Bednarik Award History

The Bednarik Award goes to the nation's top defensive player.

Bednarik Award

Nation's Top Defender

History and Watch Lists
- Bednarik | Biletnikoff | Butkus | Davey O'Brien | Doak Walker
- Lou Groza | Lombardi | Mackey | Maxwell | Nagurski | Outland
- Ray Guy | Rimington | Thorpe | Walter Camp

Ranking the All-Time Winners
- The 25 Greatest Heisman Winners | No. 26 to 50 | No. 51 to 77

Heisman Winners - Top 5 Races, Player to Not Win, and More
- 2010 to Present | 2000 to 2009 | 1990 to 1999 | 1980 to 1989
- 1970 to 1979 | 1960 to 1969 | 1950 to 1959 | 1940 to 1949 | 1930 to 1935
  
Bednarik Award Winners

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2012	Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2011	Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
2010	Patrick Peterson, LSU
2009	Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2008	Brian Orakpo, Texas
2007	Dan Connor, Penn State
2006	Paul Posluszny, Penn State
2005	Paul Posluszny, Penn State
2004	David Pollack, Georgia
2003	Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma
2002	E.J. Henderson, Maryland
2001	Julius Peppers, North Carolina
2000	Dan Morgan, Miami
1999	LaVar Arrington, Penn State
1998	Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M
1997	Charles Woodson, Michigan
1996	Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
1995	Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern