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  Buck Buchanan Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding Division I-AA college football defensive player.
When it was instituted in 1995, the Walter Payton Award, previously awarded to the top I-AA player, was restricted to offensive players.
The award is named after Buck Buchanan, and along with the Payton Award is handed out the night before the annual I-AA championship game.
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 Manning Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Manning Award is one of the newer awards in major college football, being awarded for the first time after the 2004 season.
It is one of three awards for college quarterbacks, the other two being the Davey O'Brien Award and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
The award is presented by the Sugar Bowl Committee, and was named in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie Manning and his sons Peyton and Eli.
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 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader
A finalist for the 2003 Buchanan Award, Beck made a splash in the season opener against Humboldt State by returning an interception 36 yards for a touchdown.
The Buck Buchanan Award was established in 1995 by The Sports Network.
The Award is named for All-Pro defensive end Junious "Buck" Buchanan, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs after beginning his career at Grambling State University.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=108300   (494 words)

  
 Award
BUCHANAN AWARD WINNER: The 31st Annual Buchanan Award for outstanding community service was presented to Delaware State University President William B. De Lauder at a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 15 at The Modern Maturity Center in Dover.
The Buchanan Award is presented annually by the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce to recognize a local citizen who has made a significant contribution to the community and shown outstanding skills in leadership and business.
DeLauder was chosen for the Buchanan Award by an exclusive selection board: Only those who have won the award in the past are allowed to pick each year’s honoree.
www.doverpost.com /PostArchives/11-21-01/pages/award.html   (786 words)

  
 ::: The Official Site of Cal Poly Athletics :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Winner of the Walter Payton Award, presented by The Sports Network to the Division I-AA Player of the Year, also was announced Thursday as well as the recipient of the Eddie Robinson Award for Division I-AA Coach of the Year.
Finishing second in the balloting for the Buck Buchanan Award was one of Beck's teammates, junior defensive end Chris Gocong.
Beck, a Buck Buchanan Award candidate for the second straight year, returned two of his four interceptions this season for touchdowns -- 36 yards against Humboldt State and 40 yards against Idaho State in the first two games of the year.
www.gopoly.com /football/mens/2004/news/BeckWinsBuchanan.html   (949 words)

  
 News at Western Illinois University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hartwell was recognized as the Buck Buchanan Award winner today at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City, along with the Walter Payton and Eddie Robinsons Award winners.
WIU is the only school to have two players be named the Buck Buchanan Award winner in the award's six-year history.
Hartwell is the only Leatherneck player to be a finalist for a national post-season award in consecutive years, after finishing fifth in the Buck Buchanan Award balloting last year.
www.wiu.edu /release.sphp?id=782   (943 words)

  
 ::: The Official Site of Cal Poly Athletics :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Linebacker Jordan Beck, a third-round draft choice of the Atlanta Falcons last April, won the 2004 Buck Buchanan Award.
Cal Poly is the first school to win back-to-back Buck Buchanan Awards since 1995-96 when linebacker Dexter Coakley of Appalachian State earned the award in consecutive seasons.
The award is named for Junious "Buck" Buchanan, the NAIA All-American and Pro Football Hall of Fame, defensive lineman who played for Grambling State University from 1959 through 1962.
www.calpolymustangs.com /football/mens/2005/news/BuchananGocong.html   (786 words)

  
 YSUSports.com - Dominelli Selected Finalist For Buck Buchanan Award
YOUNGSTOWN, OH - Youngstown State University linebacker Ian Dominelli (Sr., Santa Barbara, CA) has been selected by the Sports Network as one of the 16 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the most outstanding defensive player in Division I-AA college football.
In 1995 The Sports Network chose to establish an award to recognize the most outstanding defensive player in Division I-AA college football to go along with the Walter Payton and Eddie Robinson Awards, which were established in 1987.
It was decided that the award should be named after one of the most memorable defensive Division I-AA football players of all-time, Buck Buchanan.
www.ysu.edu /sports/football/1999/dominellifinalist.htm   (281 words)

  
 I-AA College Football: Welcome to I-AA.org, the worldwide leader in I-AA College Football official news!
Chattanooga, TN (Sports Network) - James Madison linebacker Derrick Lloyd was named the eighth winner of the Buck Buchanan Award tonight at the Division I-AA College Football Awards held in Chattanooga, TN on the eve of the I-AA national championship.
Lloyd is the sixth consecutive senior to win the award, and the fifth linebacker.
Lloyd was a dominant force on a defense that ranked first in the Atlantic 10 Conference and 11th in the nation in pass defense, surrendering just 149 passing yards per game in one of the nation's highest-octane throwing leagues.
www.i-aa.org /article.asp?articleid=32628   (553 words)

  
 Doughty Finishes Fourth in Buck Buchanan Award Voting :: I-AA Defensive Player of the Year award goes to Cal Poly's ...
Doughty Finishes Fourth in Buck Buchanan Award Voting :: I-AA Defensive Player of the Year award goes to Cal Poly's Chris Gocong.
The award, given for the 11th time, was presented to Great West Conference rival Chris Cocong of Cal Poly.
The Award is named for All-Pro defensive end Junious "Buck" Buchanan, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs after beginning his career at Grambling State.
uncbears.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121505aac.html   (490 words)

