The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Bob Asmussen, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Feb. 1—CHAMPAIGN — The Butkus Award is home ... where it belongs. On Saturday night at Memorial Stadium, ...

The Oklahoma Sooners have a defense that is ready to contend in the SEC. It's a group full of blue-chip players at every level of the defense. Although the Sooners will be replacing star linebacker ...

CHICAGO – Ole Miss football linebackers TJ Dottery and Andrew Jones have both landed on the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, as announced by the Butkus Foundation on Wednesday. The Rebel duo ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas redshirt senior linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr. has been named to the watch list for the 2025 Butkus Award, The Butkus Foundation announced Wednesday. The Butkus Award, now ...

Baylor LB Keaton Thomas is getting national exposure entering the 2025 season. After leading the Bears' defense in 2024, racking up 114 tackles, seven TFLs, and 2.5 sacks, Thomas has been making ...

Texas A&M middle linebacker Taurean York landed on the Butkus Award preseason watch list Tuesday, joining 50 other players from 38 different programs. Texas A&M middle linebacker Taurean York landed ...

CENTRAL MICHIGAN— CMU senior linebacker Jordan Kwiatkowski is one of 51 players nationwide to be named to the preseason Butkus award watch list. The 51-player list pays tribute to the number the ...

Twelve players from the Big Ten Conference were named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, given annually to the top linebacker in college football. The watch list for the Butkus Award — ...

SEATTLE – Washington junior linebacker Taariq "Buddah" Al-Uqdah is one of 51 players named to the Butkus Award watch list, the Butkus Foundation announced today. Al-Uqdah is one of 10 Big Ten ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky senior linebacker Alex Afari Jr. has been named to the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, which recognizes the top linebacker in college football.

Linebacker Bryan McCoy, Jr. was named to the Butkus Award preseason watch list, the Butkus Foundation announced on Wednesday. McCoy will be playing his first season in an Oklahoma State uniform ...