College Football
Bronko Nagurski Trophy

BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WINNERS

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is awarded in memory of the legendary Nagurski, a former All-America lineman at Minnesota in 1927-29 and a star for professional football's Chicago Bears in the 1930s, to the best defensive player in college football and is sponsored by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

The Charlotte Touchdown Club is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting high school, collegiate, and professional football in the Charlotte, N.C. region. The club's activities and services focus community attention on the outstanding citizenship, scholarship, sportsmanship, and leadership of area athletes and coaches.

The official website of the Charlotte Touchdown Club is www.touchdownclub.com..

*-CollegeFootballPoll.com's Dave Congrove is a member of the nominating panel.

2012 - Manti Te'o, Notre Dame, LB
2011 - Luke Kuechly, Boston College, LB
2010 - Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson, DE
2009 - Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, DT
2008 - Brian Orakpo, Texas, DE
2007 - Glenn Dorsey, LSU, DT
2006 - James Laurinaitus, Ohio State, LB
2005 - Elvis Dumerville, Louisville, DE
2004 - Derrick Johnson, Texas, LB
2003 - Derrick Strait, Oklahoma, DB
2002 - Terrell Suggs, Arizona State, DE
2001 - Roy Williams, Oklahoma, DB
2000 - Dan Morgan, Miami (FL), LB
1999 - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech, DE
1998 - Champ Bailey, Georgia, DB
1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB
1996 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, LB
1995 - Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern, LB
1994 - Warren Sapp, Miami (FL), DL
1993 - Rob Waldorf, Arizona, DL