N amed after one of the hardest-hitting tacklers to ever play the game, the Chuck Bednarik Award honors the best defensive player in college football. It has been awarded annually by the Maxwell ...

Jon started all 16 games in which he appeared in 2020. A decorated Alabama product who was the second Chuck Bednarik Award winner and third Bronko Nagurski Award winner — each awarded by various ...

Carter was named the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week by the Maxwell Football Club and the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week by the Football Writers Association of ...

That's a linebacker," says Chuck Bednarik on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury ... Besides becoming the first lineman to win the Maxwell Award, Bednarik finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting ...

Colorado star Travis Hunter cemented his legacy as the best two-way player in recent decades by becoming the first in college football history to win both the annual Chuck Bednarik Award as top ...

Tom Brady and Chuck Bednarik couldn't have handled their NFL careers anymore differently. When you think of old-school professional football, there aren't many names who come to mind before Chuck ...

The Jim Thorpe Award and Chuck Bednarik Award finalist - who recorded five tackles and an interception against Texas in the semifinal - has become the first college football defensive player to ...

A 2024 All-America, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Butkus Award candidate who jumped onto the national scene in his first year as a starter in 2023 by leading the Big ...