Preseason watch list for 2022 Butkus Award revealed
The Butkus Award announced the preseason watch list for the 2022 trophy on Monday. The Butkus Award, honoring the best linebacker in the country, has their eyes on a total of 51 players heading into the season. They will narrow the list to semifinalists and finalists ahead of the
Although none of the 2021 finalist candidates are back for the 2022 season, Iowa’s Jack Campbell, Texas’s DeMarvion Overshown and Oregon’s Noah Sewell were all semifinalists.
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Watch lists are also out for the Maxwell Award, the Davey O’Brien Award, the Doak Walker Award, the Biletnikoff Award, the Rimington Award, the Jim Thorpe Award and the John Mackey Award.
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Check out the full 2022 watch list for the Butkus Award.
Preseason Butkus Award Watch List
Darren Anders, Bowling Green
Jeremy Banks, Tennessee
Micah Baskerville, LSU
Seth Benson, Iowa
JD Bertrand, Notre Dame
Tatum Bethune, Florida State
Troy Brown, Ole Miss
Ben Bywater, BYU
Jack Campbell, Iowa
Levani Damuni, Stanford
KD Davis, North Texas
Mohamoud Diabate, Utah
Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
Justin Flowe, Oregon
Sherrod Greene, South Carolina
Kyle Harmon, San Jose State
Calvin Hart Jr., Illinois
Daiyan Henley, Washington State
Nick Jackson, Virginia
Jestin Jacobs, Iowa
Carl Jones Jr, UCLA
Mikel Jones, Syracuse
Tyrice Knight, UTEP
Carlton Martial, Troy
Ventrell Miller, Florida
Jackson Mitchell, UConn
Jaylen Moody, Alabama
Isaiah Moore, N.C. State
Darius Muasau, UCLA
Donavan Mutin, Houston
Anfernee Orji, Vanderbilt
DeMarvion Overshown, Texas
Deshawn Pace, Cincinnati
Ivan Pace, Cincinnati
Owen Pappoe, Auburn
James Patterson, Buffalo
Bumper Pool, Arkansas
Luke Reimer, Nebraska
Merlin Robertson, Arizona State
Noah Sewell, Oregon
Trenton Simpson, Clemson
Isaac Slade-Matautia, SMU
Mariano Sori-Marin, Minnesota
DeAndre Square, Kentucky
Drake Thomas, N.C. State
Henry To’o To’o, Alabama
David Ugwoegbu, Oklahoma
Edefuan Ulofoshio, Washington
Payton Wilgar, BYU
Dorian Williams, Tulane
Dee Winters, TCU