Lott IMPACT POW: Arizona LB Jacob Manu repeat winner

NEWPORT BEACH, CA. –  Arizona linebacker Jacob Manu is the Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. Manu had a game high 12 tackles, including a sack, in the Wildcats 27-10 win over #19 UCLA. 

Arizona has now defeated a ranked team in three straight weeks for the first time in school history and are the first Pac 12 team to do so since Stanford in 2015. 

Manu is a sophomore from Santa Ana, CA, where he was a three-star recruit who declined Ivy League offers to play at Arizona. Since arriving at Arizona, Manu has been a mainstay on the field. Manu has been a starter from early in his freshman season and is currently the Wildcats leading tackler. 

The Lott IMPACT® Trophy player of the week is determined in part by a panel of Lott Trophy board members, former players, and coaches, as well as members of the media. That panel represents sixty percent of votes, while an online fan vote is used to determine the other forty percent. 

The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is awarded annually to individuals who demonstrate excellence in the field of athletics and recognizes college football’s Defensive Player of the Year who best exemplifies the IMPACT acronym: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.

The mission of The Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation is to recognize and support both national and local charities that serve the youth of America with a focus on education and have a positive IMPACT® on the lives of young men and women.

Other nominees for the Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week in Week 10:

TERRION ARNOLD, DB, Alabama, So. - Had an interception, broke up two passes and made five tackles, four solo, in Crimson Tides 42-28 win over #18 LSU. 

XAVIER BENSON, LB, Oklahoma State, Sr.- Forced a fumble to go with seven tackles,  for a loss, including a sack, and a QB hurry in the Cowboys 27-24 win over #10 Oklahoma 

JONAH ELLISS, DE, Utah, Jr. - Broke up two passes, to go with 1.5 sacks, among three tackles in the Utes 55-3 win over Arizona State. 

LEO LOWIN, LB, Army, Sr. - Forced two fumbles, to go with a game high 12 tackles, two for a loss, including a sack in Black Knights 23-3 win at #17 Air Force. 

Previous Winners of the Lott IMPACT® Trophy

2004 – David Pollack, Georgia

2005 – DeMeco Ryans, Alabama

2006 – Dante Hughes, Cal

2007 – Glenn Dorsey, LSU

2008 – James Laurinaitis, Ohio State

2009 – Jerry Hughes, TCU

2010 – J.J. Watt, Wisconsin

2011 – Luke Kuechly, Boston College

2012 – Manti Te’o, Notre Dame

2013 – Anthony Barr, UCLA

2014 – Eric Kendricks, UCLA

2015 – Carl Nassib, Penn State

2016 – Jabrill Peppers, Michigan

2017 – Josey Jewell, Iowa

2018 – Josh Allen, Kentucky

2019 – Derek Brown, Auburn

2020 – Paddy Fisher, Northwestern

2021 – Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan

2022 – Will Anderson Jr., Alabama

The 20th Annual Lott IMPACT® Trophy Award Presentation will be held December 10th at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, California. To purchase tickets for the event, click here or for more information on The Lott Trophy visit: www.LottImpactTrophy.org

About the Lott IMPACT Trophy:

Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ronnie Lott, The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is awarded to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Founded in 2004 by The Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation, The Lott Trophy is the first and only college football award to recognize both athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player. 

The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity. Voters for the award include selected members of the national media, previous finalists, the Board of Directors of the Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation and a distinguished group of former college football head coaches. 

To date, the Foundation has donated more than $1.8 million to numerous charities and scholarships. The 20th Annual Lott IMPACT® Trophy Award Presentation will be held December 10th. For more information on The Lott Trophy visit: www.LottImpactTrophy.org