Monday, December 17, 2012 | Valley Football
Underwood Finishes Sixth in Buchanan Voting

Illinois State football standout Colton Underwood, a first-team All-American and a first-team all-MVFC selection, was the highest vote-getter for the league in the Buck Buchanan Award balloting, announced today by the Sports Network.

Underwood, a junior defensive end, leads the MVFC in sacks (10.5) and tackles-for-loss (19.5), currently ranks No. 13 in the country in sacks and is tied for No. 12 in the FCS in tackles-for-loss. The 2012 Buck Buchanan Award nominee was an All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team selection and a MVFC All-Academic Second-Team pick. He recorded at least one sack in eight games and a tackle-for-loss in nine games, with five multiple tackle-for-loss performances and finished the season ranked second on the team with 95 tackles.

Underwood was one of three MVFC finalists for the award. League Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Williams finished ninth in the balloting and South Dakota's Tyler Starr was 20th.

 

2012 Buck Buchanan Award Voting
Name School 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
1. Caleb Schreibeis Montana St 35 18 14 9 12 319
2. Jeremy Kimbrough Appalachian St 18 25 20 12 13 287
3. Brandon Thurmond Arkansas-PB 20 16 8 15 14 232
4. Robert McCabe Georgetown 16 14 14 13 14 218
5. Matt Evans New Hampshire 13 13 10 10 15 182
6. Colton Underwood Illinois St 9 9 13 19 9 167
7. Jaquiski Tartt Samford 3 12 7 14 12 124
8. Stephon Robertson James Madison. 4 8 7 10 8 101
9. Marcus Williams N. Dakota St 6 4 12 3 8 96
10. Jordan Tripp Montana 3 6 6 10 11 88
11. Joseph LeBeau Jackson St 5 2 9 9 5 83
12. Blake Peiffer SE Missouri St. 3 4 7 5 5 67
13. Cooper Taylor Richmond 5 1 5 5 7 61
14. Darnell Taylor Sam Houston St. 2 6 5 2 3 56
15. Brent Russell Ga. Southern 0 5 3 2 2 35
16. Demetrius McCray Appalachian St. 2 2 0 1 1 21
17. B.W. Webb William & Mary 1 0 1 2 4 16
18. Robert Alford SE Louisiana 0 0 3 3 0 15
19. Wes Dothard Chattanooga 0 0 1 0 2 5
20. Tyler Starr South Dakota 0 0 0 1 0 2
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