Buck Buchanan Award

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The Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding Division I-AA college football defensive player. When it was instituted in 1995, the Walter Payton Award, previously awarded to the top I-AA player, was restricted to offensive players. The award is named after Buck Buchanan, and along with the Payton Award is handed out the night before the annual I-AA championship game.

[edit] Previous winners

Year	Winner	School
1995	Dexter Coakley	Appalachian State
1996	Dexter Coakley	Appalachian State
1997	Chris McNeil	North Carolina A&T
1998	James Milton	Western Illinois
1999	Al Lucas	Troy State
2000	Edgerton Hartwell	Western Illinois
2001	Derrick Lloyd	James Madison
2002	Rashean Mathis	Bethune-Cookman
2003	Jared Allen	Idaho State
2004	Jordan Beck	Cal Poly
2005	Chris Gocong	Cal Poly
2006	Kyle Shotwell	Cal Poly

College football awards:
Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award | Walter Camp Award
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Best Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Best C) Davey O'Brien Award (Best QB) Dick Butkus Award (Best LB) Doak Walker Award (Best RB) Draddy Trophy (Academic Heisman) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best WR) Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB) John Mackey Award (Best TE)	Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB) Lombardi Award (Best Lineman or LB) Lott Trophy (Defensive impact) Lou Groza Award (Best PK) Manning Award (Best QB) Mosi Tatupu Award (Best spec. teams) Outland Trophy (Best IOL or DL) Ray Guy Award (Best P) Sammy Baugh Trophy (Best QB) Ted Hendricks Award (Best DE)
Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year | Home Depot Coach of the Year Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year | Walter Camp Coach of the Year
Walter Payton Award (Best Div. I-AA Off.) | Buck Buchanan Award (Best Div. I-AA Def.) Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) | Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) | Melberger Award (Div. III)