University of North Carolina Athletics
Spoon Named To Butkus Award List; Hood Named To Thorpe List
August 24, 2000 | Football
Aug. 24, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - University of North Carolina linebacker Brandon Spoon has been named to the 2000 Butkus Award Watch List for the fourth consecutive season, a feat never before accomplished in the 16-year history of the award.
The Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Inc. (DACO), the organization which annually presents the prestigious Butkus Award to the nation?s best collegiate linebacker, announced the preliminary list of 70 candidates for this year?s award on Tuesday.
Spoon, a fifth-year senior, elected to return to school after missing most of the 1999 campaign with a torn biceps muscle. He enters the 2000 season as the No. 3 rated inside linebacker by National Football Scouting, Inc.
A second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in 1998, Spoon has 241 career tackles, including 17.5 for losses and 8.5 quarterback sacks.
Junior cornerback Errol Hood has been named to the 2000 Jim Thorpe Preseason Watch List. The Jim Thorpe Award has been presented annually since 1986 to the best defensive back in college football.
Each player on the preseason watch list has been named by at least two publications as candidates for All-America or All-Conference honors. Hood is one of 40 candidates on the preseason list.
In 1999, Hood started all 11 games and was named Carolina?s Co-Defensive MVP award. He finished the season with 58 tackles, 11 pass breakups and five interceptions.
