CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Notre Dame star Manti Te'o just keeps winning.

The leader of the undefeated Fighting Irish found out Monday morning he had won the Butkus Award given to the nation's top linebacker. Then he accepted the Bronko Nagurski Award as the nation's top defensive player later in the day.

BALTIMORE, Md. — Kansas State's Collin Klein has won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the nation's top upperclassman quarterback.Klein passed for 2,490 yards, ran for 890 and accounted for 37 touchdowns (22 rushing and 15 passing) for the No. 7 Wildcats (11-1).The other finalists were Southern California's Matt Barkley, West Virginia's Geno Smith, Florida State's EJ Manuel and Alabama's AJ McCarron.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh watched how Colin Kaepernick handled himself when things didn't go right for the San Francisco 49ers, and that told the coach plenty more about his second-year quarterback with all of three NFL starts to his name.Enough that Harbaugh is sticking with Kaepernick under center — for now, anyway — as his team gears up for Sunday's home game against the Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Mark Sanchez was once the face of the franchise, the quarterback expected to lead the New York Jets to a long-awaited Super Bowl appearance.There were lofty comparisons to Joe Namath just two years ago. Now, Sanchez might not even be the starter anymore.Rex Ryan is in quite the quarterback quandary, undecided on whether it will be Sanchez, Greg McElroy or Tim Tebow under center Sunday at Jacksonville.

LOS ANGELES — Former All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra was sentenced to 6½ months in prison for hiding baseball gloves and other heirlooms from his playing days that were supposed to be part of his bankruptcy filing, capping a tumultuous year of legal woes.U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson weighed Dykstra's battle with drugs and alcohol versus the crimes he committed and opted to give the ex-big leaguer a lenient prison term but saddled him with 500 hours of community service. He also ordered Dykstra to pay $200,000 in restitution.

Argentina — Juan Ignacio Chela says he is retiring from professional tennis, leaving with six ATP singles titles and three in doubles — all on clay.The 33-year-old Argentine has been hinting at retirement for weeks, and he announced it on his Twitter account.