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Veterans highlight Butkus list
Latest: Thursday August 24, 2000 06:50 PM
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Byron Thweatt of Virginia helps form a deep league linebacking class that includes five ACC nominees. AP |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando
announced Thursday its list of 70 Butkus Award candidates, which it
awards to the nation's top college linebacker.
Fourteen candidates are repeat candidates, including North
Carolina's Brandon Spoon, who is making his fourth appearance on
the list.
Dan Morgan of Miami and Byron Thweatt of Virginia are both
three-time candidates, while 11 candidates are making a second
appearance on the list: Colorado State's Rick Crowell; UCLA's Ryan
Nece; Utah's Kautai Oleavo; Tulane's Jerry Phillips; Florida
State's Tommy Polley; Memphis' Kamal Shakir; Fresno State's Tim
Skipper; Temple's Taylor Suman; Colorado's Jashon Sykes; North
Carolina State's Clayton White; and Vanderbilt's Jamie Winborn.
The award is named after former Illinois and Chicago Bear
linebacker Dick Butkus. The list will be trimmed to 10
semifinalists Oct. 19.
This year's winner will be announced Dec. 8.
| 2000 Butkus Award Candidates |
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| Player |
School |
| Keith Adams |
Clemson |
| Brian Allen |
Florida State |
| Adam Archulta |
Arizona State |
| Akin Ayodele |
Purdue |
| Boss Bailey |
Georgia |
| Kendrell Bell |
Georgia |
| Kevin Bentley |
Northwestern |
| Eric Brackins |
Michigan |
| Shannon Brazell |
TCU |
| Rocky Calmus |
Oklahoma |
| Quenton Carver |
Arkansas |
| Patrick Chukwurah |
Wyoming |
| Rick Crowell |
Colorado State |
| Derrell Daniels |
Washington |
| Andra Davis |
Florida |
| Anthony Denman |
Notre Dame |
| Justin Ena |
BYU |
| Treverance Faulk |
LSU |
| Larry Foote |
Michigan |
| Jason Glenn |
Texas A&M |
| Ryan Gonsales |
Pittsburgh |
| Morlon Greenwood |
Syracuse |
| Pernell Griffin |
East Carolina |
| Sean Hoffman |
Minnesota |
| Orlando Huff |
Fresno State |
| Bradie James |
LSU |
| Riall Johnson |
Stanford |
| Ben Leber |
Kansas State |
| De'Andre Lewis |
Texas |
| Jason Loezel |
Purdue |
| Vassay Marc |
South Florida |
| Torrence Marshall |
Oklahoma |
| Ben Mezera |
Minnesota |
| Marion Moore |
Maryland |
| Zeke Moreno |
USC |
| Dan Morgan |
Miami |
| Ryan Nece |
UCLA |
| Kautai Oleavo |
Utah |
| Brent Passay |
Utah State |
| Jeremiah Pharms |
Washington |
| Jerry Phillips |
Tulane |
| Kenny Philpott |
Eastern Michigan |
| Carlos Polk |
Nebraska |
| Tommy Polley |
Florida State |
| Saleem Rasheed |
Alabama |
| Darnell Robinson |
Oregon State |
| Jamonte Robinson |
Missouri |
| Wayne Rogers |
Houston |
| Kevin Rollins |
Toledo |
| Cameron Saulsby |
Northern Illinois |
| Kamal Shakir |
Memphis |
| Tim Skipper |
Fresno State |
| Justin Smith |
Indiana |
| Matt Smith |
Oregon |
| Brandon Spoon |
North Carolina |
| Markus Steele |
USC |
| Eddie Strong |
Mississippi |
| Taylor Suman |
Temple |
| Jashon Sykes |
Colorado |
| LeVar Talley |
Temple |
| Ben Taylor |
Virginia Tech |
| Robert Thomas |
UCLA |
| Byron Thweatt |
Virginia |
| TJ Turner |
Michigan State |
| Lyle Weaver |
Army |
| Eric Westmoreland |
Tennessee |
| Clayton White |
NC State |
| Jamie Winborn |
Vanderbilt |
| Max Yates |
Marshall |
| Michael Young |
Illinois |
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