Bennett Wins Lombardi Trophy
Linebacker Cornelius Bennett of Alabama was awarded the Lombardi Trophy honoring the nation’s outstanding college football lineman.
The 17th annual award was presented at a benefit dinner sponsored by the Downtown Rotary Club of Houston.
Other finalists were Jerome Brown of Miami (Fla.), Brian Bosworth of Oklahoma and Chris Spielman of Ohio State. The winner was selected by 208 sportswriters and broadcasters; vote totals are never made public.
The trophy, a 40-pound block of granite, is presented in honor of the late Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins.
Bennett, 6 feet 4 inches and 235 pounds, led the Crimson Tide in quarterback sacks even though he missed two games because of a pulled hamstring.
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