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Brian Burns Named to Bednarik Watch List

By Mike Ferguson
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Updated: July 16, 2018

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The first set of watch lists were unveiled on Monday and when it came to the Chuck Bednarik Award, one Florida State player made the list.

Defensive end Brian Burns was named to the preseason watch list. The award goes to the nation’s best defensive player.

Burns, a junior, finished with 48 tackles, including 4.5 sacks and team-highs with 13.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles last season. Burns is the Seminoles’ leading returning tackler and sack man.

The award is named after Penn and NFL legend Chuck Bednarik and has been given by the Maxwell Football Club since 1995. No FSU player has ever won the award.

Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson

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Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole and former editor of Noled Out. Mike has more than seven years experience as a sports writer including the last four in print and online media. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a Bachelors in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike provided press coverage of Florida State's run to the 2013 BCS National Championship. Mike is also a news reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. and contributes to Athlon Sports and ACCSports.com. Mike has been featured on sites as prominent as Yahoo Sports, FoxSports.com, Associated Press and the front page of SI.com while interviewing athletes as high profile as 2013 National League MVP, Andrew McCutchen. Email Mike at Mike@TheDailyNole.com. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.

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