2011 ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCH LIST

In its 42nd year, the Rotary Lombardi Award recognizes the top collegiate lineman in the country. The awards spans offensive and defensive players that line up no more than 10 yards to the left or right of the ball and no more than 5 yards away from the ball.

Past recipients include Jim Stillwagon (Ohio State), Randy White (Maryland), Ross Browner (Notre Dame), Dave Rimington (Nebraska), Cornelius Bennett (Alabama), Warren Sapp (Miami), Corey Moore (VA Tech), Glenn Dorsey (LSU), and Ndamukong Suh (Nebraska) to name a few.



The 42nd Rotary Lombardi Award ceremony will be held on December 6th and 7th at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. For more information click HERE.




---2011 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List---

• Mike Adams, OT, Ohio St. 
• Levy Adcock, OT, Oklahoma St. 
• Jeff Allen, OT, Illinois 
• Alvin Bailey, G, Arkansas 
• Don Barclay, OT, West Virginia 
• Kelvin Beachum, OT, SMU  
• Jake Bequette, DE, Arkansas  
• Nigel Bradham, LB, Florida St. 
• Mike Brewster, C, Ohio St. 
• Tanner Brock, LB, TCU  
• Jaymes Brooks, G, Va. Tech 
• Austin Brown, DT, Miami  
• Vince Browne, DE, Northwestern  
• Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona St. 
• Ben Burkett, C, Northwestern  
• Miles Burris, LB, San Diego St. 
• Thomas Byrd, C, Boise St. 
• Tank Carder, LB, TCU  
• Audie Cole, LB, NC St. 
• Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina 
• Quinton Coples, DT, North Carolina 
• Jared Crick, DT, Nebraska  
• Vinny Curry, DE, Marshall 
• Andrew Datko, OT, Florida St. 
• Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska 
• Ja'Gared Davis, LB, SMU 
• Demario Davis, LB, Arkansas St.  
• David DeCastro, G, Stanford 
• Blake DeChristopher, OT, Va. Tech 
• Joe Duhon, G, So. Miss.  
• Lonnie Edwards, G, Texas Tech 
• Joe Flading, OT, Ohio  
• Joel Foreman, G, Michigan St.  
• Marcus Forston, DT, Miami  
• Jerry Franklin, LB, Arkansas  
• Dalton Freeman, C, Clemson  
• Cordy Glenn, G/T, Georgia 
• Stephen Good, G, Oklahoma  
• Ben Habern, C, Oklahoma  
• Logan Harrell, DT, Fresno St. 
• Dont’a Hightower, LB, Alabama  
• Alex Hoffman, G, Cincinnati  
• Jaye Howard, DT, Florida  
• Bruce Irvin, DE, W. Virginia 
• Malik Jackson, DE/DT, Tennessee  
• Brandon Jenkins, DE, Florida St. 
• Tony Jerod-Eddie, DL, Texas A&M 
• Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M 
• Cam Johnson, DT, Virginia  
• Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse 
• Barrett Jones, G, Alabama  
• Ben Jones, C, Georgia  
• Matt Kalil, OT, USC  
• Mychal Kendricks, LB, Cal. 
• Jake Knott, LB, Iowa St. 
• Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin  
• Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College 
• Shaun Lewis, LB, Oklahoma St. 
• Travis Lewis, LB, Oklahoma  
• Brandon Lindsey, DE, Pittsburgh  
• Trent Mackey, LB, Tulane  
• Brad Madison, DL, Missouri  
• Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford  
• Mike Martin, DT, Michigan 
• Chris Marve, LB, Vanderbilt  
• Jonathan Massaquoi, DE, Troy 
• Matt McCants, OT, UAB  
• Shea McClellin, DE, Boise St. 
• Marcus McGraw, LB, Houston  
• Cameron Meredith, DE, Nebraska  
• Carmen Messina, LB, New Mexico 
• Ryan Miller, G, Colorado  
• Julian Miller, DT, West Virginia  
• David Molk, C, Michigan 
• Roosevelt Nix, DE, Kent St. 
• Trevor Olson, OT, North Illinois 
• Kelechi Osemele, OT, Iowa St.  
• Donte Paige-Moss, DE, North Carolina  
• Corey Paredes, LB, Hawaii 
• Nick Perry, DE, USC  
• Moe Petrus, C, UConn 
• Nate Potter, OT, Boise St. 
• Tydreke Powell, DT, North Carolina 
• Sean Progar, DE, North Illinois 
• Kheeson Randall, DL, Texas 
• Taylor Reed, LB, SMU  
• Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa  
• Kendall Reyes, DE, U Conn 
• Matt Reynolds, OT, BYU  
• Travian Robertson, DT, South Carolina 
• Keenan Robinson, LB, Texas  
• Adrian Robinson, DE, Temple 
• Mike Ryan, OT, UConn 
• Quentin Saulsberry, G/C, Miss. St. 
• JK Schaffer, LB, Cincinnati  
• Mitchell Schwartz, OT, Cal 
• Mychall Sisson, LB, Colorado St. 
• Shayne Skov, LB, Stanford  
• Jacquies Smith, DE, Missouri  
• Bradley Sowell, OT, Ole Miss 
• Sean Spence, LB, Miami  
• Andrew Sweat, LB, Ohio St. 
• Alameda Ta'amu, DT, Washington  
• Bruce Taylor, LB, Virginia Tech 
• Devin Taylor, DE, South Carolina  
• Manti Te'o, LB, Notre Dame  
• Taylor Thompson, DE, SMU  
• Chris Thompson, C, Houston 
• Danny Trevathan, LB, Kentucky  
• Jabaree Tuani, DE, Navy  
• Courtney Upshaw, DE/LB, Alabama  
• Joe Vellano, DT, Maryland  
• William Vlachos, C, Alabama 
• Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah St. 
• Chaz Walker, LB, Utah  
• Larry Warford, G, Kentucky  
• Brandon Washington, G, Miami  
• Scott Wedige, C, Northern Illinois 
• Sean Westgate, LB, UCLA 
• Garrick Williams, LB, Texas A&M 
• Korey Williams, LB, Southern Miss 
• Billy Winn, DT, Boise St. 
• Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan St. 
• Carson York, G, Oregon  
• Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin

Congratulations to last year's Rotary Lombardi Award winner, Nick Fairley, Auburn.

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