Butkus Award































Butkus Award
Given for Given to the best linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football
Country United States
Presented by Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando (1985–2007)
Butkus Foundation (2008–present)
History
First award 1985
Most recent College: Devin White
Pro: Khalil Mack
High School: Nakobe Dean
Website http://www.thebutkusaward.com/

The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985 by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football. The award, named in honor of College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker, Dick Butkus, is presented by the Butkus Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports a number of health and wellness activities including the "I Play Clean" anti-steroid program. The award was first established by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, which relinquished control of the award in 2008 following a lawsuit by Butkus.[1]


Traditionally, the award was given only to the top collegiate linebacker. The Butkus Award was expanded in 2008 to include high school and professional winners[2] as part of a makeover by the Butkus family to help end anabolic steroid abuse among young athletes. Two players have won both the high school and collegiate Butkus Awards: Notre Dame linebackers Manti Te'o (2008, 2012) and Jaylon Smith (2012, 2015).




Contents






  • 1 Recipients


    • 1.1 Collegiate winners


    • 1.2 Professional winners


    • 1.3 High school winners




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Recipients



Collegiate winners


















































































































































































Year Player School
1985 Brian Bosworth
Oklahoma
1986 Brian Bosworth
Oklahoma
1987 Paul McGowan
Florida State
1988 Derrick Thomas
Alabama
1989 Percy Snow
Michigan State
1990 Alfred Williams
Colorado
1991 Erick Anderson
Michigan
1992 Marvin Jones
Florida State
1993 Trev Alberts
Nebraska
1994 Dana Howard
Illinois
1995 Kevin Hardy
Illinois
1996 Matt Russell
Colorado
1997 Andy Katzenmoyer
Ohio State
1998 Chris Claiborne
USC
1999 LaVar Arrington
Penn State
2000 Dan Morgan
Miami
2001 Rocky Calmus
Oklahoma
2002 E. J. Henderson
Maryland
2003 Teddy Lehman
Oklahoma
2004 Derrick Johnson
Texas
2005 Paul Posluszny
Penn State
2006 Patrick Willis
Ole Miss
2007 James Laurinaitis
Ohio State
2008 Aaron Curry
Wake Forest
2009 Rolando McClain
Alabama
2010 Von Miller
Texas A&M
2011 Luke Kuechly
Boston College
2012 Manti Te'o
Notre Dame
2013 C.J. Mosley
Alabama
2014 Eric Kendricks
UCLA
2015
Jaylon Smith[3]

Notre Dame
2016
Reuben Foster[4]

Alabama
2017 Roquan Smith
Georgia
2018 Devin White
LSU


Professional winners






























































Year Player Team
2008
DeMarcus Ware[2]

Dallas Cowboys
2009
Patrick Willis[5]

San Francisco 49ers
2010 Clay Matthews III
Green Bay Packers
2011 Terrell Suggs
Baltimore Ravens
DeMarcus Ware
Dallas Cowboys
2012 Von Miller
Denver Broncos
2013 NaVorro Bowman
San Francisco 49ers
2014
Luke Kuechly[6]

Carolina Panthers
2015 Luke Kuechly
Carolina Panthers
2016
Khalil Mack[7]

Oakland Raiders
2017 Luke Kuechly
Carolina Panthers


High school winners































































Year Player School
2008 Manti Te'o
Punahou School (Honolulu, HI)
2009 Jordan Hicks
Lakota West High School (West Chester, OH)
2010 Tony Steward
Pedro Menendez High School (St. Augustine, FL)
2011 Noor Davis
Leesburg High School (Leesburg, FL)
2012 Jaylon Smith
Bishop Luers High School (Fort Wayne, IN)
2013 Raekwon McMillan
Liberty County High School (Hinesville, GA)
2014 Malik Jefferson
Ralph H. Poteet High School (Mesquite, TX)
2015 Caleb Kelly
Clovis West High School (Fresno, CA)
2016 Dylan Moses
IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)
2017 Solomon Tuliaupupu
Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA)
2018 Nakobe Dean
Horn Lake High School (Horn Lake, MS)


References





  1. ^ Schmadtke, Alan (April 29, 2008). "Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando relinquishes rights to the Dick Butkus Award". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 8, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Archer, Todd (January 9, 2009). "Dallas Cowboys' Ware wins Butkus Award". Dallasnews.com: the Dallas Morning News website. Belo Corporation. Retrieved January 11, 2009.


  3. ^ Skrbina, Paul (December 8, 2015). "Notre Dame's Jaylon Smith named Butkus Award winner". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 6, 2017.


  4. ^ Potter, Charlie (December 5, 2016). "Alabama LB Reuben Foster named 2016 Butkus Award winner". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 6, 2017.


  5. ^ OleMissSports.com: Willis Wins Butkus Award As Collegian And Pro Archived January 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine


  6. ^ "Former BC great Kuechly wins second Butkus Award". Fox Sports. May 12, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2017.


  7. ^ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/khalil-mack-receives-pro-butkus-awardr-2221970.htm




External links


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