June 4, 2012
NORFOLK, Va. - Redshirt senior Craig Wilkins (Washington, D.C.) was named to the Linebacker Watch List by the College Football Performance Awards.
The purpose of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
Wilkins was a First Team All-CAA selection and was also named First Team All-State by The Roanoke Times and the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID). A Monarch co-captain, he collected 111 tackles (58 solo, 38 assisted), becoming the first Monarch to crack the century mark in tackles, which also including 14.5 tackles for loss to lead the Monarch defense. He averaged 8.5 tackles per game ranking him 12th in the CAA.
The Monarch linebacker posted double figure stops in four games including a career-high 17 tackles against Hampton. He also made 13 tackles against Towson and 11 tackles against #10 James Madison and Richmond. Wilkins also added 3.5 sacks, a pair of interceptions, three pass break-ups, five defended passes, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble on the 2011 season. Wilkins also blocked a James Madison field goal as time expired to preserve ODU's 23-20 win over the Dukes and the Monarchs' first win over a top-10 program.
As the 2012 season approaches, College Football Performance Awards will be releasing a preseason watch list each week from now until pre-season. For more information on the College Football Performance Awards, click here.
2012 CFPA Linebacker Watch List
Jeremy Kimbrough, Appalachian State
Beau Traber, Bucknell
Jordan Ridley, Butler
Wes Dothard, Chattanooga
Andrae Jacobs, Coastal Carolina
Brett Buehler, Cornell
Paul Worrilow, Delaware
Brandon Harvey, Delaware State
Tyler Moorehead, Drake
Anthony Brown, Eastern Kentucky
Blake Thompson, Elon
Mitch McGrath, Furman
Robert McCabe, Georgetown
Alexander Norman, Harvard
Mike Tucker, Holy Cross
Keith Pough, Howard
Evan Frierson, Illinois State
Aaron Archie, Indiana State
Stephon Robertson, James Madison
Dan Sullivan, Monmouth
Jody Owens, Montana State
Qua Huzzie, Murray State
Matt Evans, New Hampshire
Jamal Giddens, Norfolk State
Clarence Bumpas, Northern Colorado
Craig Wilkins, Old Dominion
Ian Sluss, Portland State
Doug Johnson, Rhode Island
Dave Zocco, Rhode Island
Todd Davis, Sacramento State
Niko Sierra, Sacred Heart
Tyler Starr, South Dakota
Blake Peiffer, Southeast Missouri
Ricky Irvin, Southeastern Louisiana
Jayson DiManche, Southern Illinois
Ryan Epperson, Stephen F. Austin
Marcus Edwards, Tennessee Tech
Dante Cook, William & Mary
Jabrel Mines, William & Mary
Alvin Scioneaux, Wofford