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UGA football: Roquan Smith named the 2017 Butkus Award winner | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Related Topics: Butkus Award, Linebacker

Roquan Smith picked up his first award of the postseason.

On Sunday night, Smith was named the recipient of this year's Butkus Award, which goes to the best linebacker in the country.

This award comes shortly after Smith was named the SEC Championship MVP following his performance of 13 tackles and a sack in Saturday's 28-7 win over Auburn.

This season, Smith has totaled 113 total tackles and 5.5 sacks.

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"Roquan Smith proved to be the overwhelming favorite in this year's collegiate linebacking class,” according to the award selection committee.