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Chuck Bednarik Award
College Defensive Player of the Year
.jpg) The
College Defensive Player of the Year Award is named in honor of
Chuck Bednarik, College and
Pro Football Hall of Famer.
 The winner of
the 13th Annual Chuck Bednarik Award,
Dan Connor, Penn State University.
In 2003, Dan won the Jim Henry Award as
the top high school player in the area.
Press release...
Who Votes?
Voters for the Maxwell College Awards are NCAA Head College Football
Coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club & sportswriters and
sportscasters from across the country.
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What Dan Had to Say About Winning
“It was definitely a surprise being in the same
category as great players like James Laurinaitis (Ohio State linebacker)
and Glenn Dorsey ( LSU defensive tackle),” Connor said when he was
informed of the honor. “I wasn’t really thinking about the odds, but it’s
neat to win the same award as ‘Poz’ since we’ve always been in
competition.”
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Previous Bednarik Award Winners
When the Maxwell Football Club decided to have an award for College
Defensive Player of the Year, the first name to come to mind for this
award was Chuck Bednarik, the last of the 60-minute men.
Past Recipients of this
award include
Paul Posluszny, Penn State University (2006),
Paul Posluszny,
Penn State University (2005),
David Pollack, University of Georgia (2004),
Teddy Lehman,
University of Oklahoma (2003), University
of Maryland's, E.J.
Henderson (2002), University of North Carolina's
Julius Peppers (2001),
Dan Morgan,
University of Miami (2000),
LaVar Arrington, Penn
State University (1999),
Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M
University (1998) and Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern University (1995,
1996), who was the first recipient of the award. |
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