2015 Butkus Award watch list announced

The Butkus Award 2015 watch list for 2015 was released on Tuesday, with 51 student-athletes represented on the list.

The award is given to the best collegiate linebacker of the year. UCLA's Eric Kendricks was the recepient last year.

Here are the 51 to watch:


2015 BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST
Dominique Alexander, Oklahoma	Kendall Beckwith, LSU
Zeek Bigger, East Carolina	Joe Bolden, Michigan
Kentrell Brothers, Missouri	Richie Brown, Mississippi State
Kelby Brown, Duke	James Burgess, Louisville
De'Vondre Campbell, Minnesota	Su'a Cravens, Southern California
Brooks Ellis, Arkansas	Kyler Fackrell, Utah State
Travis Feeney, Washington	Leonard Floyd, Georgia
Josh Forrest, Kentucky	Kris Frost, Auburn
Darien Harris, Michigan State	Myles Jack, UCLA
Cory James, Colorado State	Jordan Jenkins, Georgia
C.J. Johnson, Mississippi	Peter Kalambayi, Stanford
Raphael Kirby, Miami (Fla.)	Carl Lawson, Auburn
Cory Littleton, Washington	Antonio Longino, Arizona State
Curt Maggitt, Tennessee	Blake Martinez, Stanford
Tyler Matakevich, Temple	Cassanova McKinzy, Auburn
Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State	Mason Monheim, Illinois
Nyles Morgan, Notre Dame	Antonio Morrison, Florida
Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland	Jared Norris, Utah
Reggie Northup, Florida State	Montese Overton, East Carolina
Joshua Perry, Ohio State	Reggie Ragland, Alabama
Jalen Reeves-Maybin, Tennessee	Luke Rhodes, William & Mary
Pete Robertson, Texas Tech	James Ross, Michigan
Anthony Sarao, Southern California	Michael Scherer, Missouri
Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame	Terrance Smith, Florida State
Eric Striker, Oklahoma	Jason Wittingham, Utah
Scooby Wright III, Arizona

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