Oklahoma State University Athletics
Chinasa On Rotary Lombardi Watch List
April 30, 2010 | Cowboy Football
April 30, 2010
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State defensive end Ugo Chinasa is one of 75 players nationally to be included on the preliminary watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award.
As a junior in 2009, Chinasa led the Cowboys in tackles for loss with 9.5 and also led the squad with 6.5 sacks and eight quarterback hurries. His 30 tackles led all OSU defensive linemen. Chinasa enjoyed perhaps his best game against Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl when he recorded five tackles and 2.5 sacks.
His disruption of opposing offenses was one of the keys to Oklahoma State's defensive resurgence in 2009. The Cowboy defense ranked as the fourth-most improved unit in the country from the 2008 season to the 2009 season. The Cowboys allowed 405.54 yards per game to rank 93rd nationally in total defense in 2008, but allowed only 332.54 yards per game in 2009 to rank 31st in the country.
The Cowboys allowed only 95.8 rushing yards per game and just 3.0 yards per attempt by the opposition in 2009. Oklahoma State has not had a defense end the season allowing less than 100 yards per game on the ground since 1982 when the Leslie O'Neal-led Pokes yielded a then-school record low of 99.2 yards per game.
Eligibility for the Rotary Lombardi Award is limited to down linemen, end-to-end, either on offense or defense, who set up no farther than 10 yards to the left or right of the ball, or linebackers who set up no farther than five yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
The Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List will be updated prior to the start of the 2010 season in order to identify those players who have been selected as pre-season honors candidates.
The 41st Rotary Lombardi Award will be held on December 7- 8, 2010 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
Chinasa also appears on the preseason watch list for the Lott Trophy, which was established by the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation to honor college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. The Lott Trophy gives equal weight to personal character as well as athletic performance from a defensive college player.
2010 Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List
Sam Acho, DE, Texas
Pierre Allen, DE, Nebraska
Marvin Austin, DT, North Carolina
Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA
Allen Bailey, DT/DE, Miami
Jeff Battipaglia, OT, Navy
Jeremy Beal, DE, Oklahoma
Chase Beeler, C, Stanford
Nick Bellore, LB, Central Michigan
Broderick Binns, DE, Iowa
Clint Boling, OT, Georgia
Justin Boren, G, Ohio State
Chris Borland, LB, Wisconsin
Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson
Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State
Marcus Cannon, OT, TCU
Tank Carder, LB, TCU
Gabe Carimi, OT, Wisconsin
James Carpenter, OT, Alabama
Bruce Carter, LB, North Carolina
Jurrell Casey, DT, USC
Anthony Castonzo, OT, Boston College
Ugo Chinasa, DE, Oklahoma State
Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa
Wayne Daniels, DE, TCU
Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama
Chris Galippo, LB, USC
Cameron Heyward, DT/DE, Ohio State
Mark Herzlich, LB, Boston College
Dont'a Hightower, LB, Alabama
Ross Homan, LB, Ohio State
Justin Houston, DE, Georgia
Rodney Hudson, G, Florida State
Nate Irving, LB, NC State
Ethan Johnson, DE, Notre Dame
Greg Jones, LB, Michigan State
Lance Kendricks, TE, Wisconsin
Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue
Jake Kirkpatrick, C, TCU
Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
Travis Lewis, LB, Oklahoma
Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
Casey Matthews, LB, Oregon
Cliff Matthews, DE, South Carolina
Marcus McGraw, LB, Houston
Pernell McPhee, DE, Mississippi State
Bruce Miller, DE, UCF
Von Miller, OLB, Texas A&M
John Moffitt, G, Wisconsin
Mike Mohamed, LB, Cal
Kris O'Dowd, C USC
Stephen Paea, DT, Oregon State
Jason Pinkston, OT, Pittsburgh
Mike Pouncey, G, Florida
Nate Potter, OT, Boise State
Jerrell Powe, DT, Ole Miss
Ryan Pugh, C, Auburn
Robert Quinn, DE, North Carolina
Matt Reynolds, OT, BYU
Barquell Rivers, LB, Virginia Tech
Greg Romeus, DE, Pittsburgh
Kenny Rowe, DE, Oregon
Kyle Rudolph, TE, Notre Dame
Weslye Saunders, TE, South Carolina
Kelvin Sheppard, LB, LSU
Quan Sturdivant, LB, North Carolina
Nate Solder, OT, Colorado
Manti Te'o, LB, Notre Dame
J.T Thomas, LB, West Virginia
Bo Thran, G, Oregon
Ryan Winterswyk, DE, Boise State
Lawrence Wilson, LB, Connecticut
Stefen Wisniewski, C, Penn State
Alex Wujciak, LB, Maryland
Lee Ziemba, OT, Auburn
