Longtime Alabama LB committed to Robert Woodyard’s Butkus semi-final list

Committed to Alabama, Robert Woodyard is one of 16 footballers selected as semi-finalists for the High School Butkus Award.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Woodyard is out of Williamson’s late season due to a knee injury. The Lions will play American Christian in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs on Friday.

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Woodyard – both an offensive and a defensive force – has been on the national recruitment radar since the freshman season. He committed to Crimson Tide in the summer before his junior term and has said little about his recruitment since.

He is the 7th senior in the state enlisted, 247 according to the combination list.

The selection of Butkus semi-finalists is the responsibility of a panel of 51 coaches, recruiters, scouts and journalists, who vote separately and confidentially in a 3-2-1 process with the possibility of enrollment.

Finalists from both the college and high school departments are expected to be announced on November 22 and the winners on or before December 7. The winners will be invited to the Butkus Award Ceremony on May 5-6. February in Palm Springs.

According to the press release, it is possible that a mate on the semi-finalist list will raise the end of the season and have voters to reconsider.

Alabama’s Christian Harris is a semifinalist in the college Butkus Award.

Here are the complete lists of college and high school finalists:

Collegiate semi-finalists (by the college, remarks of returnees *)

Christian Harris, Alabama *

Darien Butler, State of Arizona

Darrian Beavers, Cincinnati

Nate Landman, Colorado *

Nakobe Dean, Georgia *

Jack Campbell, Iowa

Damone Clark, LSU

Brian Asamoah, Oklahoma

Malcolm Rodriquez, State of Oklahoma

Noah Sewell, Oregon

Brandon Smith, Penn State

Olakunle Fatukasi, Rutgers *

DeMarvion Overshown, Texas

Devin Lloyd, Utah *

Leo Chenal, Wisconsin

Chad Muma, Wyoming

High school semifinalists (by state and school)

Robert Woodyard, Lillie B. Williamson, Mobile, Ala.

Niuafe Tuihalamaka, Bishop of Alemany, Mission Hills, California.

Jimmy Rolder, Marist, Chicago, Ill.

Dasan McCullough, Bloomington South, Bloomington, Ind.

Nolan Ziegler, Catholic Central, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Joshua Burnham, Traverse City Central, Traverse City, Mich.

Stone Blanton, Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Madison, Miss.

Jalon Walker, Salisbury, Salisbury, NC

Devon Jackson, Harry A. Burke, Omaha, Neb.

CJ Hicks, Archbishop of Alter, Dayton, Ohio

Gabe Powers, Marysville, Marysville, Ohio

Jaylen Sneed, Hilton Head, Hilton Head, SC

Harold Perkins, Cypress Park, Cypress, Texas

Kobie McKinzie, Lubbock Cooper, Lubbock, Texas

Lander Barton, Brighton, Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Shawn Murphy, Unity Reed, Manassas, Va.