Butkus Award
Presented to the nation's best linebacker by the Butkus Foundation
Iowa's Jack Campbell, 2022 Butkus Award winner
2023 Preseason Watch List
- Jaishawn Barham, Maryland
- Michael Barrett, Michigan
- JD Bertrand, Notre Dame
- Tatum Bethune, Florida State
- Ben Bywater, BYU
- Abdul Carter, Penn State
- Barrett Carter, Clemson
- Aaron Casey, Indiana
- Steele Chambers, Ohio State
- Mason Cobb, USC
- Khari Coleman, Ole Miss
- Junior Colson, Michigan
- Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
- Shaun Dolac, Buffalo
- Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
- Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
- JaQues Evans, WKU
- Justin Flowe, Arizona
- Jaylan Ford, Texas
- Dallas Gant, Toledo
- Easton Gibbs, Wyoming
- Cedric Gray, North Carolina
- Cal Haladay, Michigan State
- Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- Ty'Ron Hopper, Missouri
- Nick Jackson, Iowa
- Curtis Jacobs, Penn State
- Jestin Jacobs, Oregon
- Jason Johnson, UCF
- Tyrice Knight, UTEP
- Deontae Lawson, Alabama
- Marist Liufau, Notre Dame
- Jordan Magee, Temple
- Jackson Mitchell, UConn
- Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia
- Darius Muasau, UCLA
- Maema Njongmeta, Wisconsin
- Chris Paul Jr., Arkansas
- Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
- Tyreem Powell, Rutgers
- Karene Reid, Utah
- DJ Schramm, Boise State
- Jackson Sirmon, California
- Omar Speights, LSU
- Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
- Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson
- Trevin Wallace, Kentucky
- Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State
- Marlowe Wax, Syracuse
- Payton Wilson, N.C. State
