2012 Butkus Award Semifinalists Announced

The Butkus Foundation is pleased to announced the following semi-finalists for the 27th annual Butkus Award presented to the nation’s top linebacker.

Collegiate 2011 Butkus Award Semi-Finalists:

• Zach Brown- University of North Carolina
• Vontaze Burfict- Arizona State University
• Audie Cole- North Carolina State University
• Lavonte David- University of Nebraska
• Dont’a Hightower*- University of Alabama
• Luke Kuechly- Boston College
• Travis Lewis*- University of Oklahoma
• Keenan Robinson*- University of Texas
• Sean Spence*- University of Miami (Fla.)
• Manti Te’o*- University of Notre Dame
• Courtney Upshaw- University of Alabama
• Jarvis Jones- University of Georgia

We’ll see what the future holds and who takes the crown in 2012.  In 2011 Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller took home the award.  Who will join him as a Butkus Award winner?