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

The Stats Perform Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the most outstanding defensive player in FCS college football.

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 ...

Michigan football is confident their linebackers Ernest Hausmann and Jaishawn Barham will excel in the 2025 season. Both ...

Michigan revealed on Monday that Haynes is on the Maxwell Award watch list in the 2025 preseason, as one of 80 players that ...

Florida football starting QB DJ Lagway was one of 80 players named to the preseason Maxwell Award list on July 28 ...

Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita has been named to the Maxwell Football Club Award watch list for the second consecutive ...

Three Penn State seniors were named Monday to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented to the nation’s outstanding ...

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

The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) and Jim Thorpe Association announced today that cornerback Avieon Terrell has been ...

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