Jack Lambert Trophy

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Jack Lambert Trophy

Awarded for America's best college football linebacker
Loan location Columbus (Ohio)
Country United States of America
Awarded by Touchdown Club of Columbus
First awarded 1991
Most awards James Laurinaitis (2)
website http://www.tdccolumbus.com

The Jack Lambert Trophy is an award for the best linebacker in college football . It is awarded annually by the Touchdown Club of Columbus and is named after Jack Lambert , who was considered the best linebacker of his time and played for Kent State and the Pittsburgh Steelers .

The current title holder is Josh Allen from the University of Kentucky .

The largest number of winners so far is Ohio State (4), followed by Florida State , Texas A&M and Miami with two winners each.

James Laurinaitis is so far the only player to have won the trophy twice.

winner

year player school
1991 Erick Anderson University of Michigan
1992 Marvin Jones Florida State University
1993 Trev Alberts Nebraska
1994 Derrick Brooks / Dana Howard Florida State / Illinois
1995 Simeon Rice Illinois
1996 Pat Fitzgerald Northwestern
1997 Andy Katzenmoyer Ohio State
1998 Dat Nguyen Texas A&M
1999 LaVar Arrington Penn State
2000 Dan Morgan Miami
2001 Rocky Calmus Oklahoma
2002 EJ Henderson Maryland
2003 Jonathan Vilma Miami
2004 Derrick Johnson Texas
2005 AJ Hawk Ohio State
2006 Patrick Willis Ole Miss
2007 James Laurinaitis Ohio State
2008 James Laurinaitis Ohio State
2009 Rolando McClain Alabama
2010 From Miller Texas A&M
2011 Luke Kuechly Boston
2012 Jarvis Jones University of Georgia
2013 Khalil Mack Buffalo
2014 Scooby Wright III Arizona
2015 Joe Schobert Wisconsin
2016 Ben Boulware Clemson
2017 Josey Jewell Iowa
2018 Josh Allen Kentucky

credentials

  1. ↑ TDCColumbus.com Awards & Recipients July 5, 2014
  2. ↑ Profootballhof.com Jack Lambert July 5, 2014