The Butkus Award watch list for 2013 was released on Monday, and there are several players of note to Michigan fans:
Chris Borland – Wisconsin
Jonathan Brown – Illinois
Max Bullough – Michigan State
Carlo Calabrese – Notre Dame
Glenn Carson – Penn State
Dan Fox – Notre Dame
Anthony Hitchens – Iowa
Christian Kirksey – Iowa
James Morris – Iowa
Ryan Shazier – Ohio State
Prince Shembo – Notre Dame
There’s also a Butkus Award given to high schoolers, and a watch list that includes 2014 commit Michael Ferns III, along with a bunch of other Michigan targets.
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Seems like Max Bullough has been at State for like a decade.
In 2011, we had a top-20 defense without having any first-team All-Americans, nor any defenders winning these awards. Let's hope we can replicate that this year.
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Was going to say the same about Chris Borland. Can't believe he is still playing.
There are a lot of good LB's in the B1G this year.
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If he were healthy I'd think Ryan would be there. And if he can continue to show what he did in the spring, I could see Ross deserving a spot too. I was so excited to see both Ryan and Ross on the field at once this year, it seems like ages since Michigan had more than 1 play maker on defense at once.
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looking at this list Iowa should have an awesome defense next year… should is the operative word…
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