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2001 - Roy Williams, Oklahoma First Team All-American and consensus Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Won the Nagurski Award. |
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2000 - Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin A consensus Alll-American and Big 10 Player of the Year in his final season. |
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1999 - Tyrone Carter, Minnesota Set an NCAA Record for defensive backs with 528 tackles, 414 of them unassisted. |
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1998 - Antoine Winfield, Ohio State Winfield and his fellow defenders limited their opponents to an average of just 12 points per game. |
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1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan A runaway choice, the Wolverine All-American also was the first defensive back to win the Heisman Trophy. |