Ducks senior inside linebacker Troy Dye has been named to the Butkus Award watchlist
The Butkus Award is given to the nation’s best linebacker every year and is named for one of the best and fearsome linebackers of all time, Dick Butkus.
Last year’s winner, Devin White from LSU was taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
You can find the full list of nominees here.
Any of these Pac-12 nominees winning the award would be bucking the trend as only four have won the award since 1985.