In addition to the Butkus Award watch list (which you can view HERE), the Rotary Lombardi Award preseason watch list was released today as the college football season inches ever closer.
The Lombardi Award is given annually to the best lineman or linebacker in college football, and this year’s preseason watch list is over 100 players strong. You’re probably on it too. (Congratulations!)
The 2013 Lombardi Award will be presented Dec. 11 in a ceremony at the Wortham Center in Houston, Texas. Last year’s winner was Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o.
As always, you can view the entire list of preseason candidates below. You can now also check out our preseason watch lists repository HERE.
C Josh Allen, ULM
LB Jeremiah Attaochu, Georgia Tech
DT Calvin Barnett, Oklahoma State
LB Anthony Barr, UCLA
LB Chris Borland, Wisconsin
DL Morgan Breslin, USC
LB Preston Brown, Louisville
LB Vince Buhaglar, San Jose State
G Austen Bujnoch, Cincinnati
LB Max Bullough, Michigan State
G Chris Burnette, Georgia
DT Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State
G Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech
DE Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina
G La’El Collins, LSU
DE Scott Crichton, Oregon State
NG Tyeler Davison, Fresno State
DE Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh
LB Jake Doughty, Utah State
DT Dominique Easley, Florida
DT IK Enemkpali, Louisiana Tech
LB Kyler Fackrell, Utah State
LB Jake Fely, San Diego State
DE Devonte Fields, TCU
C BJ Finney, Kansas State
G Dominic Flewellyn, Bowling Green
DE Ben Gardner, Stanford
DE David Gilbert, Miami
C Hroniss Grasu, Oregon
OL Ryan Groy, Wisconsin
DT Ra’Shede Hageman, Minnesota
LB Bryce Hager, Baylor
LB Ben Heeney, Kansas
DE Brock Hekking, Nevada
LB Anthony Hitchens, Iowa
LB Adrian Hubbard, Alabama
DT Chucky Hunter, TCU
T James Hurst North, Carolina
DE Kerry Hyder, Texas Tech
DE Martin Ifedi, Memphis
C Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma
LB Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky
G Gabe Jackson, Mississippi State
G Tre’ Jackson, Florida State
DE Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
DT Timmy Jernigan, Florida State
LB AJ Johnson, Tennessee
DT Anthony Johnson, LSU
T Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers
T Wesley Johnson, Vanderbilt
T Tyler Johnstone, Oregon
LB Christian Jones, Florida State
G Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State
C Zac Kerin, Toledo
T Cyrus Kouandijio, Alabama
C Tyler Larsen, Utah State
DE Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State
T Eric Lefeld, Cincinnati
T Charles Leno, Boise State
T Taylor Lewan, Michigan
G Spencer Long, Nebraska
G Antwan Lowery, Rutgers
DE Aaron Lynch, USF
LB Khalil Mack, Buffalo
LB Gabe Martin, Bowling Green
G Zack Martin, Notre Dame
T Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
T Morgan Moses, Virginia
LB CJ Mosley, Alabama
LB Trent Murphy, Stanford
LB Jonathan Newsome, Ball State
DT Louis Nix III, Notre Dame
DE Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
LB Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss
G Andrew Norwell, Ohio State
T Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M
LB Zack Orr, North Texas
DE Alex Page, South Alabama
LB Hayes Pullard, USC
DT Travis Raciti, San Jose State
T Antonio Richardson, Tennessee
G Cyril Richardson, Baylor
C Weston Richburg, Colorado State
LB Jake Ryan, Michigan
G Eric Schultz, Utah State
DE Tyler Scott, Northwestern
C Issac Seumalo, Oregon State
LB Ryan Shazier, Ohio State
LB Prince Shembo, Notre Dame
LB Shayne Skov, Stanford
T Jeremiah Sirles, Nebraska
LB Yawin Smallwood, Connecticut
DE Chris Smith, Arkansas
LB Keith Smith, San Jose State
G Anthony Steen, Alabama
G Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State
C Travis Swanson, Arkansas
T Brandon Thomas, Clemson
DE Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame
LB Jack Tyler, Virginia Tech
G John Urschel, Penn State
LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU
C Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern
G Mason Walters, Texas
T Austin Wentworth, Fresno State
T David Yankey, Stanford