2012 Butkus Award Semifinalists Announced

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Updated: October 25, 2011

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?