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The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player of the year 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 ...
The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Paycom and was named the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award. [1]
His coaching career spanned a 54-year period from 1964 to 2017 at the high school, college and professional level. Having mentored numerous NFL and college defensive line coaches, Jenkins is credited with revolutionizing the way the position is taught and coached and revered as one of the greatest defensive line coaches in football history.
Lee Roy Jordan (Alabama) recorded 31 tackles against Oklahoma in the 1962 Orange Bowl, but the NCAA did not begin collecting defensive statistics until 2000 [citation needed] Larry Mertz (Kutztown) recorded 31 tackles against Clarion on November 22, 1980, but the NCAA did not begin collecting defensive statistics until 2000 [citation needed]
In perhaps the biggest offseason move so far, Penn State hired away Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to make him the highest-paid coordinator in college football history.
The best defensive player in college football: Country: United States: Presented by: Charlotte Touchdown Club and Football Writers Association of America: History; First award: 1993: Most recent: Kyle Kennard, South Carolina: Website: www.touchdownclub.com
The award is named after Ted Hendricks, a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is presented by his own foundation. In 2022, Caleb Murphy , of NCAA Division II Ferris State University , became the first non-FBS player to win the award. [ 2 ]
The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States.Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lombardi" [1] the Rotary Lombardi Award program was created in 1970 shortly after the death of Lombardi. [2]