College Football: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners
Below is a list of past winners of the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Award.
More Big 12 college football awards:
| Year | Player, School |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Travis Hunter, Colorado |
| 2023 | T'Vondre Sweat, Texas |
| 2022 | Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State |
| 2021 | Jalen Pitre, Baylor |
| 2020 | Mike Rose, Iowa State |
| 2019 | James Lynch, Baylor |
| 2018 | David Long, West Virginia |
| 2017 | Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, Oklahoma |
| 2016 | Jordan Willis, Kansas State |
| 2015 | (tie) Andrew Billings, Baylor and Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State |
| 2014 | Paul Dawson, TCU |
| 2013 | (tie) Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas and Jason Verrett, TCU |
| 2012 | Arthur Brown, Kansas State |
| 2011 | (tie) A.J. Klein, Iowa State and Frank Alexander, Oklahoma |
| 2010 | Prince Amukamara, Nebraska |
| 2009 | Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska |
| 2008 | Brian Orakpo, Texas |
| 2007 | Jordan Dizon, Colorado |
| 2006 | (tie) Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma and Aaron Ross, Texas |
| 2005 | Nick Reid, Kansas |
| 2004 | Derrick Johnson, Texas |
| 2003 | Teddy Lehman, Oklahoma |
| 2002 | Terence Newman, Kansas State |
| 2001 | Roy Williams, Oklahoma |
| 2000 | Casey Hampton, Texas |
| 1999 | Mark Simoneau, Kansas State |
| 1998 | Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M |
| 1997 | Grant Wistrom, Nebraska |
| 1996 | Grant Wistrom, Nebraska |
More college football awards:
- National College Football Awards -- Players and Coaches
- NCAA Conference Football Awards
- College Football AP All-American Teams
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