TJ Watt has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Year by 101 Awards, the group announced today. The event to hand out the awards in-person has been cancelled because of COVID but will still be done virtually on March 6th. The awards are selected by 101 members of the national media who cover the league.
Watt was the no-brainer choice for the AFC side of things. He finished 2020 as the AFC and NFL’s sack leader with 15 of them to go along with a league-leading 23 tackles for loss, seven pass deflections, and two forced fumbles.