  
 Atlantic 10
Hulea was named to its Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, consisting of 16 players vying to be named the most outstanding defensive player in I-AA.
The lone recipient of the Buck Buchanan Award from the Atlantic 10 is former James Madison linebacker Derrick Lloyd, who garnered the honor in 2001 after collecting a league-leading 157 tackles.
The Walter Payton Award and Buck Buchanan Award recipients will be announced on Dec. 15 in Chattanooga, TN, at the I-AA College Football Awards Ceremony on the eve of the national championship game.
www.atlantic10.org /release.asp?RELEASE_ID=1736   (523 words)

  
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Idaho State defensive end Jared Allen was named as the 10th winner of the Buck Buchanan Award, presented annually by The Sports Network to the top defensive player in I-AA football.
Allen, the first defensive end to win the award since 1996, was selected among a ballot of 16 finalists.
The award is named for Junious “Buck” Buchanan, an NAIA All-American and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman who played for Grambling State University from 1959 through 1962.
www.bigskyconf.com /article_print.asp?articleid=51774   (554 words)

  
 Ivy League Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Morris, who ranked among the nation's leaders in receptions, receiving yards, receiving yards per game, and total yards, is a finalist for the Payton Award while Balestracci, a junior linebacker who led the Crimson with 95 tackles and had 12 tackles for loss, is on the ballot for the Buchanan Award.
The top three finalists (in terms of votes received) for the Walter Payton Award will be invited to attend the presentation of the Awards, with the winner of that Award not announced until the event in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 19, the eve of the NCAA I-AA national championship.
Following are the 32 players and 16 coaches appearing on the 2002 Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan, and Eddie Robinson Award ballots.
www.ivyleaguesports.com /article.asp?intID=1970   (816 words)

  
 12/18/2003 - Colgate's Jamaal Branch Wins 2003 Walter Payton Award - Sports - Chattanoogan.com
Idaho State defensive end Jared Allen was named the 10th winner of the Buck Buchanan Award.
Allen is the first player from the Big Sky Conference to win the Buck Buchanan Award and the first Big Sky player to take a major I-AA honor since Northern Arizona’s Archie Amerson won the Walter Payton Award in 1996.
The Award is named for legendary head coach Eddie Robinson, who retired in 1997 after 56 years at Grambling State University.
www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_44692.asp   (1577 words)

  
 Kole Ayi Named A Finalist For The 1999 Buck Buchanan Award :: Junior linebacker one of 16 finalists for National ...
Kole Ayi Named A Finalist For The 1999 Buck Buchanan Award :: Junior linebacker one of 16 finalists for National Defensive Player of the Year honors.
He is one of 16 finalists for the award, which is presented annually to the top Division I-AA defensive player in the nation by The Sports Network.
The recipient of the award will be announced at the 13th Annual Division I-AA College Football Awards Banquet, to be held at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant in New York City on December 6.
umassathletics.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111199aab.html   (417 words)

  
 Gateway Football: Russell Added to Buck Buchanan List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Edgerton Hartwell was a finalist in 1999 and won the 2000 award as Western Illinois became the first institution to have two different players to be voted Buchanan winners.
The Leathernecks have had a Buck Buchanan Award finalist in four of the last five seasons since the award began in 1995.
The eighth Buck Buchanan Award, along with the 16th Walter Payton Award (given to the top offensive player in I-AA) and the Eddie Robinson Award (given to the nation¹s top I-AA head coach) will be presented at the 16th annual I-AA College Football Awards ceremony in Chattanooga, TN on Dec. 19.
www.gatewayfootball.org /webapps/release?id=1093   (430 words)

  
 BCSP IX-20: BCSP News
I-AA single-season and career interception record, was named the ninth winner of the Buck Buchanan Award Thursday (Dec. 19) at the Division I-AA College Football Awards, on the eve of the national championship game.
This award is not only mine, it is also a credit to the great job the team and coaching staff has done this season." Mathis is the seventh consecutive senior to win the award, and the first defensive back.
Mathis is just the second player from the MEAC to win a major I-AA Award, after North Carolina AandT's Chris McNeil took home the Buchanan in 1997.
www.onnidan.com /bcsp/920/stry9201.htm   (540 words)

  
 News at Western Illinois University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Award winner as the nation's top I-AA defensive player on Dec. 4 and is two-time
Dexter Coakley won the award the first two times it was awarded (1995 & 1996).
Hartwell finished fifth in the Buck Buchanan Award voting in 1999 and is the
www.wiu.edu /release.sphp?id=789   (398 words)

