Butkus Award(R) 27th Season Watch Lists Announced

07/15/11 CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - 07/15/11) - The 27th annual collegiate Butkus Award selection process to identify the best linebackers in the country begins today with announcement of the pre-season watch list for both the collegiate and high school levels. Each watch list contains 51 candidates, honoring the now-retired professional jersey number of Dick Butkus, who is regarded by NFL Films as the ...

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Razorback named to Butkus Award watch list

07/17/11 Arkansas linebacker Jerry Franklin has been named to the watch list for the 2011 Butkus Award.

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Preseason position reviews: Linebacker

07/18/11 The Pac-12 welcomes back a number of good linebackers this fall, including five who earned spots on the watch list for the Butkus Award: Arizona State's Vontaze Burfict, USC's Chris Galippo, Oregon's Josh Kaddu, California's Mychal Kendricks and Stanford's Shayne Skov. But just about every team, other than the Sun Devils, has questions. So how do things stack up? Read on. Great shape Arizona ...

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