Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award

The Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Arena Football League to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every AFL season since 1996. Multiple-award winners include Kenny McEntyre, Clevan Thomas, and Joe Sykes; McEntyre and Thomas have won the award three times each, while Sykes has won it twice. Thomas and Vic Hall are the only players to win the award as a rookie (2002 & 2011 respectively). The award was sponsored by ADT Security Services from 2002 to 2008.{{cite web |url=http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2002/04/08/daily34.html |title=ADT signs sponsorship agreement with AFL |date=April 11, 2002 |publisher=American City Business Journals. |work=www.orlando.bizjournals.com |accessdate=October 3, 2013}} Since 2010, the award has been sponsored by Riddell.

AFL Defensive Players of the Year

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bgcolor="#efef" ! Season !! Player !! AFL Team !! Position
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|1996}}	David McLeod	Albany Firebirds	WR/DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|1997}}	Tracey Perkins	Tampa Bay Storm	DS
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|1998}}	Johnnie Harris	Tampa Bay Storm	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|1999}}	James Baron	Nashville Kats	DL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2000}}	Kenny McEntyre	Orlando Predators	DS
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2001}}	Kenny McEntyre (2)	Orlando Predators	DS
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2002}}	Clevan Thomas	San Jose SaberCats	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2003}}	Clevan Thomas (2)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2004}}	Kenny McEntyre (3)	Orlando Predators	DS
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2005}}	Silas DeMary	Los Angeles Avengers	DL/OL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2006}}	Jerald Brown	Columbus Destroyers	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2007}}	Greg White	Orlando Predators	DL/OL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2008}}	Dennison Robinson	Chicago Rush	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2010}}	Gabe Nyenhuis	Tulsa Talons	DL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2011}}	Vic Hall	Chicago Rush	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2012}}	Joe Sykes	San Jose SaberCats	DL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2013}}	Clevan Thomas (3)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2014}}	Jason Stewart	San Jose SaberCats	DL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2015}}	Joe Sykes (2)	Jacksonville Sharks	DL
align=center\| {{AFL Year\|2016}}	Tracy Belton{{cite web \|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/belton-awarded-riddell-defensive-player-of-the-year/n-5198003 \|title=Belton Awarded Riddell Defensive Player of the Year \|date=August 25, 2016 \|publisher=OurSports Central \|work=www.oursportscentral.com \|accessdate=August 26, 2016}}	Philadelphia Soul	DB
align=center\|{{AFL Year\|2017}}	Beau Bell	Philadelphia Soul	LB
align=center\|{{AFL Year\|2018}}	Terence Moore	Albany Empire	LB
align=center\|{{AFL Year\|2019}}	James Romain	Philadelphia Soul	DB

References

External links

[http://www.arenafan.com/history/index.php?page=awards AFL Defensive Player of the Year]

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