Despite not even being considered a finalist for the Butkus Award, Josey Jewell won the Lott Impact Trophy, awarded to college football’s defensive player of the year by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation.
.@hawkeyefootball Senior LB Josey Jewell (@josey_42) is the winner of the 2017 Lott IMPACT Trophy!
The official release: https://t.co/qAeBNOiuUI#CharacterCounts pic.twitter.com/A0bbZ0O8aK— Lott IMPACT Trophy (@TheLottTrophy) December 11, 2017Jewell has 426 career tackles, good for fifth in Iowa football history. He’s also only the third Hawkeye to ever record back-to-back-to-back seasons of at least 115 tackles.