presented by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando
2003
BUTKUS AWARD® WATCH LIST ANNOUNCEMENT
| Arnold, Randy | Middle Tennessee | McCullogh, Todd | Florida | |
| Baaqee, Mikal | Virginia Tech | McGill, Bryce | Fresno State | |
| Ballard, Derrick | Memphis | Miller, Caleb | Arkansas | |
| Bischoff, Brian | SMU | Mitchell, Kevin | Oregon | |
| Blackstock, Darryl | Virginia | Mitchell, Lance | Oklahoma | |
| Boley, Michael | Southern Miss | Moore, Lewis | Pittsburgh | |
| Boulware, Michael | Florida State | Morris, Jared | Texas A&M | |
| Brooks, Ahmad | Virginia | Morrison, Kirk | San Diego State | |
| Brupbacher, Ross | Louisiana-Lafayette | Ott, Josh | Boston College | |
| Bua, Tony | Akansas | Paully, Eric | Colorado State | |
| Buhl, Josh | Kansas State | Pope, Kendyll | Florida State | |
| Burnett, Kevin | Tennessee | Rembert, JT | Marshall | |
| Cannon, Anthony | Tulane | Rhule, Stanford | UCF | |
| Capone, Gino | Penn State | Roach, Freddie | Alabama | |
| Casey, Taylor | North Texas | Robinson, Vegas | Virginia Tech | |
| Chillar, Brandon | UCLA | Ruud, Barrett | Nebraska | |
| Chukwuemeka, Dennis | Ohio | Saldi, John | Texas Tech | |
| Cooper, Marquis | Washington | Scott, Lorenzo | Ball State | |
| Dansby, Karlos | Auburn | Seigler, Richard | Oregon State | |
| Davis, Rod | Southern Miss | Seward, Adam | UNLV | |
| Day, Rod | Louisville | Simon, Kevin | Tennessee | |
| Derting, Will | Washington State | Siofele, Joe | Arizona | |
| Diggs, Carl | Michigan | Smith, Daryl | Georgia Tech | |
| Duffy, Nick | Northern Illinois | Sonnier, Maurice | Louisana-Monroe | |
| Durr, Pat | Northwestern | Spencer, Cody | North Texas | |
| Fowler, Ryan | Duke | Steen, Grant | Iowa | |
| Fox, Keyaron | Georgia Tech | Strother, Billy |
New Mexico |
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| Goolsby, Mike | Notre Dame | Thomas, Dantarrious | Auburn | |
| Grootegoed, Matt | USC | Towns, Daryl | Nevada | |
| Havner, Spencer | UCLA | Tufts, Sean | Colorado | |
| Henriquez, Anthony | Kent State | Tuner, Lionel | LSU | |
| Hickman, Bryan | Kansas State | Vanover, Jeff | Rice | |
| Jackson, Keon | Toledo | Vilma, Jonathan | Miami | |
| Joe, Leon | Maryland | Wade, Justin | Mississippi | |
| Johnson, Derrick | Texas | Wake, Derek | Penn State | |
| Johnson, Landon | Purdue | Walkenhorst, Paul | BYU | |
| Jones, Maurice | USF | Watson, Courtney | Notre Dame | |
| Jones, Terrell | Miami (OH) | West, Ben | Minnesota | |
| Kinney, James | Missouri | Wiley, Grant | West Virginia | |
| Koutouvides, Niko | Purdue | Williams, D.J. | Miami (FL) | |
| Leake, John | Clemson | Williams, Demorrio | Nebraska | |
| Lehamn, Teddy | Oklahoma | Wood, Drew | Colorado State | |
| Lewis, Alex | Wisconsin | Woodard, Tim | UTEP | |
| Mack, Jeff | Wisconsin | Woodfin, Zac | UAB | |
| Mawhinney, T.J. | Mississippi State | Wortham, Cornelius | Alabama | |
Selection Committee members have started evaluating the candidates and will continue their review throughout the entire football season. Additional Watch List candidates may be added as the season progresses. Voting for the three Butkus Award® finalists and the Butkus Award® winner will be conducted by confidential ballots of the selection committee.
The Butkus Award® is regarded as one of the most elite individual honors in college football. Past recipients include such outstanding linebackers as: EJ Henderson (2002-Maryland); Rocky Calmus (2001-Oklahoma); Dan Morgan (2000- Miami, FL); LaVar Arrington (1999-Penn State); Chris Claiborne (1998-Southern California); Andy Katzenmoyer (1997-Ohio State); Matt Russell (1996 Colorado); Kevin Hardy (1995-Illinois); Dana Howard (1994-Illinois); Trev Alberts (1993-Nebraska); Marvin Jones (1992-Florida State); Erick Anderson (1991-Michigan); Alfred Williams (1990-Colorado); Percy Snow (1989-Michigan State); Derrick Thomas (1988-Alabama); Paul McGowan (1997-Florida State); and Brian Bosworth (1985 and 1986-Oklahoma).
Created in 1985 by the Downtown
Athletic Club of Orlando Inc., the Butkus Award® carries the name
and support of one of the greatest middle linebackers in football history,
Dick Butkus.
The Butkus Award® Watch List will be trimmed to 10 semi-finalists
on Thursday, October 16. That list will be cut down to three finalists,
who will be announced via a national teleconference with players, coaches,
media members and Butkus Award® officials on Thursday, November 13.
The winner will be announced Friday, December 12, 2003.
For more information on how you can become more involved with the Butkus Award, please contact Shelley Ferguson at (407) 774-7813
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