Chuck Bednarik Award

Chuck Bednarik Award
Award details
Given for	College defensive player of the year
Country	United States
Presented by	Maxwell Football Club
History
First award	1995
Most recent	Jonathan Allen, Alabama
Website	www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bednarik/bednarik_m.htm

The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football adjudged 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

Year	Player	School	Ref
1995	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern
1996	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	^[1]
1998	Dat Nguyen	Texas A&M
1999	LaVar Arrington	Penn State
2000	Dan Morgan	Miami
2001	Julius Peppers	North Carolina
2002	E. J. Henderson	Maryland
2003	Teddy Lehman	Oklahoma
2004	David Pollack	Georgia
2005	Paul Posluszny	Penn State	^[2]
2006	Paul Posluszny	Penn State
2007	Dan Connor	Penn State
2008	Rey Maualuga	USC
2009	Ndamukong Suh	Nebraska
2010	Patrick Peterson	LSU	^[3]
2011	Tyrann Mathieu	LSU	^[4]
2012	Manti Te'o	Notre Dame	^[5]
2013	Aaron Donald	Pittsburgh	^[6]
2014	Scooby Wright III	Arizona	^[7]
2015	Tyler Matakevich	Temple	^[8]
2016	Jonathan Allen	Alabama	^[9]

References

General

"Chuck Bednarik Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

Footnotes

↑ "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
↑ "Posluszny wins the Bednarik Award". Beaver County Times. December 9, 2005. p. B1. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "LSU's Patrick Peterson wins Chuck Bednarik, Jim Thorpe awards". The Times-Picayune. December 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "LSU has big night as college football awards are handed out". USA Today. Associated Press. December 9, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ Scheuring, Ian. "Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "Pittsburgh DT Aaron Donald Wins Bednarik Award". Associated Press. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Chuck Bednarik Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
↑ "Temple's Tyler Matakevich wins Bednarik Award for defense". USA Today. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
↑ "Alabama defensive lineman Allen wins Bednarik Award". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.

External links

Chuck Bednarik Official Web Site.

Chuck Bednarik Award winners
1995: Fitzgerald 1996: Fitzgerald 1997: Woodson 1998: Nguyen 1999: Arrington 2000: Morgan 2001: Peppers 2002: Henderson 2003: Lehman 2004: Pollack 2005: Posluszny 2006: Posluszny 2007: Connor 2008: Maualuga 2009: Suh 2010: Peterson 2011: Mathieu 2012: Te'o 2013: Donald 2014: Wright III 2015: Matakevich 2016: Allen

College football awards
Overall trophies	Heisman Memorial Trophy (winners) (Most outstanding) Maxwell Award (Player of the year) Walter Camp Award (Player of the year) Archie Griffin Award (Most valuable) Chic Harley Award (Best player)
Overall media awards	AP Player of the Year (1998) Sporting News Player of the Year (1942) Defunct: UPI Player of the Year
Positional awards	Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defensive player) Chuck Bednarik Award (Defensive player) Rimington Trophy (Center) Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Butkus Award (Linebacker) Doak Walker Award (Running back) Fred Biletnikoff Award (receiver) Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) John Mackey Award (Tight end) Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker) Lott Trophy (Defensive player) Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) Manning Award (Quarterback) Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) Ray Guy Award (Punter) Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end) Jet Award (Return specialist) Jacobs Blocking Trophy Joe Moore Award (Offensive line)
Other national player awards	Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Senior quarterback) Paul Hornung Award (Most versatile)
All-Americans	College Football All-America Team (Unanimous All-Americans)
Head coaching awards	AFCA Coach of the Year Award (1935) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award (1957) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1963) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1967) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) George Munger Award (1989) Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) AP Coach of the Year (1998) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006) Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award (2009) Defunct: Joseph V. Paterno Award (2010)
Assistant coaching awards	Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of the Year) AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year
Conference awards	ACC awards American awards Big 12 awards Big Ten awards (MVP) MAC awards Pac-12 awards SEC awards Defunct: Big East awards SWC awards
Division I FCS awards	Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defensive player) Jerry Rice Award (Div. I FCS freshman) Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach) Defunct: Mickey Charles Award (Div. I FCS student-athlete) STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year (Div. I FCS offensive player) STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year (Div. I FCS defensive player) STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Year (Div. I FCS freshman) STATS FCS Coach of the Year (Div. I FCS coach)
Other divisions/associations	Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) Rawlings Award (NAIA) Defunct: Melberger Award (Div. III)
Academic, inspirational, and versatility awards	Academic All-America of the Year (Student-athlete) Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete) Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (Student-athlete) Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) Rudy Award (inspirational/motivational)
Service awards	Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Walter Camp Alumni of the Year Walter Camp Man of the Year National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners Theodore Roosevelt Award
Regional awards	Champ Pickens Trophy (1923–1926; Southern Conference champion) Conerly Trophy (Mississippi) Dudley Award (Virginia) Norris Cup Porter Cup Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (Texas-related offensive player) Kent Hull Trophy (Mississippi; offensive lineman) Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (New England sportsmanship)
Awards organizations	Maxwell Football Club National Football Foundation Touchdown Club of Columbus Walter Camp Football Foundation Washington D.C. Touchdown Club
Halls of fame	College Football Hall of Fame

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Chuck Bednarik Award

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