Two Michigan football defenders and one Michigan State defender have been named to the Butkus Award watch list.
Wolverines senior linebackers Khaleke Hudson and Josh Uche, and Spartans senior linebacker Joe Bachie are among 51 players up for the award, given annually to college football's top linebacker.
Hudson, 6 feet and 220 pounds, enters his third season starting at viper. He had 44 total tackles with 3½ for loss, two sacks and two blocked punts last season, a significant drop-off from his outstanding 2017 year, when he compiled 83 tackles and eight sacks.