Buck Buchanan Award
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The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football, and was first given in 1995 after the Walter Payton Award was designated solely for offensive players.[1]
It was named in honor of Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle Buck Buchanan (died 1992), who starred at Grambling State University. Buchanan was an All-American defensive lineman and the first overall pick in the 1963 American Football League (AFL) Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[1]
Up until presentations for the 2014 season, the Payton and Buchanan Awards were awarded by The Sports Network. Since STATS LLC, now known as Stats Perform, acquired The Sports Network in February 2015, it has presented all of the major FCS awards. Through the 2011 season, the awards were presented the night before the NCAA Division I Football Championship, but the 2012 awards were presented on December 17, nearly three weeks before that season's championship game.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | School | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Appalachian State | LB | [3] |
| 1996 | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2) | LB | [3] | |
| 1997 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | North Carolina A&T | DE | [3] |
| 1998 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Western Illinois | LB | [3] |
| 1999 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Troy State | DT | [3] |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Western Illinois | LB | [3] |
| 2001 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | James Madison | LB | [3] |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Bethune–Cookman | CB | [3] |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Idaho State | DE | [3] |
| 2004 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Cal Poly | LB | [3] |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | DE | [3] | |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | LB | [3] | |
| 2007 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Montana | DE | [3] |
| 2008 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Eastern Washington | DE | [3] |
| 2009 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | James Madison | DE | [3] |
| 2010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Eastern Washington | LB | [3] |
| 2011 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | New Hampshire | LB | [3] |
| 2012 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Montana State | DE | [3] |
| 2013 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | DE | [3] | |
| 2014 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | North Dakota State | DE | [3] |
| 2015 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Norfolk State | LB | [4] |
| 2016 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Northern Iowa | DE | [4] |
| 2017 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jacksonville State | DE | [4] |
| 2018 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Southeast Missouri State | LB | [4] |
| 2019 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Montana | LB | [4] |
| 2020 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Southern | DL | [4] |
| 2021 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Florida A&M | LB | [4] |
| 2022 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Illinois State | LB | [4] |
| 2023 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Tennessee State | DE | [4] |
| 2024 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Central Arkansas | DE | [4] |
Awards won by school
This is a list of the colleges and universities who have had a player win a Buck Buchanan Award. Cal Poly (2004, 2005, 2006) is the only program with three winners. Appalachian State (1995–1996), Eastern Washington (2008, 2010), James Madison (2001, 2009), Montana (2007, 2019), Montana State (2012–2013), and Western Illinois (1998, 2000), are the only schools to win the award twice. Dexter Coakley of Appalachian State is the only player to win the award twice.
- ^ Team is now a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
References
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