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From TCU Media Relations: TCU All-America linebacker and Rose Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player Tank Carder has been named to the watch list for the 2011 Lott Trophy.

Sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation, the award is presented to a player who exhibits the same characteristics Ronnie Lott embodied during his distinguished Hall of Fame playing career: integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity.

TCU two-time consensus All-America defensive end Jerry Hughes was the 2009 Lott Trophy recipient.

A rising senior from Sweeny, Texas, Carder has been instrumental in TCU leading the nation in total defense each of the last three seasons. He posted 60 tackles last year, including 9 1/2 for loss. He totaled 3 1/2 sacks, five pass breakups and an interception.

In the 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over Wisconsin, Carder broke up the Badgers' potential game-tying 2-point pass with exactly two minutes to play. He totaled six tackles in the contest, including three for loss with a sack.

After TCU took a 21-13 lead on its opening possession of the second half, Wisconsin drove to the Horned Frogs' 37 on its ensuring series. On a third-and-6, Carder recorded a sack for an 8-yard loss.

A national voter panel of more than 200 former collegiate stars, coaches, media and members of the Lott IMPACT Board of Directors and Board of Advisors will select the four finalists who will be honored at the annual black-tie gala in December. The winners' school receives $25,000 for its general scholarship fund.