Make some room in the trophy case. Josh Allen was just named the winner of the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the best defensive player in college football. The other finalists were Quinnen Williams (Alabama) and Christian Wilkins (Clemson).
This is the second national defensive player of the year award for Allen, who accepted the Bronko Nagurski Trophy earlier this week. He was also up for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top linebacker, but the honor went to LSU’s Devin White instead.
A rundown of Josh’s stats:
- 28.