Maybe more than anyone else, Bronko Nagurski exemplified what the National Football League was all about in the 1930s. He was tough, bruising, seemingly indestructible. A 6-foot-2-inch, 230-pound b… ...

The Bronko Nagurski trophy is presented to the nation’s most outstanding defensive player in the country. Oregon has two players on the list. First up is Oregon linebacker Jeffrey Bassa.

The 2024 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list was revealed Tuesday, via the Football Writers Association of American. The FWAA selected 75 defensive standouts from 56 schools across the country. Last ...

Bronko Nagurski scores on a 1-yard touchdown run in the Bears’ 41-21 victory over the Redskins in the NFL championship game at Wrigley Field on Dec. 26, 1943.

Minnesota Gophers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. poses with Ron and Jane Nagurski at an event for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019.

The Football Writers Association of America released its 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch Listtoday, selecting 85 defensive standouts from 61 schools in all 10 Division I. 247Sports.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Touchdown Club in conjunction with the Football Writers Association of America has announced the finalists for the 2014 Bronko Nagurski trophy given annually ...

Minnesota retired Nagurski’s No. 2 Gopher number in 1979. Sports Illustrated later named him Minnesota's Greatest Athlete of the Century and the Best Football Player of the First Half Century.

The recently released Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason watch list for the 2024 season had a host of top returning names in the landscape, mostly from the Power Five conferences.

Penn State senior safety Ji'Ayir Brown was named Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. Brown played a major role in No. 14/15 Penn State's 41-12 win at Auburn on Saturday.