Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Presented to the nation's most outstanding defensive player by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
Notre Dame's Xavier Watts, 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner
2024 Preseason Watch List
- DT Bear Alexander, USC
- S Jahdae Barron, Texas
- LB Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
- DE Tyler Batty, BYU
- LB CJ Bazile, Liberty
- S Billy Bowman, Oklahoma
- CB Cobee Bryant, Kansas
- CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State
- DE Abdul Carter, Penn State
- CB Sebastian Castro, Iowa
- S Jeremiah Cooper, Iowa State
- DT Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
- DT Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
- CB Tacario Davis, Arizona
- S Caleb Downs, Ohio State
- DE Joe Evans, UTSA
- DT Joshua Farmer, Florida State
- S Beau Freyler, Iowa State
- DE Ashton Gillotte, Louisville
- DT Mason Graham, Michigan
- S Brylan Green, Liberty
- CB Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
- DE Ahmed Hassanein, Boise State
- LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
- LB Jay Higgins, Iowa
- LB Anthony Hill, Texas
- S Maxen Hook, Toledo
- S Jack Howell, Colorado State
- DT Lee Hunter, UCF
- CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
- DE Landon Jackson, Arkansas
- LB Nick Jackson, Iowa
- DT Patrick Jenkins, Tulane
- LB Nate Johnson, App State
- CB Will Johnson, Michigan
- S Ike Larsen, Utah State
- LB Deontae Lawson, Alabama
- LB Jacob Manu, Arizona
- LB Chandler Martin, Memphis
- LB Nick Martin, Oklahoma State
- LB Francisco Mauigoa, Miami
- LB Smael Mondon, Georgia
- S Malachi Moore, Alabama
- LB Xander Mueller, Northwestern
- CB Jabbar Muhammad, Oregon
- DT Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
- DE CJ Nunnally IV, Akron
- LB Collin Oliver, Oklahoma State
- DE James Pearce, Tennessee
- DT Aeneas Peeples, Virginia Tech
- LB Harold Perkins, LSU
- LB Colin Ramos, Navy
- CB Shavon Revel, East Carolina
- DE Kaimon Rucker, North Carolina
- LB Matt Salopek, Miami (Ohio)
- S Jonas Sanker, Virginia
- DE Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
- S Malaki Starks, Georgia
- LB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
- DT Junior Tafuna, Utah
- S Dillon Thieneman, Purdue
- DE JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
- DE Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
- S Jaden Voisin, South Alabama
- DT Deone Walker, Kentucky
- DE Johnny Walker, Missouri
- LB Marques Watson-Trent, Georgia Southern
- S Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
- DE Maurice Westmoreland, UTEP
- LB Debo Williams, South Carolina
- DE Mykel Williams, Georgia
- DT Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
- S Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin
- LB Jackson Woodard, UNLV
- DE Peter Woods, Clemson
