College Football: 2011 Butkus Award Watch List Names 51 LBs to Keep an Eye on

Posted by Doug Brodess on July-15-2011 Add Comments

The 2011 Dick Butkus Award Watch List came out on Friday.

The ACC and SEC both have nine players on the list; the Big 12 has eight.

Von Miller of Texas A&M was last year's Butkus Award winner.

The following 51 college linebackers are the leading candidates to be named the 2011 Top College Linebacker:  

  • Emmanuel Acho, University of Texas
  • Ryan Baker, Louisiana State University
  • Chris Borland, University of Wisconsin
  • Jon Bostic, University of Florida
  • Nigel Bradham, Florida State University
  • Tanner Brock, Texas Christian University
  • Arthur Brown, Kansas State University
  • Zach Brown, University of...

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