{
  "id": 19369461,
  "title": "Iowa football LB Cam Buffington named Bednarik Award semifinalist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/iowa-football-lb-cam-buffington-named-bednarik-award-semifinalist",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-10T17:45:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/iowa-football-lb-cam-buffington-174539365.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iowa football linebacker Cam Buffington has been named a semifinalist for the prestigious Bednarik Award. This award, presented annually by the Maxwell Football Club, honors the best defensive player in college football. Chuck Bednarik, a College and Pro Football Hall of Famer, is the namesake of the award. Buffington, a third-year Hawkeye, is one of 18 semifinalists for this year's honor. The linebacker's stellar performance has been instrumental in Phil Parker's defense, tallying 82 total tackles, which ranks second among players in the Big Ten. Buffington has also contributed three sacks and nine tackles for loss, leading a defense widely regarded as one of the best in college football. If selected as the winner, Buffington would become the first Hawkeye to claim the trophy, a distinction meaningful given the storied tradition of defensive talent at Iowa during Kirk Ferentz's time as head coach. Finalists for the Bednarik Award will be announced on November 24, with the winner revealed on December 11 during the ESPN College Football Awards Show. Further updates on Iowa news, insights, and opinions can be found on @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and the page on Facebook.",
  "summary": "The third-year linebacker racked up another honor on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}