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Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ronnie Lott, The Lott Trophy is awarded to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.
2010 Lott Trophy Watch List
Sam Acho, DL, Texas, 6-3, 260, Dallas
Led Longhorns with 9 sacks…Had 13 TFL, 57 total tackles, 4 fumble recoveries…Academic All-American…Lott semi-finalist last year…Three-time member of Athletics Director’s Honor Roll…Spent time at the Jubilee Community Center helping teach adults English as a second language…Has taken mission trips to Nigeria where he performs mission work and helps provide medical care…Volunteers time to special events for local homeless shelters…Volunteered to help with landscaping around Richland College.
Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA, 6-4, 252, Los Angeles
Recorded 14.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks last season…Added four interceptions (two returned for touchdowns) and totaled 75 tackles…Director’s Honor Roll.
Mark Barron, S, Alabama, 6-2, 215, Mobile, Ala.
2nd team All-American…7 interceptions led SEC…125 return yards…2nd on team with 76 tackles…19 passes defended and 11 passes broken up.
Jeremy Beal, DE, Oklahoma, 6-3, 261, Carrollton, Tx
11 sacks last season…All Big-12 as sophomore and junior…3rd team All-American (AP) in ’09…Big-12 Player of the Week…15.5 tackles for loss in soph season
Brandon Boykin, S, Georgia, 5-10, 185, Fayettville, Ga.
Set Georgia school records with 38 kickoff returns for 988 yards and three touchdowns…Had two returns of 100 yards for scores…Had 54 tackles and three interceptions.
Rashad Carmichael, CB, Virginia Tech, 5-11, 186, Clinton, Md.
Six interceptions last season, 55 tackles…High school scholar-athlete three years.
Ugo Chinasa, DE, Oklahoma State, 6-5, 252, Richardson, Tx.
Led Cowboys with 6.5 sacks…Honorable mention all-conference.
Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa, 6-3, 282, St. Louis
National Defensive Player of the Year by College Football Performance Group…9.5 sacks last season…18 TFL (11th in nation)…Had 9 tackles and 2 sacks in Orange Bowl win over Georgia Tech…Iowa leadership team as sophomore and junior…All Big-Ten…3rd team All-American
Jared Crick, DL, Nebraska, 6-6, 285, Cozad, Ne.
All Big-12…15 TFL…9.5 sacks…16 QB hurries…Set school record with 5 sacks in one game (vs. Baylor)…Named National Player of the Week vs. Baylor…73 tackles on season, 2 fumble recoveries.
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2010 Lott Trophy Watch List
Sam Acho, DL, Texas, 6-3, 260, Dallas
Led Longhorns with 9 sacks…Had 13 TFL, 57 total tackles, 4 fumble recoveries…Academic All-American…Lott semi-finalist last year…Three-time member of Athletics Director’s Honor Roll…Spent time at the Jubilee Community Center helping teach adults English as a second language…Has taken mission trips to Nigeria where he performs mission work and helps provide medical care…Volunteers time to special events for local homeless shelters…Volunteered to help with landscaping around Richland College.
Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA, 6-4, 252, Los Angeles
Recorded 14.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks last season…Added four interceptions (two returned for touchdowns) and totaled 75 tackles…Director’s Honor Roll.
Mark Barron, S, Alabama, 6-2, 215, Mobile, Ala.
2nd team All-American…7 interceptions led SEC…125 return yards…2nd on team with 76 tackles…19 passes defended and 11 passes broken up.
Jeremy Beal, DE, Oklahoma, 6-3, 261, Carrollton, Tx
11 sacks last season…All Big-12 as sophomore and junior…3rd team All-American (AP) in ’09…Big-12 Player of the Week…15.5 tackles for loss in soph season
Brandon Boykin, S, Georgia, 5-10, 185, Fayettville, Ga.
Set Georgia school records with 38 kickoff returns for 988 yards and three touchdowns…Had two returns of 100 yards for scores…Had 54 tackles and three interceptions.
Rashad Carmichael, CB, Virginia Tech, 5-11, 186, Clinton, Md.
Six interceptions last season, 55 tackles…High school scholar-athlete three years.
Ugo Chinasa, DE, Oklahoma State, 6-5, 252, Richardson, Tx.
Led Cowboys with 6.5 sacks…Honorable mention all-conference.
Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa, 6-3, 282, St. Louis
National Defensive Player of the Year by College Football Performance Group…9.5 sacks last season…18 TFL (11th in nation)…Had 9 tackles and 2 sacks in Orange Bowl win over Georgia Tech…Iowa leadership team as sophomore and junior…All Big-Ten…3rd team All-American
Jared Crick, DL, Nebraska, 6-6, 285, Cozad, Ne.
All Big-12…15 TFL…9.5 sacks…16 QB hurries…Set school record with 5 sacks in one game (vs. Baylor)…Named National Player of the Week vs. Baylor…73 tackles on season, 2 fumble recoveries.
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