NFL Defensive Player of the Year

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National Football League award sports award

The NFL Defensive Player of the Year is an annual award recognizing the league’s most outstanding defensive player for that season.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award 3
AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award 1
NFL DPOY 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Football League award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
awardedFor most outstanding defensive player in an NFL season ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstAwarded 1971 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody AP NFL Coach of the Year ⓘ
surface form: Associated Press NFL awards panel
hasGenderRestriction no ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
level professional ⓘ
notableMultipleTimeWinner Aaron Donald ⓘ
J. J. Watt ⓘ
Joe Greene ⓘ
Lawrence Taylor ⓘ
Mike Singletary ⓘ
Ray Lewis ⓘ
Reggie White ⓘ
organization National Football League ⓘ
positionEligible cornerback ⓘ
defensive end ⓘ
defensive tackle ⓘ
linebacker ⓘ
safety ⓘ
presentedBy Associated Press ⓘ
relatedAward NFL Coach of the Year ⓘ
NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year ⓘ
NFL Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
surface form: NFL Most Valuable Player

NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
surface form: NFL Offensive Player of the Year

NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year ⓘ
scope regular season performance ⓘ
selectionCriteria consistency over the season ⓘ
impact on team defense ⓘ
individual defensive performance ⓘ
statistical production ⓘ
selectionProcess vote of a national panel of media members ⓘ
shortName NFL Defensive Player of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NFL DPOY
sport American football ⓘ
teamSport American football ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime end of NFL regular season or during NFL Honors ceremony ⓘ

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Brian Urlacher → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Dick Butkus → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Dick Butkus → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: UPI NFL Defensive Player of the Year
Ed Reed → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Jack Lambert → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Jason Taylor → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Joe Greene → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Lawrence Taylor → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Mike Singletary → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
Terrell Suggs → awardReceived → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
Bruce Smith → defensivePlayerOfTheYearAward → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1990
Bruce Smith → defensivePlayerOfTheYearAward → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1996
AP NFL Coach of the Year → hasEquivalentIn → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award → isDistinctFrom → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
NFL Most Valuable Player Award → isRelatedTo → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
NFL Defensive Player of the Year → shortName → NFL Defensive Player of the Year self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL DPOY
Michael Strahan → wonAward → NFL Defensive Player of the Year ⓘ