COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS

The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually 
to the most outstanding defensive player in the 
Division I Football Championship Subdivision of college football

Year - player - school (pos.)

2023 - Terrell Allen, Tennessee State (DE)
2022 - Zeke Vandenburg, Illinois State (LB)
2021 - Isaiah Land - Florida A&M (LB)
2020 - Jordan Lewis - Southern (DL)
2019 - Dant Olson - Montana (LB)
2018 - Zach Hall - Southeast Missouri State (LB)
2017 - Darius Jackson - Jacksonville State (DE)
2016 - Karter Schult - Northern Iowa (DE)
2015 - Deon King - Norfolk State (LB)
2015 - *Tyrone Holmes - Montana (DE)
2014 - Kyle Emanuel - North Dakota State (DE)
2013 - Brad Daly - Montana State (DE)
2012 - Caleb Schreibeis - Montana State (DE)
2011 - Matt Evans - New Hampshire (LB)
2010 - J.C. Sherritt - Eastern Washington (LB)
2009 - Arthur Moats - James Madison (DE)
2008 - Greg Peach - Eastern Washington (DE)
2007 - Kroy Biermann - Montana (DE)
2006 - Kyle Shotwell - Cal Poly (LB)
2005 - Chris Gocong - Cal Poly (DE)
2004 - Jordan Beck - Cal Poly (LB)
2003 - Jared Allen - Idaho State (DE)
2002 - Rashean Mathis - Bethune-Cookman (CB)
2001 - Derrick Lloyd - James Madison (LB)
2000 - Edgerton Hartwell - Western Illinois (LB)
1999 - Al Lucas - Troy State (DT)
1998 - James Milton - Western Illinois (LB)
1997 - Chris McNeil - North Carolina A&T (DE)
1996 - Dexter Coakley - Appalachian State (LB)
1995 - Dexter Coakley - Appalachian State (LB)