The Buck Buchanan Award

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History

The Sports Network has presented the Buck Buchanan Golden Arm Award to the nation's outstanding Division IAA defensive player since 1995.

The award is named for Junious "Buck" Buchanan, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end who played his college football at Grambling State.

Year	Player, School, Pos.
1995	Dexter Coakley, Appalachian State, LB
1996	Dexter Coakley, Appalachian State, LB
1997	Chris McNeil, North Carolina A&T, DE
1998	James Milton, Western Illinois, LB
1999	Al Lucas, Troy State, DT
2000	Edgerton Hartwell, Western Illinois, DL
2001	Derrick Lloyd, James Madison, LB
2002	Rashean Mathis, Bethune-Cookman, LB
2003	Jared Allen, Idaho State, DE
2004	Jordan Beck, Cal Poly, LB
2005	Chris Gocong, Cal Poly, DE
2006	Kyle Shotwell, Cal Poly, LB
2007	Kroy Biermann, Montana, DE