2012 Bednarik Award Watch List
LSU’s Tyran Mathieu looks to become first repeat winner
The Maxwell Football Club unveiled the official watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award today. The Bednarik Award is presented to college football’s top defensive player. Last year LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu was awarded the top defensive honor from the Maxwell Football Club, and he looks to become the award’s third repeat winner, joining Penn State linebacker Paul Posluszny and Northwestern linebacker (now head coach) Pat Fitzgerald. Mathieu can also make it three straight years an LSU player has won the award, joining Patrick Peterson in 2010. Penn State is the only school to have a player win the award three consecutive seasons.
A full list of past winners after the jump…
- 2011 – Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
- 2010 – Patrick Peterson, LSU
- 2009 – Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
- 2008 – Rey Maualuga, USC
- 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
Follow No 2-Minute Warning on Twitter @No2MinWarning and Like No 2-Minute Warning on Facebook.
