Chuck Bednarik Award

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| name = Chuck Bednarik Award

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| description = College defensive player of the year

| presenter = Maxwell Football Club

| country = United States

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| year = 1995

| holder = CB Travis Hunter, Colorado

| website = {{url|https://maxwellfootballclub.sportsengine-prelive.com/bednarik-award}}

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The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player of the year 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.

Winners

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| colspan="5" | Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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| colspan="5" | Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

class="wikitable" !bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| Year !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| Player !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5" \| Position !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| School !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"\| Draft !Ref
1995	rowspan="2" \| Pat Fitzgerald	rowspan="2" \| LB	rowspan="2" \| Northwestern (2)	rowspan="2" \| Undrafted
1996
style="background:#FFCC00" \| 1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan	4th \|{{cite news\|title=Manning, Woodson earn football honors\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19971212&id=Z_JPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dwgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1907,6700069\|access-date=December 5, 2016\|work=Ocala Star-Banner\|agency=Associated Press\|date=December 12, 1997\|page=3C}}
1998	Dat Nguyen	LB	Texas A&M	85th
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \| 1999	LaVar Arrington	LB	Penn State	2nd
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \| 2000	Dan Morgan	LB	Miami	11th
style="background:#ffcc00;" \| 2001	Julius Peppers	DE	North Carolina	2nd
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \| 2002	E. J. Henderson	LB	Maryland	40th
2003	Teddy Lehman	LB	Oklahoma	37th
2004	David Pollack	LB	Georgia	17th
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \| 2005	rowspan="2" \| Paul Posluszny	rowspan="2" \| LB	rowspan="2" \| Penn State (3)	rowspan="2" \| 34th \|rowspan="2" \| {{cite news\|title=Posluszny wins the Bednarik Award\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=04UyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3340%2C2278222\|access-date=October 17, 2016\|work=Beaver County Times\|date=December 9, 2005\|page=B1}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \| 2006
2007	Dan Connor	LB	Penn State (4)	74th
2008	Rey Maualuga	LB	USC	38th
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2009	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	2nd
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2010	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU	5th \|{{cite news\|title=LSU's Patrick Peterson wins Chuck Bednarik, Jim Thorpe awards\|url=http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2010/12/patrick_peterson_wins_jim_thor.html\|access-date=January 8, 2017\|work=The Times-Picayune\|date=December 9, 2010}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2011	Tyrann Mathieu	CB	LSU (2)	69th \|{{cite news\|title=LSU has big night as college football awards are handed out\|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2011-12-09/lsu-leads-college-football-awards/51754928/1\|access-date=January 8, 2017\|work=USA Today\|agency=Associated Press\|date=December 9, 2011}}
2012	Manti Te'o	LB	Notre Dame	38th \|{{cite news\|last1=Scheuring\|first1=Ian\|title=Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards\|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/20283664/manti-teo-wins-maxwell-bednarik-walter-camp-player-of-the-year-awards\|access-date=January 8, 2017\|work=Hawaii News Now}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2013	Aaron Donald	DT	Pittsburgh	13th \|{{cite news\|title=Pittsburgh DT Aaron Donald Wins Bednarik Award\|url=http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/pittsburgh-dt-aaron-donald-wins-bednarik-award\|access-date=January 8, 2017\|agency=Associated Press\|date=December 12, 2013}}
2014	Scooby Wright III	LB	Arizona	250th \|{{cite news\|title=Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Chuck Bednarik Award\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/12/11/arizona-lb-scooby-wright-wins-chuck-bednarik-award/20279215/\|access-date=December 10, 2016\|work=USA Today\|agency=Associated Press\|date=December 11, 2014}}
2015	Tyler Matakevich	LB	Temple	246th \|{{cite news\|title=Temple's Tyler Matakevich wins Bednarik Award for defense\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/12/10/temples-tyler-matakevich-wins-bednarik-award-for-defense/77125998/\|access-date=December 10, 2016\|work=USA Today\|agency=Associated Press\|date=December 10, 2015}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2016	Jonathan Allen	DT	Alabama	17th \|{{cite news\|title=Alabama defensive lineman Allen wins Bednarik Award\|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/alabama-defensive-lineman-allen-wins-bednarik-award-021649146--ncaaf.html\|access-date=December 10, 2016\|agency=Associated Press\|publisher=Yahoo Sports\|date=December 8, 2016\|archive-date=December 20, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220230224/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alabama-defensive-lineman-allen-wins-bednarik-award-021649146--ncaaf.html\|url-status=dead}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2017	Minkah Fitzpatrick	CB	Alabama (2)	11th \|{{cite news\|title=Minkah Fitzpatrick also takes home Chuck Bednarik Award\|url=https://247sports.com/college/alabama/article/alabama-crimson-tide-football-minkah-fitzpatrick-also-takes-home-2017-chuck-bednarik-award-111926416/\|access-date=December 7, 2017\|publisher=Bamaonline.com\|date=December 7, 2017}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2018	Josh Allen	LB	Kentucky	7th \|{{Cite web\|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2809447-clemsons-christian-wilkins-wins-2018-bednarik-award-as-top-defensive-player\|title=Kentucky's Josh Allen Wins 2018 Bednarik Award as Top Defensive Player\|last=Conway\|first=Tyler\|website=Bleacher Report\|language=en\|access-date=2018-12-07}}
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2019	Chase Young	DE	Ohio State	2nd \|{{cite web \|title=Chase Young Wins 2019 Chuck Bednarik Award \|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/chase-young-wins-2019-bednarik-award/ \|website=OhioStateBuckeyes.com \|date=12 December 2019 \|access-date=January 3, 2020}}
2020	Zaven Collins	LB	Tulsa	16th \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30670450/alabama-crimson-tide-players-take-home-several-major-college-football-awards\|title = Bama players take home several major awards\|date = 8 January 2021}}
2021	Jordan Davis	DT	Georgia (2)	13th
style="background:#ffe6bd;" \|2022	Will Anderson Jr.	LB	Alabama (3)	3rd \|{{Cite web\|url=https://247sports.com/college/alabama/Article/Alabama-Football-LB-Will-Anderson-wins-2022-Chuck-Bednarik-Award-199990948/\|title = Alabama linebacker Will Anderson wins 2022 Bednarik Award\|date = 8 December 2022}}
2023 \|Payton Wilson \|LB \|NC State \|98th \|
2024 \|Travis Hunter \|CB \|Colorado \| \|{{Cite web \|last=Escarpio \|first=Max \|date=2024-12-12 \|title=Colorado's Travis Hunter Wins Major College Football Award on Thursday \|url=https://athlonsports.com/college/colorado-buffaloes/colorados-travis-hunter-wins-major-college-football-award-on-thursday \|access-date=2024-12-13 \|website=Athlon Sports \|language=en}}

References

;General

{{cite web|title=Chuck Bednarik Award Winners|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/bednarik.html|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=January 8, 2017}}

;Footnotes

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081203101607/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bednarik/bednarik_m.htm Official website]

Category:College football national player awards

Category:Awards established in 1995

Chuck Bednarik Award

Winners

See also

References

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