College Football Awards: Buck Buchanan Award Winners
Below is a list of past winners of the Buck Buchanan award, which is given to the nation's most outstanding defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly Division I-AA.
| Year | Player, School |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Zeke Vandenburgh, Illinois State |
| 2021 | Isaiah Land, Florida A&M |
| 2020 | Jordan Lewis, Southern |
| 2019 | Dante Olson, Montana |
| 2018 | Zach Hall, Southeast Missouri State |
| 2017 | Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State |
| 2016 | Karter Schult, Northern Iowa |
| 2015 | Deon King, Norfolk State |
| 2014 | Kyle Emanuel, North Dakota State |
| 2013 | Brad Daly, Montana State |
| 2012 | Caleb Schreibeis, Montana State |
| 2011 | Matt Evans, New Hampshire |
| 2010 | J.C. Sherritt, Eastern Washington |
| 2009 | Arthur Moats, James Madison |
| 2008 | Greg Peach, Eastern Washington |
| 2007 | Kroy Biermann, Montana |
| 2006 | Kyle Shotwell, Cal Poly |
| 2005 | Chris Gocong, Cal Poly |
| 2004 | Jordan Beck, Cal Poly |
| 2003 | Jared Allen, Idaho State |
| 2002 | Rashean Mathis, Bethune-Cookman |
| 2001 | Derrick Lloyd, JMU |
| 2000 | Edgerton Hartwell, Western Illinois |
| 1999 | Al Lucas, Troy State |
| 1998 | James Milton, Western Illinois |
| 1997 | Chris McNeil, North Carolina A&T |
| 1996 | Dexter Coakley, Appalachian State |
| 1995 | Dexter Coakley, Appalachian State |
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