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DALLAS — The 2012 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list features the best and brightest of the upcoming season’s defensive players.
One of 84 players on the list most likely will receive the Bronko Nagurski Trophy awarded annually to the nation’s best defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Every Football Bowl Subdivision conference and independents BYU and Notre Dame are represented on the list that is led by 30 standout linebackers.
Players may be added or deleted from the Bronko Nagurski watch list during the season. For the 12th consecutive season, the FWAA will choose a Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week. If a recipient is not on the Watch List, he will be added. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Nov. 15.
The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects the 25-man FWAA All-America Team and eventually the Bronko Nagurski finalists. Committee members then select the winner by individual ballot. The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be Dec. 3 in Charlotte.
| POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL | POS | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB | Johnny Adams | Michigan State | DE | Kapron Lewis-Moore | Notre Dame |
| CB | Ricardo Allen | Purdue | DT | Rob Lohr | Vanderbilt |
| CB | David Amerson | NC State | LB | Travis Long | Washington State |
| LB | Dion Bailey | USC | DT | Star Lotulelei | Utah |
| CB | Johnthan Banks | Mississippi State | LB | Khalil Mack | Buffalo |
| LB | Chris Borland | Wisconsin | LB | Trent Mackey | Tulane |
| S | John Boyett | Oregon | CB | Nigel Malone | Kansas State |
| LB | Travis Brown | Fresno State | DE | Stansly Maponga | TCU |
| LB | Jonathan Brown | Illinois | CB | Tyrann Mathieu | LSU |
| LB | Arthur Brown | Kansas State | S | Dexter McCoil | Tulsa |
| CB | Brodrick Brown | Oklahoma State | S | T.J. McDonald | USC |
| DE | Michael Buchanan | Illinois | CB | Leon McFadden | San Diego State |
| LB | Max Bullough | Michigan State | CB | Dee Milliner | Alabama |
| CB | Carrington Byndom | Texas | DE | Barkevious Mingo | LSU |
| DE | Jadeveon Clowney | South Carolina | DE | Sam Montgomery | LSU |
| LB | Jamie Collins | Southern Miss | LB | C.J. Mosley | Alabama |
| S | Matt Elam | Florida | DT | Roosevelt Nix | Kent State |
| DT | Sharrif Floyd | Florida | DE | Alex Okafor | Texas |
| CB | Kyle Fuller | Virginia Tech | LB | Kevin Pierre-Louis | Boston College |
| DE | William Gholston | Michigan State | LB | Sean Porter | Texas A&M |
| LB | Khaseem Greene | Rutgers | CB | Jordan Poyer | Oregon State |
| LB | Steve Greer | Virginia | LB | Kevin Reddick | North Carolina |
| DT | Johnathan Hankins | Ohio State | S | Eric Reid | LSU |
| LB | Gerald Hodges | Penn State | CB | Xavier Rhodes | Florida State |
| S | Jarred Holley | Pittsburgh | CB | Nickell Robey | USC |
| CB | Demontre Hurst | Oklahoma | DT | Kawann Short | Purdue |
| CB | Micah Hyde | Iowa | DE | John Simon | Ohio State |
| LB | Andrew Jackson | Western Kentucky | LB | Shayne Skov | Stanford |
| DE | Jackson Jeffcoat | Texas | S | Hakeem Smith | Louisville |
| S | Tony Jefferson | Oklahoma | DE | Devin Taylor | South Carolina |
| DE | Brandon Jenkins | Florida State | LB | Bruce Taylor | Virginia Tech |
| DL | John Jenkins | Georgia | LB | Mike Taylor | Wisconsin |
| LB | Nico Johnson | Alabama | LB | Manti Te’o | Notre Dame |
| DE | Travis Johnson | San Jose State | LB | Chase Thomas | Stanford |
| LB | Jarvis Jones | Georgia | S | Kenny Vaccaro | Texas |
| DE | Dion Jordan | Oregon | LB | Kyle Van Noy | BYU |
| S | Lamarcus Joyner | Florida State | DT | Joe Vellano | Maryland |
| LB | A.J. Klein | Iowa State | DE | Bjoern Werner | Florida State |
| LB | Jake Knott | Iowa State | DL | Jesse Williams | Alabama |
| S | Jordan Kovacs | Michigan | DE | Trevardo Williams | Connecticut |
| DE | Corey Lemonier | Auburn | LB | Dwayne Woods | Bowling Green |
| S | Robert Lester | Alabama | LB | Tom Wort | Oklahoma |
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