Butkus Award

Nyles Morgan (Credit: Chicago Tribune)

Nyles Morgan’s Surprising Resurgence

July 13, 2016 by Bayou Irish

Nyles Morgan's surprising resurgence continues. Today, he was named to the Butkus Award preseason watch list. The Butkus Award is given annually to the nation's top linebacker. Jaylon Smith and Manti Te'o are Notre Dame's most recent award-winners. Could Nyles Morgan be the next? The Butkus Award honors the best linebacker in high school and in college. Both Te'o and Smith won at both levels. Semifinalists will be named at the end of October and finalists at the end of November. The winner ...

Know Thyself, Know Thy Enemy: Linebacker

August 13, 2013 by Bayou Irish

Linebacker. Anyone who's attended Notre Dame, or SMC, or Holy Cross, or gone to a game, has a handful of blurry memories of The 'backer, which is why its omission from the this list is a scandal of...what? OH! Nevermind... LINEBACKER: THE IRISH Manti Te'o won every award available to a linebacker, save one, last season, thereby leaving behind giant, Hawaii'an shoes to fill. With no disrespect intended to Carlo Calabrese, or Dan Fox, or Danny Spond, Prince Shembo is my pick for this piece ...