Ware Nabs First Ever NFL Butkus Award

Looks like our best player on the team, DeMarcus Ware has won another award, this time its the Butkus Award. This is the first Butkus Award at the NFL level, and what better player to earn this than Ware. Congrats to Ware. Someone is going to get paid, and this time the bill will be worth the price. Ware has emerged as the best OLB in the league and has the game to back it up.

From Star-Telegram:

On the same day he was the only member of the Dallas Cowboys voted an All-Pro by The Associated Press, DeMarcus Ware was named the winner of the Butkus Award as the league’s best linebacker.

Since 1985 the award has been given to the best linebacker in college. But this year awards for the most complete linebacker at the high school, college and pro levels will be given out at a ceremony on Jan. 13 in Chicago.

Ware led the NFL with 20 sacks in 2008. He was also an All-Pro for the third consecutive season.

The Butkus Award is chosen by a panel of 51 voters consisting of NFL coaches, media and personnel people (more)

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