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Butkus Award

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Country
  
United States

First awarded
  
1985

Presented by
  
Butkus Foundation

Awarded for
  
Given to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football

Currently held by
  
College: Reuben Foster Pro: Luke Kuechly High school: Dylan Moses

Official website
  

The Butkus Award, instituted in 1985, is given annually to the top linebackers at the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football. The award, named in honor of College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker, Dick Butkus, is presented by the Butkus Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports a number of health and wellness activities including the "I Play Clean" anti-steroid program. The award was first established by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, which relinquished control of the award in 2008.

Traditionally, the award was given only to the top collegiate linebacker. The Butkus Award was expanded in 2008 to include high school and professional winners as part of a makeover by the Butkus family to help end anabolic steroid abuse among young athletes. Two players have won both the high school and collegiate Butkus Awards, Notre Dame linebackers Manti Te'o (2008, 2012) and Jaylon Smith (2012, 2015).

References

Butkus Award Wikipedia


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