Ernest Jones Named a Butkus Award Semifinalist

[kingofnerf]

University of South Carolina junior linebacker Ernest Jones has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the 36th annual Butkus Award, honoring the nation's best linebacker, it was announced today.
 
Jones, a 6-2, 230-pounder from Waycross, Ga., leads the Gamecocks with 86 tackles, 16 more than any other player on the squad, an average of 9.6 per game, fifth in the SEC. Jones owns two of the top 12 individual tackling efforts in the country this season, registering a career-high 19 tackles at LSU, the most for a Gamecock since Roy Hart logged 19 at Nebraska in 1987, then collecting another 18 at Ole Miss.
 
Jones has logged 199 career tackles in 26 career contests. That ranks ninth in the country among active players with an average of 7.65 tackles per game.

https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2020/11/30/football-ernest-jones-named-a-butkus-award-semifinalist.aspx

 

[Swayin]

well deserved - the anchor of our D.

 

[Longhaul]

Ernest is a very good football player I expect to see play on Sundays.  

 

[The Bear]

https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2020/11/30/football-ernest-jones-named-a-butkus-award-semifinalist.aspx

WOW, where do we find more talent like his. it truly needed.