Awarded annually, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy honors the nation's best defensive player. The selection is made by the Football Writers Association of America (
FWAA) and the Charlotte Touchdown Club. Five finalists will be announced on November 17th by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy will be awarded at the annual banquet held this year on December 12th at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, NC. This year's watch list was recently announced.
---2011 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List---
Tackles (16)
- Jared Crick, Nebraska
- Marcus Forston, Miami
- Logan Harrell, Fresno State
- Jaye Howard, Florida
- Malik Jackson, Tennessee
- Mike Martin, Michigan
- Dontari Poe, Memphis
- Tydreke Powell, North Carolina
- Kheeston Randall, Texas
- Kendall Reyes, Connecticut
- Kawann Short, Purdue
- Akeem Spence, Illinois
- Alameda Ta’amu, Washington
- Billy Winn, Boise State
- Derek Wolfe, Cincinnati
- Jerel Worthy, Michigan State
Ends (16)
- Jake Bequette, Arkansas
- Vince Browne, Northwestern
- Quinton Coples, North Carolina
- Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
- Vinny Curry, Marshall
- Bruce Irvin, West Virginia
- Brandon Jenkins, Florida State
- Brandon Lindsey, Pittsburgh
- Brad Madison, Missouri
- Jonathan Massaquoi, Troy
- Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
- Donte Paige-Moss, North Carolina
- Adrian Robinson, Temple
- Devin Taylor, South Carolina
- Taylor Thompson, SMU
- Nathan Williams, Ohio State
Linebackers (31)
- Nigel Bradham, Florida State
- Tanner Brock, TCU
- Arthur Brown, Kansas State
- Zach Brown, North Carolina
- Vontaze Burfict, Arizona State
- Miles Burris, San Diego State
- Tank Carder, TCU
- Lavonte David, Nebraska
- Jerry Franklin, Arkansas
- Zaviar Gooden, Missouri
- Dont’a Hightower, Alabama
- James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
- Mychal Kendricks, California
- Jake Knott, Iowa State
- Luke Kuechly, Boston College
- Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
- Chris Marve, Vanderbilt
- Michael Mauti, Penn State
- Keenan Robinson, Texas
- J.K. Schaffer, Cincinnati
- Mychal Sisson, Colorado State
- Shayne Skov, Stanford
- Sean Spence, Miami
- Kenny Tate, Maryland
- Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech
- Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
- Danny Trevathan, Kentucky
- Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
- Bobby Wagner, Utah State
- Brian Wagner, Akron
- Korey Williams, Southern Miss
Cornerbacks (14)
- Brandon Boykin, Georgia
- Morris Claiborne, LSU
- Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
- Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina
- Cliff Harris, Oregon
- Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt
- Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech
- Coryell Judie, Texas A&M
- Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama
- Chase Minnifield, Virginia
- Shaun Prater, Iowa
- Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
- Josh Robinson, UCF
- Keith Tandy, West Virginia
Safeties (10)
- Ray-Ray Armstrong, Miami
- Mark Barron, Alabama
- Tony Dye, UCLA
- Delano Howell, Stanford
- Robert Lester, Alabama
- Markelle Martin, Oklahoma State
- T.J. McDonald, USC
- Charles Mitchell, Mississippi State
- Harrison Smith, Notre Dame
- Prentiss Waggner, Tennessee
Congratulations to last year's winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy,
Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson.
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