Past Overall Award Winners & Top Vote Recipients

2018

Division II & Overall Winner – Corey Ballentine – Senior Defensive Back, Washburn University
Division III – Top Vote Recipient TIE – Nick Giorgio – Senior defensive lineman, Springfield College and Javon Muhammad – Senior defensive end, MacMurray College
NAIA – Top Vote Recipient TIE – Curt Boeke – Senior defensive lineman, Dakota State and Shaq Bradford – Junior defensive lineman, Kansas Wesleyan

2017

Division III & Overall Winner – Michael Joseph, 6’1 180, Sr. Defensive Back, University of Dubuque
Division II – Top Vote Recipient TIE – Marcus Martin, 6’2 255, Sr. Defensive Lineman, Slippery Rock (Pa.) and Nathan Shepherd, 6’5 300, Sr. Defensive Lineman, Fort Hays State
NAIA – Top Vote Recipient Darius Price, 6’2 215, Sr. Defensive Back, Siena Heights

2016

Division II & Overall Winner – Connor Harris, Linebacker – Lindenwood
Division III – Top Vote Recipient  – Chyron Brown-Wallace – Def Tackle, St Lawrence University
NAIA – Top Vote Recipient – Sam Van Ginkel, Def End, Northwestern College

2015

Division II & Overall Winner – Marqui Christian, Safety, Midwestern State
Division III – Top Vote Recipient (TIE) Ryan Aelker, Blufton University and Tom Lally, Mount Union
NAIA – Top Vote Recipient –Adam Sauder, Taylor University

2014

Division II & Overall Winner – Darius Allen, Defensive End – Colorado State-Pueblo
Division III – Top Vote Recipient – Tyre Coleman, Defensive End – Hobart & William Smith
NAIA – Top Vote Recipient – (TIE) – Takari Johnson, Concordia Ann Arbor and Ty Phillips, Missouri Valley

2013

Division II & Overall Winner – Pierre Desir, Cornerback – Lindenwood
No Division III or NAIA honorees