On Thursday night, the NFL held their awards show, this year broadcast from a theater in SoFi Stadium in Las Vegas, where they’ll also hold Super Bowl LVI. Former Wisconsin Badgers standout LB T.J. Watt was announced as winning the 2021-2022 Defensive Player of the Year award! Watt, who has been a finalist multiple times before, finally broke through and won the big one after a record-setting season.
Watt joins Pittsburgh Steelers legends Joe Greene, James Harrison, Troy Polamalu, Mel Blount, Jack Lambert and Rod Woodson as players who have won this prestigious award and joins former Badger, and current brother, J.