Buck Buchanan Award

The Buck Buchanan Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football, and was first given in 1995 after the Walter Payton Award was designated solely for offensive players.[1]

Buck Buchanan Award
Given formost outstanding defensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision
CountryUnited States
Presented bySTATS LLC
History
First award1995
Most recentDante Olson, LB, Montana
Websitewww.fcs.football
The award is named to honor the late Buck Buchanan.

It was named in honor of the late National Football League (NFL) player Junious "Buck" Buchanan, who starred at Grambling State University. Buchanan was an All-American defensive lineman and the first overall pick in the 1963 American Football League (AFL) Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.[1]

Up until 2015, the Payton and Buchanan Awards were awarded by The Sports Network. Since STATS LLC acquired The Sports Network in February 2015, it has presented all of the major FCS awards. Through the 2011 season, the awards were presented the night before the NCAA Division I Football Championship, but the 2012 awards were presented on December 17, nearly three weeks before that season's championship game.[2] Cal Poly (2004, 2005, 2006) and Montana (2007, 2015, 2019) are the only programs with three (3) winners. Appalachian State (1995–1996), Eastern Washington (2008, 2010), James Madison (2001, 2009), Montana State (2012–2013), and Western Illinois (1998, 2000), are the only schools to win the award twice (2). Dexter Coakley of Appalachian State is the only player to win the award twice (2).

Winners
YearWinnerSchoolPosition
1995Dexter CoakleyAppalachian StateLB
1996Dexter Coakley (2)Appalachian StateLB
1997Chris McNeilNorth Carolina A&TDE
1998James MiltonWestern IllinoisLB
1999Al LucasTroy StateDT
2000Edgerton HartwellWestern IllinoisLB
2001Derrick LloydJames MadisonLB
2002Rashean MathisBethune–CookmanCB
2003Jared AllenIdaho StateDE
2004Jordan BeckCal PolyLB
2005Chris GocongCal PolyDE
2006Kyle ShotwellCal PolyLB
2007Kroy BiermannMontanaDE
2008Greg PeachEastern WashingtonDE
2009Arthur MoatsJames MadisonDE
2010J. C. SherrittEastern WashingtonLB
2011Matt EvansNew HampshireLB
2012Caleb SchreibeisMontana StateDE
2013Brad DalyMontana StateDE
2014Kyle EmanuelNorth Dakota StateDE
2015Tyrone HolmesMontanaDE
2016Karter SchultNorthern IowaDE
2017Darius JacksonJacksonville StateDE
2018Zach HallSoutheast Missouri StateLB
2019Dante OlsonMontanaLB

References
  1. "Buck Buchanan Award". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
  2. "Old Dominion's Heinicke captures 2012 Walter Payton Award". The Sports Network. December 17, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-22. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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