Recognizes the nation's top defensive player, 
presented by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
  
Year - player, school

2023 - Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
2022 - Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
2021 - Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
2020 - Zaven Collins, Tulsa
2019 - Chase Young, Ohio State
2018 - Josh Allen, Kentucky
2017 - Bradley Chubb, North Carolina State
2016 - Jonathan Allen, Alabama
2015 - Tyler Matakevich, Temple
2014 - Scooby Wright, Arizona
2013 - Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh
2012 - Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2011 - Luke Kuechly, Boston College
2010 - Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson
2009 - Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2008 - Brian Orakpo, Texas
2007 - Glenn Dorsey, Louisiana State
2006 - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2005 - Elvis Dumervil, Louisville
2004 - Derrick Johnson, Texas
2003 - Derrick Strait, Oklahoma State
2002 - Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
2001 - Roy Williams, Oklahoma 
2000 - Dan Morgan, Miami FL 
1999 - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech 
1998 - Champ Bailey, Georgia 
1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan 
1996 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 
1995 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 
1994 - Warren Sapp, Miami FL 
1993 - Rob Waldrop, Arizona