Kentucky senior linebacker Wesley Woodyard has been named to the Butkus Award watch list, his fourth preseason national award watch list.
The Butkus Award is given to the nation's top collegiate linebacker.
Woodyard made 122 tackles last season, second in the SEC and 18th nationally.
Woodyard also has been named to the preseason watch lists for three honors that go to the national defensive player of the year the Ronnie Lott Trophy, the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
