{"id":1927800,"date":"2026-08-13T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1927800"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:03:58","slug":"mergott-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1927800","title":{"rendered":"Mergott Named to Butkus Award Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A graphic showing Luke Mergott, wearing a blue jersey and white pants, has been named to the 2026 Butkus Award Watch List. The honor is presented to the top collegiate linebacker in the country.\" src=\"https:\/\/admin.goduke.com\/common\/controls\/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&#038;image_path=\/images\/2026\/8\/12\/Luke_Mergott_Butkus_Award_Watch_List_GoDuke_QdjtV.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Duke linebacker Luke Mergott was named to the 2026 Butkus Award Watch List.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/news\/2026\/8\/13\/football-mergott-named-to-butkus-award-watch-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duke linebacker Luke Mergott was named to the 2026 Butkus Award Watch List. Click here to read the full article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1927801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1927800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","wpcat-82-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1927800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927802,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927800\/revisions\/1927802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1927800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1927800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1927800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}