinson, Texas
Brian Rolle, Ohio State
Kelvin Sheppard, LSU
Brian Smith, Notre Dame
Derrell Smith, Syracuse
D.J. Smith, Appalachian State
Sean Spence, Miami (Fla.)
Craig Stevens, Auburn
Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina
Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
Chris White, Mississippi State
Korey Williams, Southern Mississippi
Martez Wilson, Illinois
Lawrence Wilson, Connecticut
K.J. Wright, Mississippi State
Alex Wujciak, Maryland