Linebackers Gerald Hodges and Mike Mauti are among the 12 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top linebacker. Penn State is the only program with two semifinalists.

Here’s the list. Jones and Te’O were semifinalists in 2011 as well.

• Steve Beauharnais, Rutgers
• Arthur Brown, Kansas State
• Jonathan Brown, Illinois
• Max Bullough, Michigan State
• Gerald Hodges, Penn State
• Jarvis Jones, Georgia
• Dion Jordan, Oregon
• Michael Mauti, Penn State
• Kevin Minter, LSU
• C.J. Mosley, Alabama
• Trent Murphy, Stanford
• Manti Te’o, Notre Dame