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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 14th Annual Chuck Bednarik
Award, Rey Maualuga,
University of Southern California middle linebacker.
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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Rey's Career
In his four year career, Maualuga has amassed 273
tackles. This past season, he had a team-high 79 tackles, including 2.5
for losses, plus four deflections and two interceptions (one for a
touchdown). He was a unanimous All-American First Team selection and
CBSSports.com’s National Player of the Year and
his most impressive honor was being named USC’s Most
Valuable Player. see
more...
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 Dan Connor,
Penn State University (2007),
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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