Buck Buchanan Award
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The Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding Division I-AA college football defensive player. When it was instituted in 1995, the Walter Payton Award, previously awarded to the top I-AA player, was restricted to offensive players. The award is named after Buck Buchanan, and along with the Payton Award is handed out the night before the annual I-AA championship game.
[edit] Previous winners
| Year | Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Dexter Coakley | Appalachian State |
| 1996 | Dexter Coakley | Appalachian State |
| 1997 | Chris McNeil | North Carolina A&T |
| 1998 | James Milton | Western Illinois |
| 1999 | Al Lucas | Troy State |
| 2000 | Edgerton Hartwell | Western Illinois |
| 2001 | Derrick Lloyd | James Madison |
| 2002 | Rashean Mathis | Bethune-Cookman |
| 2003 | Jared Allen | Idaho State |
| 2004 | Jordan Beck | Cal Poly |
| 2005 | Chris Gocong | Cal Poly |
| 2006 | Kyle Shotwell | Cal Poly |
