ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy senior defensive end
Jacob Busic has been named to the 2023 Lombardi Award Watch List.
The Lombardi Award goes annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman who exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi in addition to outstanding performance and ability.
To be considered for the Lombardi Award, players must be an NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:
· Be a down Lineman, end to end, either on offense or defense, setting up no further than ten (10) yards to the left or right of the ball at the time of the snap.
· Be a Linebacker on defense, setting up no further than five (5) yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
· Must not come out of the offensive backfield and set up on the line of scrimmage as a Blocker or a Receiver or listed in the program as an Offensive Back or Receiver.
· Be eligible to participate in the current season.
The voting process will follow this schedule.
· October 18 - 30, 2023: Vote to determine Semi-finalists.
· November 1, 2023: Semi-finalists announcement
· November 2 - 13, 2023: Vote to determine Four Finalists
· November 15, 2023: Four Finalists announcement
· November 17 – December 4, 2023: Final vote to determine the winner.
· December 6, 2023:
Lombardi Award™ Winner announced.
Busic, one of four team captains, has started 24-straight games for the Mids at defensive end. Last year, he was named First-Team All-East by the ECAC and an Honorable Mention All-American Athletic Conference selection. Busic finished the 2022 season second on the team in sacks (6) and tied for second in tackles for a loss (8.5) to go along with his 38 total tackles on the year.
