IRVING, Texas – Tulsa linebacker Zaven Collins completed a sweep of college football’s top defensive honors Thursday as he was named as the winner of the 2020 Chuck Bednarik Award as part of The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
Collins had additionally won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy in December. Both awards are presented to the nation’s top defensive player
Collins becomes the second American Athletic Conference player to win both the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy in the conference’s eight seasons, joining former Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich, who won both awards in 2015.