Butkus Award
Presented to the nation's best linebacker by the Butkus Foundation
N.C. State's Payton Wilson: 2023 Butkus Award winner
2024 Preseason Watch List
- Eugene Asante, Auburn
- Jaishawn Barham, Michigan
- Lander Barton, Utah
- Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
- Gaethan Bernadel, Stanford
- Sean Brown, NC State
- Carson Bruener, Washington
- Sam Brumfield, Virginia Tech
- Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
- Barrett Carter, Clemson
- Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
- Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky
- Power Echols, North Carolina
- Aiden Fisher, Indiana
- Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- C.J. Hicks, Ohio State
- Jay Higgins, Iowa
- Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
- Ruben Hyppolite, Maryland
- D’Eryk Jackson, Kentucky
- Nick Jackson, Iowa
- Shemar James, Florida
- Jack Kelly, BYU
- Kobe King, Penn State
- Jack Kiser, Notre Dame
- Demetrius Knight, South Carolina
- Deontae Lawson, Alabama
- Cody Lindenberg, Minnesota
- Jacob Manu, Arizona
- Chandler Martin, Memphis
- Nick Martin, Oklahoma State
- Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, USC
- Francisco Mauigoa, Miami
- Smael Mondon, Georgia
- Xander Mueller, Northwestern
- Namdi Obiazor, TCU
- Oluwafemi Oladejo, UCLA
- Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
- Harold Perkins, LSU
- Colin Ramos, Navy
- Karene Reid, Utah
- Dylan Rosiek, Illinois
- Matthew Salopek, Miami (Ohio)
- Andrew Simpson, Boise State
- Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
- Sonny Styles, Ohio State
- Shae Suiaunoa, Wyoming
- Mohamed Toure, Rutgers
- Marlowe Wax, Syracuse
- Debo Williams, South Carolina
- Jackson Woodard, UNLV
