presented by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando
2005
BUTKUS AWARD® WATCH LIST ANNOUNCEMENT
| Alexander, Rufus | Oklahoma | Jordan, Anthony | Toledo | |
| Alston, Jon | Stanford | Lee, Javan | Northern Illinois | |
| Archer, Brandon | Kansas State | Lobendahn, Joe | Washington | |
| Blades, H.B. | Pittsburgh | McGarigle, Tim | Northwestern | |
| Bray, Trent | Oregon State | McLee, Kevin | West Virginia | |
| Brooks, Ahmad | Virginia | Milan, J.J. | Nevada | |
| Brown, Abe | Louisville | Mohoric, Mike | New Mexico | |
| Bunting, Nick | Tulsa | Moore, Chris | East Carolina | |
| Cannon, Anthony | Tulane | Muncy, Matt | Arizona State | |
| Cook, James | UCF | Nande, Terna | Miami (OH) | |
| Davis, Bernard | Troy | Nicholas, Stephen | South Florida | |
| Derting, Will | Washington State | Nicholson, A.J. | Florida State | |
| Dobbins, Tim | Iowa State | Osemwegie, Moses | Vanderbilt | |
| Earls, Shomari | Florida Atlantic | Parrish, Justin | Kent State | |
| Foliaki, Lee | Texas A & M | Piepkow, Teddy | Bowling Green | |
| Gaither, Omar | Tennessee | Posluszny, Paul | Penn State | |
| Greenway, Chad | Iowa | Reid, Nick | Kansas | |
| Hall, George | Purdue | Robinson, Dale | Ohio University | |
| Hall, Korey | Boise State | Sanders, Dontez | Wisconsin | |
| Hargrave, James | Connecticut | Santiago, Byron | Louisiana Tech | |
| Harris, Aaron | Texas | Sartz, Dallas | USC | |
| Havner, Spencer | UCLA | Siler, Brandon | Florida | |
| Hawk, A,J. | Ohio State | Simon, Kelvin | Tennessee | |
| Henderson, Ray | Boston College | Sims, Ernie | Florida State | |
| Hodge, Abdul | Iowa | Smith, Kelvin | Syracuse | |
| Howard, Thomas | UTEP | Taylor, Tony | Georgia | |
| Hoyte, Brandon | Notre Dame | Toal, Brian | Boston College | |
| Ingram, Clint | Oklahoma | Toone, Spencer | Utah | |
| Iwuh, Brian | Colorado | Vaughn, Cameron | LSU | |
| Jackson, D'Qwell | Maryland | Warren, Justin | Texas A&M | |
| Jensen, Cameron | BYU | Washington, Thaddaeus | Colorado | |
| Johnson, Brandon | Louisville | Wilkinson, Gerris | Georgia Tech | |
| Johnson, Leverne | Troy | Williams, Travis | Auburn | |
| Woodley, LaMarr | Michigan |
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: Derrick Johnson (2004-Texas) Teddy Lehman (2003-Oklahoma); E.J. Henderson (2002-Maryland); Rocky Calmus (2001-Oklahoma); Dan Morgan (2000-U. of Miami); 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 20. 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 10.
The winner will be announced Saturday, , December 10, 2005. (Press
Release)
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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