Ellis named to watch list for top linebacker award

By ESPN Arkansas News Services

CHICAGO — Arkansas linebacker Brooks Ellis has been named to the preseason watch list for the 32nd annual Butkus Award, it was announced Tuesday.

The award is presented each season to the nation’s best linebacker by the Butkus Foundation. This is the second straight year that Ellis has appeared on the award’s preseason watch list.

The Razorbacks’ leading tackler in 2015, Ellis is one of 12 players from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on the 51-person list and the sixth Razorback to earn a spot on a preseason award watch list during the past two weeks.

Ellis started all 13 games last season, extending his streak to 18 straight contests. He totaled 102 stops, which tied for ninth in the SEC.  He tallied eight or more tackles six times, highlighted by three double-digit tackle efforts, and was one of two SEC defenders to log 15-plus tackles in a conference game twice.

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OVERALLRecordPts
1.Bentonville (12)2-01651
2.Conway2-11352
5.Shiloh Christian (3)3-01275
4.Bentonville West (1)3-01094
3.Benton1-1733
6.Bryant (1)0-3696
8.Searcy2-0658
7.Joe T. Robinson2-0647
9.North Little Rock3-0599
10.Fayetteville2-120—
Others receiving votes: Greenwood 11, Sylvan Hills 9, Springdale Har-Ber 5, Farmington 5, HS Lakeside 5, Pulaski Academy 4, Mountain Home 3, Greenbrier 2, Sheridan 2, El Dorado 2, Stuttgart 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bentonville (12)2-0801
2.Conway2-1562
5.Shiloh Christian (3)3-0464
4.Bentonville West (1)3-0393
3.Bryant (1)0-3233
Others receiving votes: North Little Rock 10, Pulaski Academy 1.
CLASS 6A
1.Benton (9)1-1731
Searcy (8)2-0732
3.Sylvan Hills2-1373
4.El Dorado3-024—
5.Mountain Home2-1235t
Others receiving votes: Sheridan 13, Van Buren 10, Jonesboro 2.
CLASS 5A
1.Joe T. Robinson (14)2-0811
2.Greenwood (2)1-2522
3.Greenbrier2-0433
5.Farmington3-0334
4.Hot Springs Lakeside (1)2-124—
Others receiving votes: LR Parkview 12, Valley View 6, Jacksonville 4.
CLASS 4A
1.Stuttgart (12)3-0721
2.Elkins (3)2-0512
3.Nashville (1)3-0493
4.Gosnell3-0185
5.Gravette (1)2-017—
Arkadelphia2-117—
Others receiving votes: Ozark 12, Fountain Lake 7, Hamburg 7, Bauxite 3, Lonoke 1, Pottsville 1.

CLASS 3A
1.Fordyce (10)1-1671
2.Bismarck (1)2-1444
3.Rivercrest (1)2-036—
4.Smackover (2)2-025—
5.Glen Rose1-2233
Others receiving votes: Mansfield 21, Prescott (3) 18, Walnut Ridge 14, Palestine-Wheatley 3, Quitman 2, Newport 1, Cedarville 1.
CLASS 2A
1.Mount Ida (14)3-0811
2.Junction City1-2401
3.Baptist Prep (1)2-0313
4.Bigelow2-117—
5.Gurdon2-1135
Others receiving votes: Earle (1) 12, East Poinsett County (1) 12, Hector 12, Dierks 11, Poyen 8, Hazen 6, Des Arc 6, Marked Tree 3, Carlisle 2, Bearden 1.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Cedar Ridge (5)3-0252
2.Corning (6)3-0221
3.Magazine (1)1-07—
Woodlawn1-173
Others receiving votes: Izard County 5, Rose Bud 4, Strong 3.

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