Editor, GoDucks.com
Pac-12 coaches and players agree: DeForest Buckner is the conference’s best defensive lineman.
Two weeks after being named Pac-12 defensive player of the year in a vote of conference coaches, Buckner on Tuesday was awarded the Morris Trophy as the top defensive lineman as voted on by Pac-12 offensive linemen.
Buckner enters the Alamo Bowl second in the Pac-12 in sacks with 9.5 and third in tackles for loss with 16. His 76 tackles are second on the team.
With all-America teams being named by various organizations, Buckner has yet to be accorded a first-team honor.