Three Tigers on Lombardi Award watch list |
HOUSTON – July 14, 2014 – The Rotary Lombardi Award committee announced the 2014 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List today. The list includes 123 athletes from 76 universities.
“This is one of our favorite times of the year,” Rotary Lombardi Award committee chair Brian Carr said. “The dog days of summer are when people start thinking about college football again. We are ready to see who is going to distinguish themselves this year, and we look forward to tracking the progress of each player on this list.” Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down linemen, end-to-end, either on offense or defense, who set up no farther than 10 yards to the left or right of the ball, or linebackers who set up no farther than five yards deep from the line of scrimmage. The candidates earned a place on the preliminary watch list by earning All-American honors, being named to their respective all-conference teams or receiving 2014 pre-season honors. The Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List will be updated prior to the start of the 2014 season in order to identify other players who have received significant pre-season honors. While the Watch List highlights those players who have already received national recognition, any Division 1 player who meets the requirements is eligible for consideration from the Rotary Lombardi Selection Committee. This committee is comprised of more than 300 members, including all past winners and finalists, all Division 1 head coaches and a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The Rotary Lombardi Watch List, intended as a reference tool for the Selection Committee, will be periodically updated and revised through the conclusion of the voting to determine the 12 Semifinalists for 2014. The 45th Rotary Lombardi Award will be held on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the Bayou Music Center in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit www.rotarylombardiaward.org. The full watch list includes: Henry Anderson, DE, Sr. – Stanford
Stephone Anthony Chi Chi Ariguzo, LB, Sr. – Northwestern T.T. Barber, LB, Jr. - Middle Tennessee State Jamaal Bass, LB, Sr. – Northern Illinois
Vic Beasley Michael Bennett, DT, Sr. – Ohio State Austin Blythe, C, Jr. – Iowa Joey Bosa, DE, So. – Ohio State Brett Boyko, T, Sr. – UNLV Kelby Brown, LB, Sr. – Duke Brandin Bryant, DT, Jr. – Florida Atlantic Shilique Calhoun, DE, Jr. – Michigan State AJ Cann, G, Sr. – South Carolina Justin Cherocci, LB, Sr. – Central Michigan Le’Raven Clark, T, Jr. – Texas Tech Ben Clarke, C, Jr. – Hawaii La’El Collins, T, Sr. – LSU Christian Covington, DT, Jr. – Rice Carl Davis, DT, Sr. – Iowa Tyeler Davison, DT, Sr. – Fresno State Reese Dismukes, C, Sr. – Auburn Jamil Douglas, G, Sr. – Arizona State Spencer Drango, T, Jr. – Baylor Ejiro Ederaine, LB, Jr. – Fresno State Steve Edmond, LB, Sr. – Texas Mario Edwards, DE, Jr. – Florida State Cameron Erving, T, Sr. Florida State Dominic Espinsoa, C, Sr. – Texas Kyler Frackrell, LB, Jr. – Utah State Devonte Fields, DE, So. – TCU BJ Finney, C, Sr. - Kansas State Trey Flowers, DE, Sr. – Arkansas Leonard Floyd, LB, So. – Georgia Alani Fau, LB, Sr. – BYU Bryce Giddens, C, Jr. – Arkansas State Hroniss Grasu, C, Sr. Oregon Randy Gregory, DE, Jr. – Nebraska Bryce Hager, LB, Sr. – Baylor Justin Hamilton, DT, Sr. – UL-Lafayette Lincoln Hansen, T, Sr. - Eastern Michigan Rob Havenstein, T, Sr. – Wisconsin Brock Hekking, DE, Sr. – Nevada Ben Henney- LB, Sr. – Kansas Treyvon Hester, DT, So. - Toledo Sean Hickey, T, Sr. - Syracuse Jermaine Holmes, LB, Sr. - Marshall Chucky Hunter, DT, Sr. - TCU Martin Ifedi, DE, Sr. - Memphis Scott Inskeep, G, Sr. - UTEP Myles Jack, LB, So. - UCLA Tre Jackson, G, Sr. - Florida State
