Wyoming Linebacker Chad Muma was named one of the six finalists for this year’s Butkus award, on Monday.
The Butkus Award is a prestigious honor given to college football’s top linebacker. It is the 37th year in which the award has been handed out and it will be the second time in the last three years where the Cowboys have had a nominee.
Former Cowboy linebacker Justin Wilson was also awarded a nomination in 2019 and is now a linebacker with the Cincinnati Bengals, in the NFL.
Muma joins fellow linebacker nominees Darrian Beavers (Cincinnati), Leo Chenal (Wisconsin), Damone Clark (LSU), Nakobe Dean (Georgia), and Devin Lloyd (Utah) in being named a 2021 finalist.