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Chuck Bednarik Award

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2018 College Football Award Show Chuck Bednarik Award Video

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Manti Te'o wins the 2012 Chuck Bednarik Award

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Josh Allen wins the Chuck Bednarik Award

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Pittsburgh NFL League 2016 Nominees for the Chuck Bednarik Award for Defensive Player of the Year

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Jarvis Jones, Chuck Bednarik Award 2012 ESPN College Football Awards

The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football adjudged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional American football player. Voters for the Maxwell College Awards are NCAA head college football coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club, and sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. The Maxwell Club is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the presentations are held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Club members are given voting privileges for the award.