Grady Jarrett Chris Jasperse, C, Sr. – Marshall Cameron Jefferson, G, Sr. - UNLV Chris Johnson, LB, Sr. - Navy Kaleb Johnson, G, Sr. - Rutgers A.J. Johnson, LB, Sr. - Tennessee Gerrand Johnson, DT, Jr. - UL-Monroe Tyler Johnstone , T, Jr. - Oregon Chris Jones, DT, So. - Mississippi State Bronson Kaufusi, LB, Jr. - BYU Eric Kendricks, LB, Sr. - UCLA Andrae Kirk, LB, Sr. - Florida Atlantic Arie Kouandjio, G, Sr. - Alabama Qushaun Lee, LB, Sr. - Arkansas State Cyril Lemon, G, Sr. - North Texas Braden Lyons, T, Sr. - Florida Atlantic Luther Maddy, DT, Sr. - Virginia Tech Derrick Malone, LB, Sr. - Oregon Greg Mancz, G, Sr. - Toledo Nick Martin, OL, Sr. - Notre Dame Shaquille Mason, G, Sr. - Georgia Tech Tyler Matakevich, LB, Jr . - Temple Josue Matias, G, Sr. - Florida State Derrick Mathews, LB, Sr. - Houston David Mayo, LB, Sr. - Texas State Benardrick McKinney, LB, Jr. - Mississippi State Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Jr. - Cincinnati Ryan Mueller, DE, Sr. - Kansas State Robert Nkemdiche, DT, So. - Ole Miss Shawn Oakman, DE, Jr. - Baylor Cedric Ogbuehi. T, Sr. - Texas A&M Andrus Peat, T, Jr. - Stanford Remington Peck, DL, Jr. - BYU Denzel Perryman, LB, Sr. - Miami Andy Phillips, G, Sr. - Central Michigan Terrance Plummer, LB, Sr. - UCF Hayes Pullard, LB, Sr. - USC Mykhael Quave, T, Jr. - UL-Lafayette Daniel Quave, G, Sr. - UL-Lafayette Cedric Reed, DE, Sr. –Texas Jacob Richard, C, Jr. - Ball State Tyler Roberts, DE, Jr. - Troy A'Shawn Robinson, DE, So. - Alabama Jake Ryan, LB, Sr. - Michigan Ty Sambrailo, T, Sr. - Colorado State Brandon Scherff, T, Sr. - Iowa Isaac Seumalo, C, Jr. - Oregon State Danny Shelton, DT, Jr. - Washington Steve Shumaker, OL, Sr. - Army Robert Singletary, DE, Sr. - UTSA Jake Smith, C, Sr. - Louisville Jaylon Smith, LB, So. - Notre Dame Quinton Spain, G, Sr. - West Virginia Eric Striker, LB, Jr. - Oklahoma Junior Sylvestre, LB, Sr. - Toledo AJ Tarpley, LB, Sr. - Stanford Shaq Thompson, LB, Jr. - Washington Laken Tomlinson, G, Sr. - Duke Dominique Tovell, DE, Jr. - UL-Lafayette Max Tuerk,G, Jr. - USC Clint Van Horn, T, Jr. - Marshall Zach Virgil, LB, Sr. - Utah State Diaheem Watkins, DE, Sr. - UAB Cody Whitehair,G, Sr. - Kansas State Cody Wichmann, G, Sr. - Fresno State Ucambre Williams, T, Sr. - South Alabama Leonard Williams, DE, Jr. - USC Ramick Wilson, LB, Sr. - Georgia Eddie Yarbrough, DE, Jr. - Wyoming Mason Y'Barbo, G, Sr. - North Texas
Stephone Anthony
Sr. Linebacker
#42 6-2, 235
Polkton, NC
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, LB, Sr. – Clemson 
Vic Beasley
RS Sr. Defensive End
#3 6-3, 225
Adairsville, GA
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, DE, Sr. – Clemson 
Grady Jarrett
Sr. Defensive Tackle
#50 6-1, 290
Conyers, GA
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, DT, Sr. - Clemson
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