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Butkus Award Winners, Best Linebackers
The Butkus winners: Who’s 2015’s best college football linebacker? Who were the top ten linebackers?
December 10, 2015
Butkus Award: Who was the best linebacker in college football in 2015?
Butkus Award
Presented to the nation’s best linebacker by the Butkus Foundation
Butkus Award Finalists
Deion Jones, Sr. LSU
Raekwon McMillan, Soph. Ohio State
Reggie Ragland, Sr. Alabama
Jaylon Smith, Jr. Notre Dame
Who Won? Jaylon Smith
Fiu’s Ballot 1. Ragland, 2. Smith, 3. Kentrell Brothers, Missouri (write-in)
Best Player Not On Ballot: Kentrell Brothers, Missouri
Ten Best Linebackers of 2015
1. Reggie Ragland, Sr. Alabama
2. Jaylon Smith, Jr. Notre Dame
3. Kentrell Brothers, Sr. Missouri
4. Tyler Matakevich, Sr. Temple
5. Joe Schobert, Sr. Wisconsin
6. Anthony Walker, Soph. Northwestern
7. Raekwon McMillan, Soph. Ohio State
8. Jatavis Brown, Sr. Akron
9. Nick Vigil, Jr. Utah State
10. Matt Milano, Jr. Boston College
Butkus Award Winners
2014 Erik Kendricks, UCLA
2013 C.J. Mosley, Alabama
2012 Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
2011 Luke Kuechly, Boston College
2010 Von Miller, Texas A&M
2009 Rolando McClain, Alabama
2008 Aaron Curry, Wake Forest
2007 James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2006 Patrick Willis, Ole Miss
2005 Paul Posluszny, Penn State
2004 Derrick Johnson, Texas
2003 Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma
2002 E.J. Henderson, Maryland
2001 Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma
2000 Dan Morgan, Miami
1999 LaVar Arrington, Penn State
1998 Chris Claiborne, USC
1997 Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio State
1996 Matt Russell, Colorado
1995 Kevin Hardy, Illinois
1994 Dana Howard, Illinois
1993 Trev Alberts, Nebraska
1992 Marvin Jones, Florida State
1991 Erick Anderson, Michigan
1990 Alfred Williams, Colorado
1989 Percy Snow, Michigan State
1988 Derrick Thomas, Alabama
1987 Paul McGowan, Florida State
1986 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma
1985 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma
