BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore linebackers Trev Faulk and Bradie James have been named to the 2000 Butkus Award “Watch List,” making them candidates for the award presented annually to the nation’s top linebacker in college football.
Faulk and James are two of the 70 players named to the list. Other Southeastern Conference players on the list include Boss Bailey and Kendrell Bell of Georgia, Quenton Carver of Arkansas, Andra Davis of Florida, Saleem Rasheed of Alabama, Eddie Strong of Ole Miss, Eric Westmoreland of Tennessee and Jamie Winborn of Vanderbilt.
Faulk, who started eight of LSU’s 11 games last year as a true freshman, recorded 68 tackles, including four for losses in 1999. Faulk was named second team Freshman All-America by the Sporting News last season and he was a member of the Freshman All-SEC team.
James played in 10 games last year as a true freshman and he recorded 41 tackles and three sacks. He also intercepted a pass. James earned Freshman All-SEC honors in 1999.
The Butkus Award Watch List will be trimmed to 10 semifinalist on Oct. 19. The three finalist will be announced on November 9 with the winner of the award being named on Dec. 8 in Orlando, Fla.
Here are the 70 players named to the Butkus Award “Watch List”:
SEC players in bold.
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Saleem Rasheed |
Alabama |
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Adam Archulta |
Arizona State |
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Quenton Carver |
Arkansas |
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Lyle Weaver |
Army |
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Justin Ena |
BYU |
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Keith Adams |
Clemson |
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Jashon Sykes |
Colorado |
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Rick Crowell |
Colorado State |
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Pernell Griffin |
East Carolina |
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Kenny Philpott |
Eastern Michigan |
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Andra Davis |
Florida |
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Brian Allen |
Florida State |
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Tommy Polley |
Florida State |
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Orlando Huff |
Fresno State |
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Tim Skipper |
Fresno State |
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Boss Bailey |
Georgia |
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Kendrell Bell |
Georgia |
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Wayne Rogers |
Houston |
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Michael Young |
Illinois |
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Justin Smith |
Indiana |
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Ben Leber |
Kansas State |
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LSU |
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LSU |
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Max Yates |
Marshall |
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Marion Moore |
Maryland |
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Kamal Shakir |
Memphis |
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Dan Morgan |
Miami |
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Eric Brackins |
Michigan |
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Larry Foote |
Michigan |
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TJ Turner |
Michigan State |
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Sean Hoffman |
Minnesota |
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Ben Mezera |
Minnesota |
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Eddie Strong |
Mississippi |
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Jamonte Robinson |
Missouri |
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Clayton White |
N.C. State |
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Carlos Polk |
Nebraska |
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Brandon Spoon |
North Carolina |
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Cameron Saulsby |
Northern Illinois |
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Kevin Bentley |
Northwestern |
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Anthony Denman |
Notre Dame |
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Rocky Calmus |
Oklahoma |
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Torrence Marshall |
Oklahoma |
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Matt Smith |
Oregon |
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Darnell Robinson |
Oregon State |
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Ryan Gonsales |
Pittsburgh |
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Akin Ayodele |
Purdue |
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Jason Loezel |
Purdue |
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Vassay Marc |
South Florida |
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Riall Johnson |
Stanford |
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Morlon Greenwood |
Syracuse |
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Shannon Brazell |
TCU |
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Taylor Suman |
Temple |
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LeVar Talley |
Temple |
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Eric Westmoreland |
Tennessee |
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De’Andre Lewis |
Texas |
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Jason Glenn |
Texas A&M |
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Kevin Rollins |
Toledo |
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Jerry Phillips |
Tulane |
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Ryan Nece |
UCLA |
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Robert Thomas |
UCLA |
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Markus Steele |
USC |
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Zeke Moreno |
USC |
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Kautai Oleavo |
Utah |
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Brent Passay |
Utah State |
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Jamie Winborn |
Vanderbilt |
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Byron Thweatt |
Virginia |
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Ben Taylor |
Virginia Tech |
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Jeremiah Pharms |
Washington |
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Derrell Daniels |
Washington |
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Patrick Chukwurah |
Wyoming |