Kentucky Wildcats linebacker J.J. Weaver has been named one of the three winners of the 2021 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Weaver joins Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson and Florida State’s McKenzie Milton as this year’s award-winners. They’ll be recognized at a ceremony during the Fiesta Bowl on January 1st at State Farm Stadium in Glendale (AZ). $30,000 will be donated in the names of the honorees to the general scholarship funds of their schools, with $15,000 being awarded in the names of the three winners and $15,000 on behalf of six honorable mentions.