Newport Beach, Ca.—The Lott Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top defensive player who has had the biggest IMPACT on his team both on and off the field, has announced the dates during the 2007 college season that the Watch List of 42 players will be cut to the final four leading up to the annual awards banquet
The 16 quarter-finalists will be announced Oct. 22; the seven semi-finalists Nov. 12 and the four finalists Nov. 27.
The four finalists will be flown to Newport Beach for the banquet. The university of the winner will receive $25,000 for its general scholarship fund while the three universities of the runnerups will receive $5,000 each for their general scholarship fund.
Voters for The Lott Trophy are college offensive and defensive coordinators, former head coaches who make up the Master Coaches, the Board of Directors of The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation, The Lott Trophy Board of Advisors and selected members of the national media.
The Dec. 9 black-tie banquet at The Pacific Club, already sold out for the fourth consecutive year, will be televised live by Fox Sports. Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen will receive The Lott Trophy Lifetime IMPACT Award. There will also be a video tribute to the late Bill Walsh, a founding member of the Board.
Former banquets have featured Bill Walsh, John Robinson, Terry Donahue, Frank Gifford, Marcus Allen, Jack Kemp, Mike Garrett, Pat Haden and Will Ferrell as keynote speakers.
The 2007 Lott Trophy Watch List
Xavier Adibi, LB, Virginia Tech, Sr., 6-2, 226 (Hampton, Va)
Jamar Adams, S, Michigan, Sr., 6-2, 212 (Charlotte, NC)
Josh Barrett, S, Arizona St., Sr., 6-2, 227 (Reno, Nv)
Tommy Blake, DE, TCU, Sr., 6-3, 250 (Aransas Pass, Tx)
Caleb Campbell, DB, Army, Sr., 6-2, 224 (Perryton, Tx)
Jonathan Casillas, LB, Wisconsin, Jr., 6-2, 214 (New Brunswick, NJ)
Antoine Cason, DB, Arizona, Sr., 6-0, 182 (Long Beach, Ca)
Simeon Castille, CB, Alabama, Sr., 6-1, 189, (Birmingham, Al)
Dan Connor, LB, Penn State, Sr., 6-3, 225 (Wallingford, Pa)
Shawn Crable, LB, Michigan, Sr., 6-5, 245 (Massillon, Oh)
Maurice Crum, LB, Notre Dame, Sr., 6-0, 225 (Riverview, Fl)
Brian Cushing, LB, USC, Jr., 6-4, 245 (Park Ridge, NJ)
Bruce Davis, DE, UCLA, Sr., 6-3, 237 (Houston, Tx)
Jordan Dizon, LB, Colorado, Sr., 6-0, 225 (Kauai, Hawaii)
Glenn Dorsey, DL, LSU, Sr., 6-2, 299 (Gonzales, La)
Sedrick Ellis, DT, USC, Sr., 6-1, 295 (Chino, Ca)
Zack Follett, LB, Cal, Jr., 6-2, 237 (Clovis, Ca)
Eric Foster, DT, Rutgers, Sr., 6-2, 265 (Homestead, Fl)
Vince Hall, LB, Virginia Tech, Sr., 6-0, 240 (Chesapeake, Va)
Chris Harrington, DL, Texas A&M, Sr., 6-5, 267 (Houston)
Nic Harris, DB, Oklahoma, Jr., 6-3, 226 (Alexandria, La)
Derrick Harvey, DL, Florida, Jr., 6-4, 245 (Greenbelt, Md)
Jonathan Hefney, S, Tennessee, Sr., 5-9, 186 (Rock Hill, SC)
Chris Horton, CB, UCLA, Sr., 6-1, 210 (New Orleans)
Kelin Johnson, SS, Georgia, Sr., 6-1, 194 (Daytona Beach, Fl)
Cody Kase, LB, New Mexico, Sr., 6-2, 212 (Valencia, Ca)
Drew Kelson, LB, Texas, Sr., 6-2, 215 (Houston)
Mike Klinkenborg, LB, Iowa, Sr., 6-2, 240 (Rock Rapids, Ia)
Nick Larkin, DE, Boston College, Sr., 6-4, 250 (Cincinnati)
James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio State, Jr., 6-3, 244 (Hamel, Mn)
J Leman, LB, Illinois, Sr., 6-3, 244 (Champaign, Il)
Chris Long, DL, Virginia, Sr., 6-4, 284 (Ivy, Va)
Derek Lokey, DT, Texas, Sr., 6-2, 280 (Denton, Tx)
Dwight Lowery, CB, San Jose State, Sr., 6-1, 185 (Santa Cruz, Ca)
Marc Magro, LB, West Virginia, Sr., 6-3, 240 (Morgantown, WVa)
Jeff Van Orsow, DL, Oregon State, Sr., 6-4, 262 (Las Vegas)
Darryl Richard, DT, Georgia Tech, Sr., 6-4, 285 (Destrehan, La)
Keith Rivers, LB, USC, Sr., 6-3, 230 (Lake Mary, Fl)
Bo Ruud, LB, Nebraska, Sr., 6-3, 235 (Lincoln, Ne)
Eric Wicks, DB, West Virginia, Sr., 6-1, 205 (Pittsburgh)
Wesley Woodyard, LB, Kentucky, Sr., 6-1, 212 (La Grange, Ga)
Tom Zbikowski, S, Notre Dame, Sr., 6-0, 210 (Arlington Hts, Il)
