We are now 47 days away from Michigan football taking the field against Florida to open the 2017 season. I mention that stat to demonstrate why we have to continue drooling over things like award watch lists: because there’s nothing better to do.
So with that in mind, it’s worth talking about how linebacker Mike McCray has been listed, along with 51 others, on the Butkus Award watch list. The Butkus Award is given each year to the nation’s best linebacker.
Last season, it was Alabama’s Reuben Foster who won.
Unlike Tyrone Wheatley Jr.