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Award season is right around the corner in college football with semifinalists for the sport’s major honors beginning to slowly trickle in.
On Monday, 16 semifinalists for the the Butkus Award were revealed with Oklahoma linebacker Brian Asamoah among those listed.
On the year, Asamoah has been a steady force for the Sooners’ defense accumulating 54 total tackles, 31 of which being solo.
A big part of the defense in each of the last two seasons, 2021 is shaping up to be potentially Asamoah’s most productive yet and he is being recognized for it by being selected among the best linebackers in college football.
Should the redshirt junior go the distance and take home the award, he would be the fifth Sooner to do so and the first since 2003 when Teddy Lehman received the honor.
Other Oklahoma winners include Rocky Calmus in 2001 and Brian Bosworth who won it twice in 1985 and 1986.
The Butkus Award winner, along with many other major college football honors, will be announced on Thursday, Dec. 9.
Asamoah and his fellow Sooners, meanwhile, have the weekend off before returning to action at Baylor on Saturday, Nov. 13.
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