Eric Striker named to Lombardi Award Watch List

Eric Striker continues to dominate the defensive watch lists. The Rotary Lombardi Award released its 2014 preseason watch list, and Striker, yet again, was recognized.

The Lombardi Award is given to the nation’s best down linemen on either offense or defense. Linebackers are, eligible, if lined up no farther than five yards deep from the line of scrimmage.

Striker fits the bill, lining up against the edge and using his speed to get around much bigger linemen. The Lombardi list is a lot longer than others, but Striker is deserving after his showcase last year.

Lee Roy Selmon (1975), Tony Casillas (1985), and Teddy Lehman (2003) are past Lombardi Award winners, and Striker will look to follow in the footsteps of those Sooner greats.

Here is the entire list via the Lombardi Award website:

"Henry Anderson, DE, Sr. – Stanford"

"Stephone Anthony, LB, Sr. – Clemson"

"Chi Chi Ariguzo, LB, Sr. – Northwestern"

"T.T. Barber, LB, Jr. – Middle Tennessee State"

"Jamaal Bass, LB, Sr. – Northern Illinois"

"Vic Beasley, DE, Sr. – Clemson"

"Michael Bennett, DT, Sr. – Ohio State"

"Austin Blythe, C, Jr. – Iowa"

"Joey Bosa, DE, So. – Ohio State"

"Brett Boyko, T, Sr. – UNLV"

"Kelby Brown, LB, Sr. – Duke"

"Brandin Bryant, DT, Jr. – Florida Atlantic"

"Shilique Calhoun, DE, Jr. – Michigan State"

"AJ Cann, G, Sr. – South Carolina"

"Justin Cherocci, LB, Sr. – Central Michigan e’Raven Clark, T, Jr. – Texas Tech"

"Ben Clarke, C, Jr. – Hawaii"

"La’El Collins, T, Sr. – LSU"

"Christian Covington, DT, Jr. – Rice"

"Carl Davis, DT, Sr. – Iowa"

"Tyeler Davison, DT, Sr. – Fresno State"

"Reese Dismukes, C, Sr. – Auburn"

"Jamil Douglas, G, Sr. – Arizona State"

"Spencer Drango, T, Jr. – Baylor"

"Ejiro Ederaine, LB, Jr. – Fresno State"

"Steve Edmond, LB, Sr. – Texas"

"Mario Edwards, DE, Jr. – Florida State"

"Cameron Erving, T, Sr. Florida State"

"Dominic Espinsoa, C, Sr. – Texas"

"Kyler Frackrell, LB, Jr. – Utah State"

"Devonte Fields, DE, So. – TCU"

"BJ Finney, C, Sr. – Kansas State"

"Trey Flowers, DE, Sr. – Arkansas"

"Leonard Floyd, LB, So. – Georgia"

"Alani Fau, LB, Sr. – BYU"

"Bryce Giddens, C, Jr. – Arkansas State"

"Hroniss Grasu, C, Sr. Oregon"

"Randy Gregory, DE, Jr. – Nebraska"

"Bryce Hager, LB, Sr. – Baylor"

"Justin Hamilton, DT, Sr. – UL-Lafayette"

"Lincoln Hansen, T, Sr. – Eastern Michigan"

"Rob Havenstein, T, Sr. – Wisconsin"

"Brock Hekking, DE, Sr. – Nevada"

"Ben Henney- LB, Sr. – Kansas"

"Treyvon Hester, DT, So. – Toledo"

"Sean Hickey, T, Sr. – Syracuse"

"Jermaine Holmes, LB, Sr. – Marshall"

"Chucky Hunter, DT, Sr. – TCU"

"Martin Ifedi, DE, Sr. – Memphis"

"Scott Inskeep, G, Sr. – UTEP"

"Myles Jack, LB, So. – UCLA"

"Tre Jackson, G, Sr. – Florida State"

"Grady Jarrett, DT, Sr. – Clemson"

"Chris Jasperse, C, Sr. – Marshall"

"Cameron Jefferson, G, Sr. – UNLV"

