HOUSTON – Oregon senior defensive back Ugochukwu Amadi received the Lombardi Award for the 2018 college football season at a banquet Friday night hosted by Lombardi Honors.
Chosen from a pool of seven finalists that included Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray and Clemson defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, Amadi was named the top FBS player regardless of position based on the Lombardi Award's criteria of "performance and leadership honed by character and resiliency."
The award was formerly given to the best college football defensive lineman or linebacker up until 2017. Stanford's Bryce Love was the first winner of the award in 2017 under its current criteria.