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Aug. 27, 2008
The 2008 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List has added 59 players--including Miami University linebacker CALEB BOSTIC--to the 54-player Preliminary Watch List.
Bostic joins fellow RedHawk linebacker Clayton Mullins on the prestigious list.
The 39th annual Rotary Lombardi Award, presented by Wachovia, honoring the top lineman in the Football Bowl Subdivision and benefiting the American Cancer Society, will be presented in Houston on December 10 at the Hilton Americas Hotel.
The new players were added to the Watch List based on various pre-season honors and nominations from the schools' Sports Information Directors. Although the 113 players now on the Watch List are representative of the nation's top football linemen, the list is not intended to serve as the actual ballot when first round voting begins in late September.
While the Watch List highlights players who have already received national recognition, any Football Bowl Subdivision player who meets the basic award criteria - a down lineman on either side of the ball, including tight ends, and linebackers who line up within five yards of the ball - is eligible for consideration from the Rotary Lombardi Selection Committee. This committee is comprised of more than 500 members, including all past winners and finalists, all Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
In a repeat of last year, this year's list has more defensive players than offensive players. There are 64 defensive players and 49 offensive players. Following is the complete updated watch list:
*Kenny Alfred, OL, Washington State
*Russell Allen, LB, San Diego State
*Geno Atkins, DT, Georgia
*Zane Beadles, OL, Utah
Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin
*Darry Beckwith, LB, LSU
*Alex Boone, OT, Ohio State
*CALEB BOSTIC, LB, MIAMI UNIVERSITY
*Ron Brace, DT, Boston College
Robert Brewster, OT, Ball State
Diyral Briggs, DE, Bowling Green
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*Eben Britton, OT, Arizona
*Colin Brown, OL, Missouri
*Everette Brown, DE, Florida State
*Patrick Brown, OT, Central Florida
*George Bussey, OL, Louisville
Terrill Byrd, DT, Cincinnati
Ian Campbell, DE, Kansas State
*Reggie Carter, LB, UCLA
*Jonathan Casillas, LB, Wisconsin
*Robert Conley, OL, Utah
*Erik Cook, OL, New Mexico
*Maurice Crum, Jr, LB, Notre Dame
*Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
*Brian Cushing, LB, USC
*Anthony Davis, OL, Rutgers
*Dexter Davis, DE, Arizona State
*Will Davis, DE, Illinois
Solomon Elimimian, LB, Hawaii
*Dannell Ellerbe, LB, Georgia
Auston English, DE, Oklahoma
Larry English, DE, Northern Illinois
John Estes, OL, Hawaii
Maurice Evans, DE, Penn State
Ray Feinga, OL, BYU
*Alex Fletcher, OL, Stanford
*John Fletcher, DT, Wyoming
*Zack Follett, LB, California
*Xavier Fulton, OL, Illinois
Andrew Gardner, OT, Georgia Tech
Dominic Green, OL, Nevada
*Tyronne Green, OG, Auburn
Greg Hardy, DL, Ole Miss
Jason Harmon, TE, Florida Atlantic
*Brigham Harwell, DT, UCLA
*Joe Henderson, LB, UAB
Darius Hill, TE, Ball State
Daniel Holtzclaw, LB, Eastern Michigan
Phillip Hunt, DE, Houston
George Hypolite, DT, Colorado
Greg Isdaner, OL, West Virginia
*Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
Herman Johnson, OL, LSU
*Arthur Jones, DT, Syracuse
Jan Jorgensen, DL, BYU
Frantz Joseph, LB, Florida Atlantic
Mitch King, DL, Iowa
James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State
Boris Lee, LB, Troy
*Sean Lee, LB, Penn State
Adam Leonard, LB, Hawaii
*Andy Levitre, OT, Oregon State
Jonathan Luigs, C, Arkansas
Alex Mack, OL, California
*Albert McClellan, DE, Marshall
*Clinton McDonald, DL, Memphis
*Ryan McKee, OL, Southern Miss
*Tyrone McKenzie, LB, S. Florida
*Sen'Derrick Marks, DT, Auburn
Scott McKillop, LB, Pittsburgh
Gerald McRath, LB, Southern Miss
Matt Mandich, OL, Arkansas State
*Joshua Mauga, LB, Nevada
Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
Greg Middleton, DE, Indiana
*Fili Moala, DT, USC
*Tony Moeaki, TE, Iowa
Joe Mortensen, LB, Kansas
Clayton Mullins, LB, MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Eric Norwood, DE, South Carolina
Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
*Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
Anthony Parker, OL, Tennessee
*Brandon Pearce, OT, Memphis
*Jeremy Perry, OG, Oregon State
Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State
*Jason Phillips, LB, TCU
*Dave Philistin, LB, Maryland
Dennis Pitta, TE, BYU
*Brian Price, DT, UCLA
Ryan Purvis, TE, Boston College
*Brian Raines, LB, Rice
Nick Reed, DE, Oregon
Dallas Reynolds, OL, BYU
Duke Robinson, OL, Oklahoma
*Blake Schlueter, C, TCU
George Selvie, DE, S. Florida
A.Q. Shipley, C, Penn State
Dion Small, OL, Troy
Andre Smith, OL, Alabama
*Clinton Snyder, LB, Stanford
Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida
*Ryan Stanchek, OT, West Virginia
Max Unger, OT, Oregon
*Kraig Urbik, OL, Wisconsin
*Louis Vasquez, OL, Texas Tech
David Veikune, DL, Hawaii
Vance Walker, DT, Georgia Tech
*Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Missouri
*Edwin Williams, OL, Maryland
*C.J. Wilson, DL, East Carolina
Eric Wood, C, Louisville
*Sam Young, OT, Notre Dame
*Denotes newly added candidates
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