Chuck Bednarik Award

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

Chuck Bednarik Award
Awarded forCollege defensive player of the year
CountryUnited States
Presented byMaxwell Football Club
History
First award1995
Most recentWill Anderson Jr., Alabama
Websitewww.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bednarik/bednarik_m.htm

Winners
Made at least one Pro Bowl during career
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
YearPlayerPositionSchoolDraft Ref
1995Pat FitzgeraldLBNorthwestern (2)Undrafted
1996
1997Charles WoodsonCBMichigan4th [1]
1998Dat NguyenLBTexas A&M85th
1999LaVar ArringtonLBPenn State2nd
2000Dan MorganLBMiami11th
2001Julius PeppersDENorth Carolina2nd
2002E. J. HendersonLBMaryland40th
2003Teddy LehmanLBOklahoma37th
2004David PollackLBGeorgia17th
2005Paul PoslusznyLBPenn State34th [2]
2006
2007Dan ConnorLBPenn State (4)74th
2008Rey MaualugaLBUSC38th
2009Ndamukong SuhDTNebraska2nd
2010Patrick PetersonCBLSU5th [3]
2011Tyrann MathieuCBLSU (2)69th [4]
2012Manti Te'oLBNotre Dame38th [5]
2013Aaron DonaldDTPittsburgh13th [6]
2014Scooby Wright IIILBArizona250th [7]
2015Tyler MatakevichLBTemple246th [8]
2016Jonathan AllenDTAlabama17th [9]
2017Minkah FitzpatrickCBAlabama (2)11th [10]
2018Josh AllenLBKentucky7th [11]
2019Chase YoungDEOhio State2nd [12]
2020Zaven CollinsLBTulsa16th [13]
2021Jordan DavisDTGeorgia (2)13th
2022Will Anderson Jr.LBAlabama (3)3rd [14]

See also

References
General
  • "Chuck Bednarik Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
Footnotes
  1. "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  2. "Posluszny wins the Bednarik Award". Beaver County Times. December 9, 2005. p. B1. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  3. "LSU's Patrick Peterson wins Chuck Bednarik, Jim Thorpe awards". The Times-Picayune. December 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  4. "LSU has big night as college football awards are handed out". USA Today. Associated Press. December 9, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. Scheuring, Ian. "Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  6. "Pittsburgh DT Aaron Donald Wins Bednarik Award". Associated Press. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. "Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Chuck Bednarik Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  8. "Temple's Tyler Matakevich wins Bednarik Award for defense". USA Today. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  9. "Alabama defensive lineman Allen wins Bednarik Award". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  10. "Minkah Fitzpatrick also takes home Chuck Bednarik Award". Bamaonline.com. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  11. Conway, Tyler. "Kentucky's Josh Allen Wins 2018 Bednarik Award as Top Defensive Player". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  12. "Chase Young Wins 2019 Chuck Bednarik Award". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  13. "Bama players take home several major awards". 8 January 2021.
  14. "Alabama linebacker Will Anderson wins 2022 Bednarik Award". 8 December 2022.
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