A nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, his 86 total tackles led the team and ranked in the top 10 in the league, while his 62 solo stops were the most of any individual in CUSA. Weaver opened the ...

Eugene native Bryce Boettcher is the 2024 Burlsworth Trophy recipient. The award is given to the nation's most outstanding football player who began their career as a walk-on. The accolades keep ...

A kid from Eugene, Oregon, is continuing to live his college football dreams, even with football being his second sport. Since then, Boettcher has been a key piece of Oregon’s physical-first ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Nobody, except for Brandon Burlsworth, ever thought he would be any sort of athlete. Definitely not a great athlete, definitely not a college football All-American. Not even his ...

Not even his mother, Barbara, who was sure the awkward, shy, sweet boy who called her "mama" with a slow southern drawl and loved going to church with her, was just perfect. But Burlsworth thought ...

We didn't give him anything. He earned every bit of it." Boettcher took home the Burlsworth Trophy on Monday night at Crystal Bridges Museum, an award named after the former Arkansas walk-on ...

Boettcher, who totaled seven tackles in that game and a tackle for loss, won the Burlsworth Trophy Monday evening, given to the nation's most outstanding college football player that began their ...

Oregon inside linebacker Bryce Boettcher has won the Burlsworth Trophy. Boettcher accepted the award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding college football player who began his career ...

It’s been quite a year for Oregon linebacker Bryce Boettcher. He began in the spring with the baseball team playing centerfield where he was a big part of that team’s run to the Super Regional.

Dolac, a linebacker for the Bulls, was one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, given annually to the top player in college football who began his career as a walk-on. However ...