McCune Named to Butkus Watch List
August 19, 2004 | Football
Aug. 19, 2004
Louisville, Ky. - LOUISVILLE, Ky - Senior linebacker Robert McCune was one of 65 players selected to the Butkus Award Watch List in an announcement made by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc., today. The award, in its 20th season, is presented to the nation's best collegiate linebacker. The Watch List will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists on Thursday, Oct. 14, and trimmed down to three via a national teleconference with the players, coaches and members of the media, and Butkus Award officials on Thursday, Nov. 11. McCune ranked sixth in the league in tackles with 143 and earned third team Conference USA honors a year ago. He registered eight games with double-digit tackle totals, including a career-high 19 against South Florida.
2004 Butkus Award Watch List Mike Anderson- Idaho Brian Atkinson- Northern Illinois Andy Avalos- Boise State Darryl Blackstock- Virginia Michael Boley- Southern Miss Ahmad Brooks- Virginia Nick Bunting- Tulsa Kevin Burnett- Tennessee Bobby Carpenter- Ohio State Channing Crowder- Florida Will Derting- Washington State Paul Duren- Oklahoma State Jamar Enzor- Cincinnati Alfred Fincher- Connecticut Richard Glover- New Mexico State Mike Goolsby- Notre Dame Chad Greenway- Iowa Matt Grootegoed- USC Scott Gyorko- West Virginia Spencer Havner- UCLA A.J. Hawk- Ohio State Leroy Hil- Clemson Abdul Hodge- Iowa Wendell Hunter- California D'Qwell Jackson- Maryland Derrick Johnson- Texas Anthony Jordan- Toledo James Kinney- Missouri Wade Koehl- Houston Maurice Lloyd- Connecticut Justin London- UCLA Eric Mahl- Kent State Matt McCoy- San Diego State Robert McCune- Louisville Lance Mitchell, Oklahoma Chirs Moore- East Carolina Kirk Morrison- San Diego State Terna Nande- Miami (OH) Stephen Nicholas- USF A.J. Nicholson- Florida State Moses Osemwegie- Vanderbilt Jonathan Pollard- Oregon State Kellen Pruitt- Syracuse Lawrence Reid- Michigan Stanford Rhule- UCF Robert Rodriguez- UTEP Barrett Ruud- Nebraska DeMeco Ryans- Alabama Adam Seward- UNLV Kevin Simon- Tennessee Ted Sims- Kansas State Matt Sinclair- Illinois Kelvin Smith- Syracuse Ron Stanley- Michigan State Lofa Tatupu- USC Pat Thomas- NC State Odell Thurman- Georgia Gabriel Toomey- Kansas Lionel Turner- LSU Rian Wallace- Temple Justin Warren- Texas A&M Robert Watts- Utah State Leon Williams- Miami (FL) Zac Woodfin- UAB Pierre Woods- Michigan
