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Bronko Nagurski Trophy

Award to the best defensive player in US college football

Field	Value
name	Bronko Nagurski Trophy
image	Nagurski.jpg
description	The best defensive player in college football
presenter	Charlotte Touchdown Club and Football Writers Association of America
country	United States
year	1993
holder	Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
website

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Position	School	Ref
1993		DT	Arizona
1994		DT	Miami (FL)
1995		LB	Northwestern
1996	LB	Northwestern (2)
1997		CB	Michigan
1998		CB	Georgia
1999		DE	Virginia Tech
2000		LB	Miami (FL) (2)
2001		S	Oklahoma
2002		DE	Arizona State
2003		CB	Oklahoma (2)
2004		LB	Texas
2005		DE	Louisville
2006		LB	Ohio State
2007		DT	LSU
2008		LB	Texas (2)
2009		DT	Nebraska
2010		DE	Clemson
2011		LB	Boston College
2012	{{sortname	Manti	Te'o	Teo}}	LB	Notre Dame
2013		DT	Pittsburgh
2014		LB	Arizona (2)
2015		LB	Temple
2016		DE	Alabama
2017		DE	NC State
2018		LB	Kentucky
2019		DE	Ohio State (2)
2020		LB	Tulsa
2021	Will Anderson Jr.	LB	Alabama (2)
2022	LB	Alabama (3)
2023	Xavier Watts	S	Notre Dame (2)
2024	Kyle Kennard	EDGE	South Carolina
2025	Jacob Rodriguez	LB	Texas Tech

References

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References

(July 8, 2016). "College football: 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list announced". Football Writers Association of America.
(December 6, 2010). "Clemson DE Bowers wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". The Oklahoman.
(December 13, 2011). "Kuechly wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". USA Today.
(December 3, 2012). "Notre Dame's Te'o wins Nagurski Award for top defensive player". USA Today.
(December 9, 2013). "Pitt defensive tackle Donald wins Nagurski Trophy". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(December 8, 2014). "Arizona LB Scooby Wright wins Nagurski Award". USA Today.
(December 8, 2015). "Temple's Matakevich wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". Reading Eagle.
(December 6, 2016). "Alabama's Jonathan Allen wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy". CBS Sports.
(December 5, 2017). "NC State DE Bradley Chubb wins Nagurski Award as top defender". Chicago Tribune.
(December 3, 2018). "Josh Allen wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy for Defensive Player of the Year". Kentucky Sports Radio.
Taylor, John. (December 9, 2019). "Heisman finalist Chase Young named the 2019 Nagurski Trophy winner". NBC Sports.
"Zaven Collins wins Bronko Nagurski Award".

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