BATON ROUGE – LSU junior linebacker Devin White and sophomore cornerback Greedy Williams have been named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, The Football Writers Association of America released Tuesday.
The trophy is awarded to the top defensive player in the country. Williams and White have each been named to three preseason watch lists. The duo was named to the Chuck Bednarik watch list. On Monday, White was named to the Butkus Award watch list and Williams was on the Thorpe Award watch list.
White, a junior from Springhill, Louisiana, led the Southeastern Conference in tackles a year ago, registering 133 from his linebacker position.