"Chris Johnson, LB, Sr. – Navy"

"Kaleb Johnson, G, Sr. – Rutgers"

"A.J. Johnson, LB, Sr. – Tennessee"

"Gerrand Johnson, DT, Jr. – UL-Monroe"

"Tyler Johnstone , T, Jr. – Oregon"

"Chris Jones, DT, So. – Mississippi State"

"Bronson Kaufusi, LB, Jr. – BYU"

"Eric Kendricks, LB, Sr. – UCLA"

"Andrae Kirk, LB, Sr. – Florida Atlantic"

"Arie Kouandjio, G, Sr. – Alabama"

"Qushaun Lee, LB, Sr. – Arkansas State"

"Cyril Lemon, G, Sr. – North Texas"

"Braden Lyons, T, Sr. – Florida Atlantic"

"Luther Maddy, DT, Sr. – Virginia Tech"

"Derrick Malone, LB, Sr. – Oregon"

"Greg Mancz, G, Sr. – Toledo"

"Nick Martin, OL, Sr. – Notre Dame"

"Shaquille Mason, G, Sr. – Georgia Tech"

"Tyler Matakevich, LB, Jr . – Temple"

"Josue Matias, G, Sr. – Florida State"

"Derrick Mathews, LB, Sr. – Houston"

"David Mayo, LB, Sr. – Texas State enardrick McKinney, LB, Jr. – Mississippi State"

"Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Jr. – Cincinnati"

"Ryan Mueller, DE, Sr. – Kansas State"

"Robert Nkemdiche, DT, So. – Ole Miss"

"Shawn Oakman, DE, Jr. – Baylor"

"Cedric Ogbuehi. T, Sr. – Texas A&M"

"Andrus Peat, T, Jr. – Stanford"

"Remington Peck, DL, Jr. – BYU"

"Denzel Perryman, LB, Sr. – Miami"

"Andy Phillips, G, Sr. – Central Michigan"

"Terrance Plummer, LB, Sr. – UCF"

"Hayes Pullard, LB, Sr. – USC"

"Mykhael Quave, T, Jr. – UL-Lafayette"

"Daniel Quave, G, Sr. – UL-Lafayette"

"Cedric Reed, DE, Sr. –Texas"

"Jacob Richard, C, Jr. – Ball State"

"Tyler Roberts, DE, Jr. – Troy"

"A’Shawn Robinson, DE, So. – Alabama"

"Jake Ryan, LB, Sr. – Michigan"

"Ty Sambrailo, T, Sr. – Colorado State"

"Brandon Scherff, T, Sr. – Iowa"

"Isaac Seumalo, C, Jr. – Oregon State"

"Danny Shelton, DT, Jr. – Washington"

"Steve Shumaker, OL, Sr. – Army"

"Robert Singletary, DE, Sr. – UTSA"

"Jake Smith, C, Sr. – Louisville"

"Jaylon Smith, LB, So. – Notre Dame"

"Quinton Spain, G, Sr. – West Virginia"

"Eric Striker, LB, Jr. – Oklahoma"

"Junior Sylvestre, LB, Sr. – Toledo"

"AJ Tarpley, LB, Sr. – Stanford"

"Shaq Thompson, LB, Jr. – Washington"

"Laken Tomlinson, G, Sr. – Duke"

"Dominique Tovell, DE, Jr. – UL-Lafayette"

"Max Tuerk,G, Jr. – USC"

"Clint Van Horn, T, Jr. – Marshall"

"Zach Virgil, LB, Sr. – Utah State"

"Diaheem Watkins, DE, Sr. – UAB"

"Cody Whitehair,G, Sr. – Kansas State"

"Cody Wichmann, G, Sr. – Fresno State"

"Ucambre Williams, T, Sr. – South Alabama"

"Leonard Williams, DE, Jr. – USC"

"Ramick Wilson, LB, Sr. – Georgia"

"Eddie Yarbrough, DE, Jr. – Wyoming"

"Mason Y’Barbo, G, Sr. – North Texas"