Terps' Moore Named To Butkus Watch List
8/25/2000 8:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 25, 2000
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc. (DACO), the organization which annually presents the prestigious Butkus Award® to the nation's best collegiate linebacker has announced the preliminary list of 70 candidates for this year's award.
The Butkus Award® Watch List will be trimmed to 10 semi-finalists on October 19. The three finalists will be announced on a national teleconference on November 9 at Spectator's Sports Bar at the Downtown Marriott Orlando. The winner will be announced Friday, December 8 during the Butkus Award® Gala at Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios CityWalk. All three finalists, along with their coaches and families are invited to attend.
This year's preliminary list includes 70 noteworthy candidates that represent schools and conferences from across the nation. The independent selection committee for the 2000 Butkus Award is comprised of 28 of the nation's foremost media members. The Butkus Award® Selection Committee members are beginning the process of reviewing the candidates this week. Additional candidates may be added in the coming weeks. The voting for the three finalists and Butkus Award® winner will be conducted by confidential balloting of the Selection Committee.
The Butkus Award is regarded as one of the most elite individual
honors in college football. Past recipients include outstanding linebackers
such as LaVar Arrington (1999-Penn State), Chris Claiborne (1998-Southern
California), Andy Katzenmoyer (1997-Ohio State), Matt Russell (1996
Colorado), Kevin Hardy (1995-Illinois), Dana Howard (1994-Illinois),
Trev Alberts (1993-Nebraska), Marvin Jones (1992-Florida State), Erick
Anderson (1991-Michigan), Alfred Williams (1990-Colorado), Percy Snow
(1989-Michigan State), Derrick Thomas (1988-Alabama), Paul McGowan
(1997-Florida State), and Brian Bosworth (1985 and 1986-Oklahoma).
Created in 1985 by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando Inc., the
Butkus Award carries the name and support of one of the greatest middle
linebackers in football history, Dick Butkus of Illinois.
| Keith Adams | Clemson | Dan Morgan | Miami |
| Brian Allen | Florida State | Ryan Nece | UCLA |
| Adam Archulta | Arizona State | Kautai Oleavo | Utah |
| Akin Ayodele | Purdue | Brent Passay | Utah State |
| Boss Bailey | Georgia | Jeremiah Pharms | Washington |
| Kendrell Bell | Georgia | Jerry Phillips | Tulane |
| Kevin Bentley | Northwestern | Kenny Philpott | Eastern Michigan |
| Eric Brackins | Michigan | Carlos Polk | Nebraska |
| Shannon Brazell | TCU | Tommy Polley | Florida State |
| Rocky Calmus | Oklahoma | Saleem Rasheed | Alabama |
| Quenton Carver | Arkansas | Darnell Robinson | Oregon State |
| Patrick Chukwurah | Wyoming | Jamonte Robinson | Missouri |
| Rick Crowell | Colorado State | Wayne Rogers | Houston |
| Derrell Daniels | Washington | Kevin Rollins | Toledo |
| Andra Davis | Florida | Cameron Saulsby | Northern Illinois |
| Anthony Denman | Notre Dame | Kamal Shakir | Memphis |
| Justin Ena | BYU | Tim Skipper | Fresno State |
| Treverance Faulk | LSU | Justin Smith | Indiana |
| Larry Foote | Michigan | Matt Smith | Oregon |
| Jason Glenn | Texas A&M | Brandon Spoon | North Carolina |
| Ryan Gonsales | Pittsburgh | Markus Steele | USC |
| Morlon Greenwood | Syracuse | Eddie Strong | Mississippi |
| Pernell Griffin | East Carolina | Taylor Suman | Temple |
| Sean Hoffman | Minnesota | Jashon Sykes | Colorado |
| Orlando Huff | Fresno State | LeVar Talley | Temple |
| Bradie James | LSU | Ben Taylor | Virginia Tech |
| Riall Johnson | Stanford | Robert Thomas | UCLA |
| Ben Leber | Kansas State | Byron Thweatt | Virginia |
| De'Andre Lewis | Texas | TJ Turner | Michigan State |
| Jason Loezel | Purdue | Lyle Weaver | Army |
| Vassay Marc | South Florida | Eric Westmoreland | Tennessee |
| Torrence Marshall | Oklahoma | Clayton White | NC State |
| Ben Mezera | Minnesota | Jamie Winborn | Vanderbilt |
| Marlon Moore | Maryland | Max Yates | Marshall |
| Zeke Moreno | USC | Michael Young | Illinois |
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