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Bronko Nagurski Trophy

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Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Awarded forThe best defensive player in college football
CountryUnited States
Presented byCharlotte Touchdown Club and Football Writers Association of America
History
First award1993
Most recentKyle Kennard, South Carolina
Websitewww.touchdownclub.com

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football defensive player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to be the best in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The award is named for Bronko Nagurski, who played football for the University of Minnesota and Chicago Bears, and is presented by the Charlotte Touchdown Club and FWAA.[1]

Winners

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Year Winner Position School Ref
1993 Rob Waldrop DT Arizona
1994 Warren Sapp DT Miami (FL)
1995 Pat Fitzgerald LB Northwestern
1996 LB Northwestern (2)
1997 Charles Woodson CB Michigan
1998 Champ Bailey CB Georgia
1999 Corey Moore DE Virginia Tech
2000 Dan Morgan LB Miami (FL) (2)
2001 Roy Williams S Oklahoma
2002 Terrell Suggs DE Arizona State
2003 Derrick Strait CB Oklahoma (2)
2004 Derrick Johnson LB Texas
2005 Elvis Dumervil DE Louisville
2006 James Laurinaitis LB Ohio State
2007 Glenn Dorsey DT LSU
2008 Brian Orakpo LB Texas (2)
2009 Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska
2010 Da'Quan Bowers DE Clemson [2]
2011 Luke Kuechly LB Boston College [3]
2012 Manti Te'o LB Notre Dame [4]
2013 Aaron Donald DT Pittsburgh [5]
2014 Scooby Wright III LB Arizona (2) [6]
2015 Tyler Matakevich LB Temple [7]
2016 Jonathan Allen DE Alabama [8]
2017 Bradley Chubb DE NC State [9]
2018 Josh Allen LB Kentucky [10]
2019 Chase Young DE Ohio State (2) [11]
2020 Zaven Collins LB Tulsa [12]
2021 Will Anderson Jr. LB Alabama (2)
2022 LB Alabama (3)
2023 Xavier Watts S Notre Dame (2)
2024 Kyle Kennard EDGE South Carolina

See also

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References

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General
  • "Bronko Nagurski Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
Footnotes
  1. ^ "College football: 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list announced". NCAA.com. Football Writers Association of America. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Cranston, Mike (December 6, 2010). "Clemson DE Bowers wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". The Oklahoman. Associated Press. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Reed, Steve (December 13, 2011). "Kuechly wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Notre Dame's Te'o wins Nagurski Award for top defensive player". USA Today. Associated Press. December 3, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Werner, Sam (December 9, 2013). "Pitt defensive tackle Donald wins Nagurski Trophy". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Nagurski Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 8, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Scarcella, Rich (December 8, 2015). "Temple's Matakevich wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". Reading Eagle. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  8. ^ Potter, Charlie (December 6, 2016). "Alabama's Jonathan Allen wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Reed, Steve (December 5, 2017). "NC State DE Bradley Chubb wins Nagurski Award as top defender". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Pilgram, Jack (December 3, 2018). "Josh Allen wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy for Defensive Player of the Year". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  11. ^ Taylor, John (December 9, 2019). "Heisman finalist Chase Young named the 2019 Nagurski Trophy winner". College Football Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  12. ^ Thompson, Jaylon. "Zaven Collins wins Bronko Nagurski Award". 247 Sports. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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