BATON ROUGE — LSU linebacker Bradie James is one of 49 Division I football players who have met the established criteria and have been named to the preliminary Watch List of candidates for the 33rd annual Lombardi Award, the award’s executive committee announced on Friday.
The 49 preliminary candidates earned a place on the initial Watch List by earning All-American honors at the end of the 2001 season, or by being named to their respective all- conference team as selected by the conference’s head coaches. The Watch List will be updated prior to the start of the 2002 season, in order to identify those players who have been selected as pre-season honors candidates.
Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down linemen and those defensive players who line up within five yards of the football.
James, who will be a senior next season, finished second on the squad last year with 113 total tackles during the regular season on his way to earning First Team All-Southeastern Conference honors. James led LSU with eight tackles for losses and he ranked third on the team with three sacks. James enters his final season with the Tigers with 264 career tackles and 11 sacks.
2002 Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List
NAME POS CONF SCHOOL
Briggs, Lance LB PAC 10 Arizona
Brindel, Josh DL IND Navy
Brown, Chris LB WAC Hawaii
Burley, Nick DE WAC Fresno St.
Daley, Chris DL IND South Florida
Davis, Rod LB CONF USA Southern Miss
Deckart, Sheldon LB MW Utah
Dockett, Darnell DL ACC Florida State
Dorsey, Nat OT ACC Georgia Tech
Faine, Jeff OL IND Notre Dame
Flugence, Lawrence LB BIG 12 Texas Tech
Gathers, Greg DL ACC Georgia Tech
Ghent, Ronnie TE CONF USA Lousiville
Goldberg, Adam OL MW Wyoming
Green, Brandon DT WAC Rice
Harris, Tommie DT BIG 12 Oklahoma
Hayes, Gerald LB BIG EAST Pittsburgh
Henderson, E.J. LB ACC Maryland
Hobson, Victor LB BIG 10 Michigan
James, Bradie LB SEC LSU
Johnson, Eric OL BIG 10 Wisconsin
Jones, Terrell LB MAC Miami, OH
Kaufusi, Jason DT MW Utah
Kelsay, Chris DL BIG12 Nebraska
Kennedy, Jimmy DT BIG 10 Penn State
Klecko, Dan OT BIG EAST Temple
Manning, Eric DT PAC 10 Oregon State
McDougle, Jerome DL BIG EAST Miami
McPeek, Nathan OL MAC Marshall
Pashos, Tony OL BIG 10 Illinois
Patterson, Elon DE MAC Central Florida
Peek, Antwan DL CONF USA Cincinnati
Redding, Corey DL BIG 12 Texas
Rimpf, Brandon OL CONF USA East Carolina
Robillard, Matt LB MAC Miami, OH
Roche, Derrick OL PAC 10 Washington State
Romberg, Bret C BIG EAST Miami
Sciullo, Steve OL MAC Marshall
Smith, Clifton LB BIG EAST Syracuse
Smith, Garrett DT MW Utah
Steinbach, Eric OL BIG 10 Iowa
Stinchcomb, Jon OG SEC Georgia
Suggs, Terell DL PAC 10 Arizona State
Vilma, Jonathan LB BIG EAST Miami
Viloria, Vic LB WAC SMU
White, Dewayne DL CONF USA Lousiville
Wike, Todd OG ACC Maryland
Wilkerson, Jimmy DE BIG 12 Oklahoma
Williams, Brett OT ACC Florida State