Earnest Greene III named to 2025 Lombardi Award Watch List

Georgia football offensive lineman Earnest Greene III has been named to the 2025 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, The Lombardi Award and Rotary Club of Houston has announced.

The Rotary Lombardi Award is a coveted award given annually to the college football offensive or defensive lineman “…who exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi in addition to outstanding performance and ability.”

To be considered for the Lombardi Award, players must be an NCAA FBS College Football team member and meet the following qualifications:

• Be a down Lineman, end to end, either on offense or defense, setting up no further than ten (10) yards to the left or right of the ball at the time of the snap.
• Be a Linebacker on defense, setting up no further than five (5) yards deep from the line of scrimmage.
• Must not come out of the offensive backfield and set up on the line of scrimmage as a Blocker or a Receiver or listed in the program as an Offensive Back or Receiver.
• Be eligible to participate in the current season.

Other SEC football players named to the 2025 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List include Deonte Lawson (Alabama), Kaydyn Proctor (Alabama), Parker Brailsford (Alabama), Tim Keenan III (Alabama), Jake Slaughter (Florida), Whit Weeks (LSU), Josiah Trotter (Missouri), Suntarine Perkins (Ole Miss), R Mason Thomas (Oklahoma), Anthony Hill Jr. (Texas), Colin Simmons (Texas), DJ Campbell (Texas), Jack Endries (Texas), Trey Zuhn III (Texas A&M), and Eli Stowers (Vanderbilt).

Semifinalists for the 2025 Lombardi Award will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 4, followed by the announcement of the four finalists Tuesday, Nov. 18. The winner of the 2025 Lombardi Award will be revealed live on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Earnest Green III, who stands 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds, hails from Los Angeles, Calif. Last season, he appeared in 11 games, making nine starts, and was named to the Senior Bowl Watch List.

The Georgia Bulldogs are set to open the 2025 season at home against the Marshall Thundering Herd on Saturday, Aug. 30. The game will be televised live by ESPN at 3:30pm ET (Buy Tickets).

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