The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

regular season to the best defensive player in the conference as voted by a media panel and the

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

es of each team who is not a goaltender. The Defensive Player of the Year was first awarded in 2014.

Award winners

Winners by school

Winners by position

References

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