College Football Awards - Chuck Bednarik Award
| Chuck Bednarik Award | ||
| YEAR | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 2012 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | Tyrann Mathieu | LSU |
| 2010 | Patrick Peterson | LSU |
| 2009 | Ndamukong Suh | Nebraska |
| 2008 | Rey Maualuga | USC |
| 2007 | Dan Connor | Penn St |
| 2006 | Paul Posluszny | Penn St |
| 2005 | Paul Posluszny | Penn St |
| 2004 | David Pollack | Georgia |
| 2003 | Teddy Lehman | Oklahoma |
| 2002 | EJ Henderson | Maryland |
| 2001 | Julius Peppers | North Carolina |
| 2000 | Dan Morgan | Miami (FL) |
| 1999 | Lavar Arrington | Penn St |
| 1998 | Dat Nguyen | Texas A&M |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan |
| 1996 | Pat Fitzgerald | Northwestern |
| 1995 | Pat Fitzgerald | Northwestern |
| 1994 | Warren Sapp | Miami (FL) |
| 1993 | Rob Waldrop | Arizona |
