Lufkin's Byndom on Nagurski Watch List
Wednesday, 18th July 2012 - 10:39AM
FWAA UNVEILS 2012 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST
DALLAS (FWAA) - 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 that is awarded annually to the nation's best defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Every NCAA Division I 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 Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner is chosen from five finalists who are part of the FWAA All-America Team. The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the entire membership, selects the 25-man team and eventually the Bronko Nagurski finalists. Committee members, then by individual ballot, select the winner, the best defensive player in America. The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet presented by ACN will be Dec. 3 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Besides the 2012 winner being announced, the banquet will also celebrate the recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Legends Award presented by Florida East Coast Railway. Nebraska's Larry Jacobson, an end from the FWAA's 1971 All-American team, will be honored. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly will be the keynote speaker at the banquet. 2012 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST (84) CB Johnny Adams, Michigan State CB Ricardo Allen, Purdue CB David Amerson, N.C. State LB Dion Bailey, USC CB Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State LB Chris Borland, Wisconsin S John Boyett, Oregon LB Travis Brown, Fresno State LB Jonathan Brown, Illinois LB Arthur Brown, Kansas State CB Brodrick Brown, Oklahoma State DE Michael Buchanan, Illinois LB Max Bullough, Michigan State CB Carrington Byndom, Texas DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina LB Jamie Collins, Southern Miss S Matt Elam, Florida DT Sharrif Floyd, Florida CB Kyle Fuller, Virginia Tech DE William Gholston, Michigan State LB Khaseem Greene, Rutgers LB Steve Greer, Virginia DT Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State LB Gerald Hodges, Penn State S Jarred Holley, Pittsburgh CB Demontre Hurst, Oklahoma CB Micah Hyde, Iowa LB Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky DE Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas S Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma DE Brandon Jenkins, Florida State DL John Jenkins, Georgia LB Nico Johnson, Alabama DE Travis Johnson, San Jose State LB Jarvis Jones, Georgia DE Dion Jordan, Oregon S Lamarcus Joyner, Florida State LB A.J. Klein, Iowa State LB Jake Knott, Iowa State S Jordan Kovacs, Michigan DE Corey Lemonier, Auburn S Robert Lester, Alabama DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, Notre Dame DT Rob Lohr, Vanderbilt LB Travis Long, Washington State DT Star Lotulelei, Utah LB Khalil Mack, Buffalo LB Trent Mackey, Tulane CB Nigel Malone, Kansas State DE Stansly Maponga, TCU CB Tyrann Mathieu, LSU S Dexter McCoil, Tulsa S T.J. McDonald, USC CB Leon McFadden, San Diego State CB Dee Milliner, Alabama DE Barkevious Mingo, LSU DE Sam Montgomery, LSU LB C.J. Mosley, Alabama DT Roosevelt Nix, Kent State DE Alex Okafor, Texas LB Kevin Pierre-Louis, Boston College LB Sean Porter, Texas A&M CB Jordan Poyer, Oregon State LB Kevin Reddick, North Carolina S Eric Reid, LSU CB Xavier Rhodes, Florida State CB Nickell Robey, USC DT Kawann Short, Purdue DE John Simon, Ohio State LB Shayne Skov, Stanford S Hakeem Smith, Louisville DE Devin Taylor, South Carolina LB Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech LB Mike Taylor, Wisconsin LB Manti Te'o, Notre Dame LB Chase Thomas, Stanford S Kenny Vaccaro, Texas LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU DT Joe Vellano, Maryland DE Bjoern Werner, Florida State DL Jesse Williams, Alabama DE Trevardo Williams, Connecticut LB Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green LB Tom Wort, Oklahoma By conference: SEC (19), Big Ten (14), Big 12 (13), ACC (11), Pac-12 (10), Big East (4), Conference USA (3), Independents (3), MAC (3), Mountain West (2), Sun Belt (1), WAC (1). The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,300 men and women who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America team. For more information about the FWAA and its award programs, contact Steve Richardson at [email protected] or 972-713-6198. The Charlotte Touchdown Club is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting high school, collegiate, and professional football in the Charlotte, N.C. region. The club's activities and services focus community attention on the outstanding citizenship, scholarship, sportsmanship, and leadership of area athletes and coaches. For more information, contact John Rocco (704-347-2918 or [email protected]). The official website of the Charlotte Touchdown Club is www.touchdownclub.com. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, ncfaa.org. |