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2007 individual awards/ESPN Home Depot Show

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Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List for 2007:

Sam Baker, OT, USC
Tommy Blake, DE, TCU
George Bussey, OT, Louisville
Ezra Butler, LB, Nevada
Terrill Byrd, DT, Cincinatti
Calais Campbell, DE, Miami
Ian Campbell, DE, Kansas State
Ryan Clady, OT, Boise State
Bruce Davis, DE, UCLA
Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU
Keilen Dykes, DT, West Virginia
Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC
Larry English, DE, Northern Illinois
Eric Foster, DT, Rutgers
Drew Fowler, LB, Air Force
John Greco, OT, Toledo
Quentin Groves, DE, Auburn
Vince Hall, LB, Virginia Tech
Tavares Jones, DE, Middle Tennessee State
Steve Justice, C, Wake Forest
James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
Doug Legursky, OL, Marshall
Kory Lichtensteiger, OL, Bowling Green
Jake Long, OT, Michigan
Jonathan Luigs, C, Arkansas
Alex Mack, C, California
Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
Albert McClellan, DE, Marshall
Shawn Nelson, TE, Southern Miss
Chase Ortiz, DE, TCU
Jeremy Perry, OG, Oregon State
Jason Phillips, LB, TCU
Josh Pinnick, DL, Florida Atlantic
Barry Richardson, OT, Clemson
Steve Rissler, C, Florida
Keith Rivers, LB, USC
Martin Rucker, TE, Missouri
Bo Ruud, LB, Nebraska
Jacob Tamme, TE, Kentucky
David Vobora, LB, Idaho
Erik Walden, DL, Middle Tennessee State
Wesley Woodyard, LB, Kentucky
Jeremy Zuttah, OL, Rutgers
 
daddyphatsacs;789797; said:
Did anyone else notice that TCU had 3 defensive players on that list? Pretty impressive for a smaller school.
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Both returning DEs and a LB, all three were All-MWC first team selections last year. FWIW, last season TCU ended nationally ranked:

Rush Defense: 2nd
Pass Defense: 21st
Total Defense: 2nd
Scoring Defense: 3rd
Sacks: 15th
Tackles for Loss: 10th
3rd Down Conversion Defense: 13th (opponents converted only 30% of their 3rd down attempts).
 
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http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=653271

2007 Butkus Award Contenders - per Rivals.com:


March 16, 2007
Olin Buchanan

Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer

Rivals.com top Butkus Award contenders
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1. James Laurinaitis, Ohio State, Jr.: Laurinaitis didn't make Ohio State fans forget about A.J. Hawk or Bobby Carpenter, but he sure did lessen the impact of their loss. The son of a former professional wrestler, Laurinaitis emerged as a rugged tackler who recorded 115 stops, including 8.5 behind the line of scrimmage. He was also exceptional dropping into pass coverage, and nabbed a team-leading five interceptions in addition to breaking up two passes. He was one of three finalists for last season's Butkus Award.

2. Dan Connor, Penn State, Sr.:
3. Philip Wheeler, Georgia Tech, Sr.:
4. Rey Maualuga, Southern California, Jr.:
5. Vince Hall, Virginia Tech, Sr.:

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Very well deserved.

Yahoo article on the same...

A day after their teams landed in the national championship game, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis spent Monday night playfully talking trash in a hotel ballroom.
They left with Dorsey holding the upper hand -- for now.
Behind his 64 tackles and six sacks, Dorsey beat out Laurinaitis to win the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded to the nation's top defensive player by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

"We've got to go at it," explained Dorsey, who has 11 1/2 tackles for a loss despite being hampered by a sore knee late in the season. "We met over the summertime at the Playboy All-America thing. We got to know each other then. It's going to be interesting. It's going to be fun." Dorsey unseated Laurinaitis, who last year became the first sophomore to win the Nagurski. Laurinaitis has put up gaudy numbers again this season, with 103 tackles and five sacks while anchoring the nation's top defense.
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Dispatch

Dorsey again tops Laurinaitis for honor

Thursday, December 6, 2007 3:09 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey checks out the Lombardi Award, which he won last night as the nation's top college lineman or linebacker.



Another city, another award, same result for James Laurinaitis. The Ohio State linebacker looked on last night as Louisiana State defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey won the Lombardi Award at a banquet in Houston. The award is given to the nation's best lineman or linebacker.



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I agree wholeheartedly with the observations on Dorsey -- Dorsey is flat out dominant. I would, however, argue that Chris Long has been more dominant, with less talent surrounding him. Long is the defensive player who I think has single-handedly influenced the outcome of games more than anyone else.
 
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JohnnyCockfight;1020478; said:
I agree wholeheartedly with the observations on Dorsey -- Dorsey is flat out dominant. I would, however, argue that Chris Long has been more dominant, with less talent surrounding him. Long is the defensive player who I think has single-handedly influenced the outcome of games more than anyone else.
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I haven't watch Chris Long enough to choose between the two, so I'll have to take your word for it.

Well, that and I've asked HtoM to weigh-in on the topic, as I'm sure he has seen more of CL than any of the rest of us.
 
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