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May 12, 2008
DALLAS, Texas - The Football Writers Association of America has announced that Miami University linebacker Clayton Mullins has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, a prize awarded to the best defensive player in college football.
Mullins, the 2007 Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, is among 88 collegiate players to earn pre-season consideration. A first-team All-MAC linebacker and Miami's Most Valuable Player, Mullins was the conference's top tackler with 143 stops. He returns for his senior season in 2008 with Coach Shane Montgomery's RedHawk football team.
The FWAA All-America Committee selects the Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner from the association's 11-man All-America defensive team in November. The watch list was developed by the FWAA All-America committee with the help of the schools and conferences.
The Charlotte Touchdown Club will hold the 2008 banquet on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte. For the eighth straight season, the FWAA will also pick a Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week beginning with games on Aug. 30 and running through the middle of November.
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been presented since 1993 and is awarded in memory of the legendary All-America lineman at Minnesota (1927-29) and a star for professional football's Chicago Bears in the 1930s.
For a complete listing of the 88 players on the watch list, go to http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2008/nagurski080512.html
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