Selvie misses final cut for Lombardi award

NOVEMBER 06, 2007

USF defensive end George Selvie, leading the nation with 13.5 sacks and 27.5 tackles for loss, is not among the four finalists for the Lombardi Award, given to the nation's top lineman.

LSU's Glenn Dorsey, Virginia's Chris Long, Michigan's Jake Long and Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis are the finalists -- linebackers are eligible if they primarily line up at the line of scrimmage.

The first three finalists are seniors, and Laurinaitis is considered a possibility to leave early for the NFL Draft, so Selvie would easily be a front-runner for next year's award. Selvie is still a strong candidate to be a consensus first-team All-America at defensive end. He needs five tackles for loss in his last three games to break the NCAA record of 32, and he would need seven sacks to break the Big East sack record, set by Louisville's Elvis Dumervil.

Posted by Greg Auman at 4:08:03 pm on November 06, 2007 | Permalink | Comments |

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