LSU LB Micah Baskerville Named To Butkus Award Watch List

I am here to eat some crow. I thought he was terrible at first. He has absolutely improved each season and it seems like he is poised to take an even larger leap this year.

Baskerville is easily one of the best LB’s against the pass or at setting the QB up for the int. He’s gotten better every year and made huge improvements on TFL and against the run. Last year was the first time he got to play a full season. If he can improve these numbers to;

INT’s - 3 or 4
FF - 1 or 2
FR - 1 or 2
Tackles - 90 plus
TFL - around the same
Sacks - 3 or 4

That should earn him the award. These awards are huge for future recruiting in the program so I hope Baskerville gets it.

Former teammate Damone Clark was hosed out of winning the award last year.
Baskerville has been among the elite vs the run for the last 2 years.
Unfortunately, this will go to the kid at Gumpville - deserving or not - just like last year.