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Auston English

Two Sooners on Lombardi Watch List

Lombardi Award tabs Robinson, English.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma's Duke Robinson and Auston English are on the watch list for the 2008 Rotary Lombardi Award. They are among 54 players named to the preliminary list.

Robinson, OU's left guard, was a consensus All-American last year, for a Sooners offense that ranked No. 1 nationally in passing efficiency, No. 5 in scoring, No. 5 in sacks allowed, No. 19 in total yards and No. 30 in rushing. One finalist and three semi-finalists from last year's Rotary Lombardi Award voting are among 54 players selected to the 2008 preliminary watch list released today.

The 6-5, 330-pound senior graded at 85% last season. He was on the field for 663 plays with 97 knockdowns.

English, a junior defense end, was No. 15 in the nation last season with .86 sacks per game. He had a total of 15 despite missing four games due to injury. English also had a team-high 13 tackles for loss. His 1.18 tackles for loss per game led the Big 12.

Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down linemen and those defensive players who line up within five yards of the football. The candidates earned a place on the preliminary watch list by earning All-American honors or by being named to their respective all-conference first team as selected by the conference's head coaches. The Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List will be updated prior to the start of the 2008 season in order to identify those players who have been selected as pre-season honors candidates.

While the Watch List highlights players who have already received national recognition, any Division I player who meets the position requirements is eligible for consideration from the Rotary Lombardi Selection Committee. This committee is comprised of more than 500 members, including all past winners and finalists, all Division 1 head coaches and a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The Rotary Lombardi Watch List, intended as a reference tool for the Selection Committee, will be periodically updated and revised through the conclusion of the voting to determine the 12 Semifinalists for 2008.

The complete Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List for 2008 follows:

Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin Robert Brewster, OT, Ball State Diyral Briggs, DE, Bowling Green Terrill Byrd, DT, Cincinnati Ian Campbell, DE, Kansas State Solomon Elimimian, LB, Hawaii Auston English, DE, Oklahoma Larry English, DE, Northern Illinois John Estes, OL, Hawaii Maurice Evans, DE, Penn State Ray Feinga, OL, BYU Andrew Gardner, OT, Georgia Tech Dominic Green, OL, Nevada Greg Hardy, DL, Ole Miss Jason Harmon, TE, Florida Atlantic Darius Hill, TE, Ball State Daniel Holtzclaw, LB, Eastern Michigan Phillip Hunt, DE, Houston George Hypolite, DT, Colorado Greg Isdaner, OL, West Virginia Herman Johnson, OL, LSU Jan Jorgensen, DL, BYU Frantz Joseph, LB, Florida Atlantic Mitch King, DL, Iowa James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State Boris Lee, LB, Troy Adam Leonard, LB, Hawaii Jonathan Luigs, C, Arkansas Alex Mack, OL, California Scott McKillop, LB, Pittsburgh Gerald McRath, LB, Southern Miss Matt Mandich, OL, Arkansas State Rey Maualuga, LB, USC Greg Middleton, DE, Indiana Joe Mortensen, LB, Kansas Clayton Mullins, OB, Miami (OH) Eric Norwood, DE, South Carolina Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss Anthony Parker, OL, Tennessee Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State Dennis Pitta, TE, BYU Ryan Purvis, TE, Boston College Nick Reed, DE, Oregon Dallas Reynolds, OL, BYU Duke Robinson, OL, Oklahoma George Selvie, DL, S. Florida A.Q. Shipley, C, Penn State Dion Small, OL, Troy Andre Smith, OL, Alabama Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida Max Unger, OT, Oregon David Veikune, DL, Hawaii Vance Walker, DT, Georgia Tech Eric Wood, C, Louisville

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