Chuck Bednarik Award

The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football as judged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional American football player. Voters for the Maxwell College Awards are NCAA head college football coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club, and sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. The Maxwell Club is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the presentations are held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Club members are given voting privileges for the award.

Chuck Bednarik Award
Given forCollege defensive player of the year
CountryUnited States
Presented byMaxwell Football Club
History
First award1995
Most recentChase Young, Ohio State
Websitewww.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bednarik/bednarik_m.htm

Winners
YearPlayerSchool Ref
1995Pat FitzgeraldNorthwestern
1996
1997Charles WoodsonMichigan [1]
1998Dat NguyenTexas A&M
1999LaVar ArringtonPenn State
2000Dan MorganMiami
2001Julius PeppersNorth Carolina
2002E. J. HendersonMaryland
2003Teddy LehmanOklahoma
2004David PollackGeorgia
2005Paul PoslusznyPenn State [2]
2006
2007Dan Connor
2008Rey MaualugaUSC
2009Ndamukong SuhNebraska
2010Patrick PetersonLSU [3]
2011Tyrann Mathieu [4]
2012Manti Te'oNotre Dame [5]
2013Aaron DonaldPittsburgh [6]
2014Scooby Wright IIIArizona [7]
2015Tyler MatakevichTemple [8]
2016Jonathan AllenAlabama [9]
2017Minkah Fitzpatrick [10]
2018 Josh AllenKentucky [11]
2019 Chase YoungOhio State [12]

See also

References
General
  • "Chuck Bednarik Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
Footnotes
  1. "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  2. "Posluszny wins the Bednarik Award". Beaver County Times. December 9, 2005. p. B1. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  3. "LSU's Patrick Peterson wins Chuck Bednarik, Jim Thorpe awards". The Times-Picayune. December 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  4. "LSU has big night as college football awards are handed out". USA Today. Associated Press. December 9, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. Scheuring, Ian. "Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  6. "Pittsburgh DT Aaron Donald Wins Bednarik Award". Associated Press. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. "Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Chuck Bednarik Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  8. "Temple's Tyler Matakevich wins Bednarik Award for defense". USA Today. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  9. "Alabama defensive lineman Allen wins Bednarik Award". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  10. "Minkah Fitzpatrick also takes home Chuck Bednarik Award". Bamaonline.com. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  11. Conway, Tyler. "Kentucky's Josh Allen Wins 2018 Bednarik Award as Top Defensive Player". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  12. "Chase Young Wins 2019 Chuck Bednarik Award". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
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