NCAA Division 1A Football Awards - Butkus Award

NCAA Division 1A Football Awards - Butkus Award

Given to the top collegiate linebacker, the award was established by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando and named for college Hall of Famer Dick Butkus of Illinois.

Year	Player, College
1985	Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma
1986	Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma
1987	Paul McGowan, Florida State
1988	Derrick Thomas, Alabama
1989	Percy Snow, Michigan State
1990	Alfred Williams, Colorado
1991	Erick Anderson, Michigan
1992	Marvin Jones, Florida State
1993	Trev Alberts, Nebraska
1994	Dana Howard, Illinois
1995	Kevin Hardy, Illinois
1996	Matt Russell, Colorado
1997	Andy Katzenmoyer, Ohio State
1998	Chris Claiborne, USC
1999	LaVar Arrington, Penn State
2000	Dan Morgan, Miami (FL)
2001	Rocky Calmus, Oklahoma
2002	E.J. Henderson, Maryland
2003	Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma
2004	Derrick Johnson, Texas
2005	Paul Posluszny, Penn State
2006	Patrick Willis, Mississippi
2007	James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2008	Aaron Curry, W Forest