  
 Chris Gocong wins 2005 Buck Buchanan Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Chattanooga, TN (Sports Network) - Cal Poly defensive Chris Gocong was named the 11th winner of the Buck Buchanan Award tonight at the Division I-AA College Football Awards held in Chattanooga, TN on the eve of the I-AA national championship.
After finishing second to teammate Jordan Beck in the 2004 Buck Buchanan Award voting, Gocong began his assault on I-AA quarterbacks with nine tackles and two sacks against Sacramento State.
Gocong is the second consecutive Cal Poly defender to win the Buchanan Award, and takes home the program’s second major I-AA award.
www.i-aa.com /news/article_13239.shtml   (664 words)

  
 Official Site of UNH Athletics - Football
The top three finalists (in terms of votes received) for the Walter Payton Award will be invited to attend the presentation of the Awards, with the winner of that Award not announced until the event.
The 19th Annual I-AA College Football Awards will be held Dec. 15th in Chattanooga, TN, on the eve of the NCAA I-AA national championship.
Following are the 32 players and 16 coaches appearing on the 2005 Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan, and Eddie Robinson Award ballots.
www.unhwildcats.com /football/20052006/112105.shtml   (313 words)

  
 The Sports Network Announces the Walter Payton Finalists @ SYS-CON Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The winners will be announced at the official awards presentation to be held at the Sheraton Read House in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday, December 15, on the eve of the Division I-AA national championship game, also to be held in Chattanooga.
The Sports Network established the Walter Payton Player of the Year Award in 1987, and it is presented annually to the most outstanding college football player on the Division I-AA level.
When the award was established, it was the only such award to be presented to an individual player in I-AA football.
www.sys-con.com /read/156726.htm   (1137 words)

  
 Talley Added To Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
Norfolk State University redshirt junior linebacker Kevin Talley (Newport News, VA/Warwick) was added Wednesday to the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List by The Sports Network.
The Buchanan Award is given annually to the top defensive player in Division I-AA.
The winner is announced at the 17th annual I-AA College Football Awards on Thursday, December 18th in Chattanooga, Tenn.
www.nsu.edu /athletics/story.php?id=82   (173 words)

  
 Coastal View ... Home Page
Gocong’s school record breaking 23.5 sacks, 98 tackles (46 solo) and 31 tackles for losses earned him the Buck Buchanan Award for the most outstanding defensive football player in division I-AA.
Gocong accepted the award at the 19th annual division I-AA College Football Awards in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Dec. 15.
Last year Gocong was runner-up for the Buchanan Award to teammate Jordan Beck, who was drafted and later signed by the Atlanta Falcons in the third-round of last year’s NFL draft.
www.coastalview.com /center.asp?article=12414   (785 words)

  
 Furman: Engaged Learning at a Leading Liberal Arts University
GREENVILLE, S. C.-- The Sports Network announced today that Furman University senior free safety John Keith is among 16 finalists for the 1999 Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding defensive player in the NCAA I-AA football.
Keith has racked up 275 tackles and 11 interceptions in his career, including a school record 99-yard interception return in Furman's 43-21 win over Chattanooga in 1997.
Buck Buchanan played collegiately at Grambling State University and, in 1962, became the first player from a small fl college to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
www.furman.edu /press/pressarchive.cfm?ID=315   (293 words)

  
 Talley Named to Initial Buchanan Award Watch List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The “Buchanan Watch” page, which can be found at The Sports Network’s Web site, www.sportsnetwork.com, keeps track of the quest for the 10th Buck Buchanan Award, which goes to the top defensive player in Division I-AA.
That honor, along with its offensive counterpart, the Walter Payton Award, will be presented at the 18th annual I-AA College Football Awards on Thursday, December 16 in Chattanooga, Tenn. on the eve of the 2003 I-AA National Championship.
The only other MEAC player named to either the Payton or Buchanan lists is Howard defensive back Antoine Bethea.
www.nsu.edu /athletics/print_story.php?id=378   (138 words)

  
 ClickPress | Eastern Washington's Meyer and Cal Poly's Gocong and Shotwell Highlight 2005 Football Gazette Northw
Peyton Award winner, Erik Meyer from Eastern Washington, Buck Buchanan Award winner, Chris Gocong from Cal Poly along with record-setting teammate, Kyle Shotwell headline a talented 2005 Don Hansen's Football Gazette NCAA 1-AA Northwest All-Region team.
Meyer earned Offensive Back of the Year while Gocong claimed the Defensive Lineman of the Year Award and Shotwell is the Linebacker of the Year.
Chris Gocong is the winner of the 2005 Buck Buchanan Award presented by The Sports Network to the nation's defensive player of the year in Division I-AA.
www.clickpress.com /releases/Detailed/7310005cp.shtml   (548 words)

  
 Boomer Grigsby - HoustonTexans.com Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He did not get one Thursday when Cal Poly linebacker Jordan Beck was announced as the Buck Buchanan Award winner at a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Grigsby, the ISU and Gateway Conference career tackles leader, placed in the top three of the Buchanan voting for an unprecedented third time.
Grigsby, the three-time Gateway Defensive Player of the Year, isn't going to be tormented by never winning the Buchanan.
www.houstontexans.com /fan_zone/messageboards/showthread.php?p=74236   (2084 words)

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