{"id":13235,"date":"2023-08-10T17:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=13235"},"modified":"2023-08-10T17:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T22:23:51","slug":"oregon-lb-jestin-jacobs-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/oregon-lb-jestin-jacobs-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon LB Jestin Jacobs named to Butkus Award watch list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his first season with the Oregon Ducks, junior linebacker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/jestin-jacobs-143715\/\">Jestin Jacobs<\/a><\/strong> has been named among the top players in the nation at his position. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Butkus Award watch list was released and Jacobs was among the 51 players who made the cut. He is one of just six Pac-12 players who were selected. Former Oregon linebacker Justin Flowe, who transferred to Arizona last winter, also landed on the watch list. <\/p>\n<p>A former 4-star signee in the 2019 class, Jacobs committed to Iowa out of high school and started for the Hawkeyes as a redshirt freshman in 2021. That season, he racked up 53 total tackles, forced a fumble, and grabbed an interception. <\/p>\n<p>However, he suffered a knee injury just two games into the 2022 season and was sidelined for the remainder of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Jacobs was one of the first players Oregon added out of the transfer portal last winter as head coach Dan Lanning and defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi worked to re-shape their linebacker room. He is expected to start for the Ducks alongside junior standout Jeffrey Bassa. <\/p>\n<p>While speaking with reporters in April Jacobs called Oregon, his \u201cdream school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, sometimes I just sit back. I look at that \u2018O.\u2019 I\u2019m walking around this place like, \u2018Dang, I\u2019m really at Oregon,\u2019\u201d Jacobs said. \u201cI really started off dreaming of being able to come here. And now I\u2019m here. So I mean, it\u2019s just a great opportunity, just coming here to be able to work and I mean, I can\u2019t take for granted every day because I\u2019m finally living my dream and finally a Duck. I\u2019m just loving it so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>2023 Butkus Award preseason watch list<\/h2>\n<p>Jaishawn Barham, Maryland<br \/>Michael Barrett, Michigan<br \/>JD Bertrand, Notre Dame<br \/>Tatum Bethune, Florida State<br \/>Ben Bywater, BYU<br \/>Abdul Carter, Penn State<br \/>Barrett Carter, Clemson<br \/>Aaron Casey, Indiana<br \/>Steele Chambers, Ohio State<br \/>Mason Cobb, USC<br \/>Khari Coleman, Ole Miss<br \/>Junior Colson, Michigan<br \/>Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&amp;M<br \/>Shaun Dolac, Buffalo<br \/>Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia<br \/>Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State<br \/>JaQues Evans, WKU<br \/>Justin Flowe, Arizona<br \/>Jaylan Ford, Texas<br \/>Dallas Gant, Toledo<br \/>Easton Gibbs, Wyoming<br \/>Cedric Gray, North Carolina<br \/>Cal Haladay, Michigan State<br \/>Jason Henderson, Old Dominion<br \/>Ty\u2019Ron Hopper, Missouri<br \/>Nick Jackson, Iowa<br \/>Curtis Jacobs, Penn State<br \/>Jestin Jacobs, Oregon<br \/>Jason Johnson, UCF<br \/>Tyrice Knight, UTEP<br \/>Deontae Lawson, Alabama<br \/>Marist Liufau, Notre Dame<br \/>Jordan Magee, Temple\u00a0<br \/>Jackson Mitchell, UConn<br \/>Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia<br \/>Darius Muasau, UCLA<br \/>Maema Njongmeta, Wisconsin<br \/>Chris Paul Jr., Arkansas<br \/>Harold Perkins Jr., LSU<br \/>John Pius, William &amp; Mary<br \/>Tyreem Powell, Rutgers<br \/>Karene Reid, Utah<br \/>DJ Schramm, Boise State<br \/>Jackson Sirmon, Cal<br \/>Omar Speights, LSU<br \/>Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma<br \/>Jeremiah Trotter Jr., Clemson<br \/>Trevin Wallace, Kentucky<br \/>Nathaniel Watson, Mississippi State<br \/>Marlowe Wax, Syracuse<br \/>Payton Wilson, N.C. State<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oregon-ducks\/news\/oregon-lb-jestin-jacobs-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list\/\">Oregon LB Jestin Jacobs named to Butkus Award watch list<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of his first season with the Oregon Ducks, junior linebacker Jestin Jacobs has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}