... preliminary watch list last week for the 2010 Rotary Lombardi Award, including Arizona State University's sophomore middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict into the mix.

Burfict, the Pac-10 Defensive Freshman of the Year for 2009, is among 74 other Division I student athletes in the country on the watch list.

Last year's winner of the Rotary Lombardi Award was Ndamukong Suh from Nebraska, who was recently picked up by the Detroit Lions in the 2010 NFL Draft, and Finalist Gerald McCoy, from Oklahoma who was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down lineman, end-to-end, either on offense or defense, who set up no farther than 10 yards to the left or right of the ball, or lineback...

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