Bednarik Award
Presented to the college defensive player of the year by the Maxwell Football Club
Colorado's Travis Hunter, 2024 Bednarik Award winner
2025 Preseason Watch List
- S Xavion Alford, Arizona State
- LB CJ Allen, Georgia
- EDGE David Bailey, Texas Tech
- DE Rueben Bain Jr., Miami
- DT Caleb Banks, Florida
- LB Jaishawn Barham, Michigan
- LB Rasheem Biles, Pitt
- LB Bryce Boettcher, Oregon
- S KJ Bolden, Georgia
- LB Drayk Bowen, Notre Dame
- LB Sean Brown, NC State
- LB Arion Carter, Tennessee
- S Bud Clark, TCU
- DT Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
- CB Tacario Davis, Washington
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State
- S Caleb Downs, Ohio State
- DT Zane Durant, Penn State
- LB Kyle Efford, Georgia Tech
- CB Daylen Everette, Georgia
- DE Keldric Faulk, Auburn
- LB Aiden Fisher, Indiana
- LB Caden Fordham, NC State
- CB OJ Frederique Jr., Miami
- LB Isaiah Glasker, BYU
- DT Aaron Graves, Iowa
- CB Al’zillion Hamilton, Fresno State
- CB A.J. Harris, Penn State
- LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- LB Anthony Hill Jr., Texas
- DE Santana Hopper, Tulane
- DT Lee Hunter, Texas Tech
- OLB Gabe Jacas, Illinois
- DT Darrell Jackson Jr., Florida State
- DE Mikail Kamara, Indiana
- DT Tim Keenan III, Alabama
- LB Deontae Lawson, Alabama
- CB Will Lee III, Texas A&M
- LB Bryan Longwell, Vanderbilt
- LB Kyle Louis, Pitt
- CB A’Marion McCoy, Boise State
- CB Jermod McCoy, Tennessee
- DT Christen Miller, Georgia
- EDGE Derrick Moore, Michigan
- CB Leonard Moore, Notre Dame
- S Terry Moore, Duke
- CB Josh Moten, Southern Miss
- LB Red Murdock, Buffalo
- S Isaiah Nwokobia, SMU
- DT Domonique Orange, Iowa State
- DE T.J. Parker, Clemson
- S Koi Perich, Minnesota
- LB Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss
- LB Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
- LB Jordan Pollard, San José State
- CB D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana
- S Kamari Ramsey, USC
- CB Chandler Rivers, Duke
- NG Landon Robinson, Navy
- LB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech
- LB Austin Romaine, Kansas State
- EDGE Tyreak Sapp, Florida
- DB Xavier Scott, Illinois
- EDGE Colin Simmons, Texas
- S Tyree Skipper, Louisiana
- CB Avery Smith, Toledo
- S Isaac Smith, Mississippi State
- CB Smith Snowden, Utah
- LB Xavian Sorey Jr., Arkansas
- EDGE Dylan Stewart, South Carolina
- EDGE Kobe Stewart, Buffalo
- LB Sonny Styles, Ohio State
- S Michael Taaffe, Texas
- CB Avieon Terrell, Clemson
- S Dillon Thieneman, Oregon
- LB Andon Thomas, Army
- S Jacob Thomas, James Madison
- LB Keaton Thomas, Baylor
- DE R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma
- OLB Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon
- LB Mac Uihlein, Northwestern
- LB Cade Uluave, California
- EDGE Jayden Virgin-Morgan, Boise State
- S DJ Walker, Ohio
- LB Whit Weeks, LSU
- EDGE Trey White, San Diego State
- DE William Whitlow Jr., Memphis
- CB Jontez Williams, Iowa State
- DT Peter Woods, Clemson
- LB Taurean York, Texas A&M
