Slade-Matautia On Butkus Award List
07/20/20 | Football
CHICAGO – Oregon junior linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia was one of 51 players named to the Butkus Award watch list on Monday. The Butkus Award honors the nation's best linebacker at the collegiate and high school levels.
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Slade-Matautia started all 14 games at middle linebacker a season ago in Oregon's run to Pac-12 and Rose Bowl titles. He was one of just two linebackers nationally and the first in the Pac-12 since 2015 with 60 tackles and double-digit pass breakups. Slade-Matautia registered 64 tackles, including 6.5 for loss, and led the Ducks in pass breakups (11).
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The first Oregon linebacker to lead the team in pass breakups since Spencer Paysinger in 2015, Slade-Matautia is the only returning FBS linebacker heading into the 2020 season that had 60 tackles and double-figure breakups a year ago. The Honolulu, Hawaii, product set a career with eight tackles in the Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin.
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Slade-Matautia started all 14 games at middle linebacker a season ago in Oregon's run to Pac-12 and Rose Bowl titles. He was one of just two linebackers nationally and the first in the Pac-12 since 2015 with 60 tackles and double-digit pass breakups. Slade-Matautia registered 64 tackles, including 6.5 for loss, and led the Ducks in pass breakups (11).
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The first Oregon linebacker to lead the team in pass breakups since Spencer Paysinger in 2015, Slade-Matautia is the only returning FBS linebacker heading into the 2020 season that had 60 tackles and double-figure breakups a year ago. The Honolulu, Hawaii, product set a career with eight tackles in the Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin.
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