Eric Kendricks wins UCLA’s second straight Lott IMPACT Trophy

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The Eric Kendricks award tour just keeps on rolling.

On Sunday, UCLA’s senior linebacker won the Lott IMPACT Trophy, becoming the second straight Bruin to win the award after former All-American Anthony Barr. Given each year to the top defensive player who also exhibits off-the-field character, the award was founded in 2004. This is the first time two players from the same school have ever won.

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Kendricks beat out three other finalists: Alabama defensive back Landon Collins, Duke linebacker David Helton, and Washington linebacker Hau’oli Kikaha. The Lott IMPACT Trophy also comes with a $25,000 contribution to UCLA’s general scholarship fund.

Kendricks won the Butkus Award as college football’s top linebacker on Tuesday, and was named a second-team Walter Camp All-American two days later.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich called Kendricks’ reception of the Butkus Award — which featured a surprise appearance by Dick Butkus himself at Spaulding Field — one of the “most special moments that I’ve had on the grass.”

“It was so cool just to see his response,” Ulbrich said. “As we all know, he’s so well deserving of the award. Just an amazing human being. It’s been an honor to coach him. It was an honor to be there and to witness that. It was cool.”

Not bad for a player who somehow didn’t make the All-Pac-12 first team.