Recognizes the nation's top defensive player, presented by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
  
Year - player, school
2009 - Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2008 - Brian Orakpo, Texas
2007 - Glenn Dorsey, Louisiana State
2006 - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2005 - Elvis Dumervil, Louisville
2004 - Derrick Johnson, Texas
2003 - Derrick Strait, Oklahoma State
2002 - Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
2001 - Roy Williams, Oklahoma 
2000 - Dan Morgan, Miami FL 
1999 - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech 
1998 - Champ Bailey, Georgia 
1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan 
1996 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 
1995 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 
1994 - Warren Sapp, Miami FL 
1993 - Rob Waldrop, Arizona