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.
- 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