bc – MDHQ http://www.mockdrafthq.com Updated Mock Drafts, Prospect Rankings, Scouting Reports Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Luke Kuechly Wins Four Postseason Awards http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2011/12/luke-kuechly-wins-four-postseason-awards.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/site/?p=2644 A few days ago I was going to do a story on this. The Butkus Association sent me the shortest press release of all time. It simply read:

KUECHLY WINS BUTKUS

I guess that was a sign of things to come. Luke Kuechly has simply been dominating up there at Boston College. It was routine for him to have 10-11 tackles by HALFTIME. That’s a full days worth of work for most players.

So far he’s taken home these following awards:

  • Lott IMPACT Trophy
  • Lombardi Award
  • Butkus Award
  • Nagurski Trophy

In case you are wondering Luke finished up with 191 tackles on the season.  Well deserved if you ask me!

]]> 2011 Butkus Award Linebacker Finalist Announced http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2011/11/2011-butkus-award-linebacker-finalist-announced.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:21:58 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/site/?p=2579 CHICAGO –  (November 22, 2011) – Finalists for the 27th annual collegiate and high school Butkus Award® honoring the nation’s top football linebackers were announced today by the Butkus Foundation.  Finalists were selected by a panel of 51 coaches, scouts and journalists supervised by Hub Arkush of Pro Football Weekly who follow all applicable rules of their leagues.  Winners will be announced on or before December 7.  Finalists for 2011 include (alphabetically):

Butkus Award Collegiate Finalists:

  • Lavonte David, Nebraska
  • Dont’a Hightower, Alabama
  • Jarvis Jones, Georgia
  • Luke Kuechly, Boston College
  • Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
  • Courtney Upshaw, Alabama

Butkus Award High School Finalists:

  • Kwon Alexander, Oxford High School, Ala.
  • Mike Barton, Concord De La Salle High School, Concord, Calif.
  • Noor Davis, Leesburg High School, Fla.
  • Quanzell Lambert, Timber Creek High School, Sicklerville, NJ
  • Antonio Morrison, Bolingbrook High School, Ill.
  • Jabari Ruffin, Downey High School, Calif.

 

Last season’s Butkus Award winners included: Clay Matthews, Super Bowl-winning Green Bay Packers; Von Miller of Texas A&M University and #2 overall NFL draft pick by the Denver Broncos; and Tony Steward of St. Augustine, Fla., now at Clemson.

The Butkus Award® draws attention to the I Play Clean™ campaign, which aims to end steroid use in organized sports.  Dick Butkus encourages past and current athletes, coaches and fans to pledge their support at www.iplayclean.org or www.facebook.com/i.play.clean.  Considered one of the greatest football players in history, Butkus was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, following an illustrious career with the Chicago Bears, University of Illinois and Chicago Vocational School. Meanwhile, his son Matt was a defensive lineman for the University of Southern California, and joins his father in philanthropic efforts. More information is at www.thebutkusaward.com or www.facebook.com/51.butkus.

 

The Butkus Award is part of the National College Football Awards Association, a coalition of the major collegiate awards. More information is available at www.NCFAA.org.

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