The Sooners' senior linebacker was named Thursday to the preseason watch list for the Lombardi Trophy.
Oklahoma’s star linebacker on Thursday found his name on yet another of college football’s preseason award watch list — this time the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
The Southeastern Conference leads all leagues with 19 players nominated, followed by the Big Ten with 18 and Big 12 with 13. Stutsman received second-team All-America honors and first-team All-Big 12 last year. He also landed on the preseason All-SEC first team this year.After leading the team with a career-high 992 snaps in 2022, Stutsman played 722 snaps last year — his missed 1 1/2 games with an ankle injury — and his overall defensive grade of 71.8 from PFF ranked 29th among Power 5 linebackers nationally.
After declining the NFL Draft process — his dad Steve Stutsman told Sooners On SI that his underclassman draft grade was “more than favorable” — Stutsman decided to return to Oklahoma for his senior season under coach Brent Venables and new defensive coordinator Zac Alley.
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