Here is a list of players on the preseason watch list for the Butkus Award, given to the top linebacker in college football.

The Butkus Award is given every year to college football's best linebacker. That process starts in the preseason when a watch list is started, and the winner will come from. This year, Kentucky ...

With the media days experience in the rearview mirror, the next indicator of a new season is the annual release of preseason watch lists for various national awards across the college football ...

Missouri standout Triston Newson already has some big expectations to meet this fall with his inclusion on the Butkus Award ...

Keaton Thomas is one of 12 Big 12 linebackers included on this year's preseason list. In total, the watch list includes reps ...

Members of the Utah football program continued to reel in preseason accolades while the team's fall camp kicked off from Salt ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.- Just a day after he landed on the Nagurski Trophy Watch list, Gophers safety Koi Perich has now been ...

Junior safety Ty Benefield and senior cornerback A’Marion McCoy are both on the Jim Thorpe Award watch list, the Oklahoma ...

The 2025 Butkus Award preseason watch list was announced on Wednesday and two Ohio State players were among the names ...

Semifinalists for this year’s Maxwell Award will be announced Nov. 11, and the three finalists for the award will be revealed ...

On Wednesday, two Ohio State football players were named to the 2025 Jim Thorpe Award watch list with Caleb Downs and Davison Igbinosun appearing.

The Dick Butkus Award is given annually to the best linebacker in the nation. Since 2004, the only two Longhorns to take home ...