Three Ohio State linebackers selected to Butkus preseason watch list

We continue to get the preseason college football watch lists hit the news cycle for all the awards. We’ve already seen several Ohio State players make several of the lists, and now we have three more with the release of the preseason Butkus Award watch list..

Tuf Borland, Baron Browning, and Pete Werner are all a part of the names announced Monday by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando to keep an eye on. The Butkus Award goes annually to the best linebacker in the country and has been handed out since 1985.

Here are some brief Bios of each provided by the Ohio State athletic department.

The team’s leading returning tackler, @Tuf_Borland has 180 career tackles and 15.5 TFLs. He’s played in 42 games, started 34 times and is a two-time captain. @ButkusAward2020 pic.twitter.com/q0VSjX52pY

— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) July 20, 2020

A 36-game veteran who has started four times, @baronbrwnng had career highs in every stat category last year and has 81 career tackles and 15 TFLs. @ButkusAward2020 pic.twitter.com/wozO2dFbHv

— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) July 20, 2020

A 39-game veteran who has started 27 times, @petewerner23 is second on the team with 131 career tackles and he was second in tackles in 2019 with 64. @ButkusAward2020 pic.twitter.com/yIW6OZIJiW

— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) July 20, 2020

Ohio State has had two Butkus winners in its history. Andy Katzenmoyer won it in 1997, and James Laurinaitis took it home in 2007.

 

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