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Mountain West has 15 Nominees on the 2013 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List

MW newcomers San Jose State and Utah State each had 4 players selected, followed by Boise State with 3 and Fresno State with 2. Colorado State, Nevada, and San Diego each have 1 candidate.

By Hank Corless
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San Diego LB Jake Fely brings down RB DJ Harper at Bronco Stadium on November 3, 2012 in Boise. (Photo by Otto Kitsinger III/Getty Images)
San Diego LB Jake Fely brings down RB DJ Harper at Bronco Stadium on November 3, 2012 in Boise. (Photo by Otto Kitsinger III/Getty Images)
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The 100+ candidates on the Rotary Lombardi Award watch list is out. The Lombardi Award was established in 1970, on behalf of legendary Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi and is awarded annually to the best lineman or linebacker in college football. Last year Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o won the award, after winning a majority votes from approximately 500 head coaches, media personnel, and former Lombardi Award winners and finalists.

The 2013 watch list totals more than 100 offensive lineman, defensive lineman and linebackers in Division I football. Here is an alphabetical list of the Mountain West nominees:

LB Vince Buhaglar, San Jose State

NG Tyeler Davison, Fresno State

LB Jake Doughty, Utah State

LB Kyler Fackrell, Utah State

LB Jake Fely, San Diego State

DE Brock Hekking, Nevada

G Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State

C Tyler Larsen, Utah State

DE Demarcus Lawrence, Boise State

T Charles Leno, Boise State

DT Travis Raciti, San Jose State

C Weston Richburg, Colorado State

G Eric Schultz, Utah State

LB Keith Smith, San Jose State

T Austin Wentworth, Fresno State

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