COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS
Chuck Bednarik Award
Recognizes the nation's top defensive player, presented by the Maxwell Memorial Football Club of Philadelphia. Year - player, school 2024 - Travis Hunter, Colorado 2023 - Payton Wilson, North Carolina State 2022 - Will Anderson Jr., Alabama 2021 - Jordan Davis, Georgia 2020 - Zaven Collins, Tulsa 2019 - Chase Young, Ohio State 2018 - Josh Allen, Kentucky 2017 - Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama 2016 - Jonathan Allen, Alabama 2015 - Tyler Matakevich, Temple 2014 - Scooby Wright, Arizona 2013 - Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh 2012 - Manti Te'o, Notre Dame 2011 - Tyrann Mathieu, LSU 2010 - Patrick Peterson, LSU 2009 - Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska 2008 - Ray Maualuga, USC 2007 - Dan Connor, Penn State 2006 - Paul Posluszny, Penn State 2005 - Paul Posluszny, Penn State 2004 - David Pollack, Georgia 2003 - Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma 2002 - E.J. Henderson, Maryland 2001 - Julius Peppers, North Carolina 2000 - Dan Morgan, Miami FL 1999 - LaVar Arrington, Penn State 1998 - Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M 1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan 1996 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 1995 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 1994 - Warren Sapp, Miami FL 1993 - Rob Waldrop, Arizona