Given to the nation's outstanding defensive player, the award is selected by a panel of college offensive and defensive coordinators, national media and The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation Board of Directors. Year - player, school 2009 - Jerry Hughes, TCU 2008 - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State 2007 - Glenn Dorsey, LSU 2006 - Daymeion Hughes, California 2005 - DeMeco Ryans, Alabama 2004 - David Pollack, Georgia