No Butkus for Laurinaitis
Right: OSU linebacker James Laurinaitis.
(AP Photo)
Wake Forest senior Aaron Curry has won the Butkus Award honoring the nation’s top college linebacker.
Ohio State’s James Laurinaitis, who won the award last year, finished third behind USC’s Rey Maualuga and Curry.
Laurinaitis will be in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday night as the finalist for the the Lombardi Award, then he treks over to Orlando, Fla., where he’s up for the Bednarik Award as part ESPN’s college football awards show.
Little Animal will meet up with fellow senior and cornerback Malcolm Jenkins, who was named with Laurinaitis to the American Football Coaches Association All-America team last week.
Jenkins was also named a finalist for the Thorpe award, which goes to the nation’s top defensive back.
Laurinaitis then heads to Newport beach, California, for the Lott Trophy presentation on Sunday.
