Defensive Player of the Year FBS, FCS, D2 Quarter Finalists

With awards season upon us, we now introduce our first William Bilo Defensive Player of the Year Awards for FBS, FCS, and Division 2 college football. Here are our quarter finalists for each level:

FBS
Sutton Smith, Northern Illinois
Bradley Chubb, North Carolina State
Ja'Von Rolland-Jones, Arkansas State
Matt Boesen, TCU
Joe Dineen, Jr., Kansas
Gerard Avery, Memphis
Roquan Smith, Georgia
Leighton Vander Esch, Boise State
Josh Jackson, Iowa
Darious Williams, UAB
Mark Gilbert, Duke
Jalen Davis, Utah State

FCS
Jonathon Peterson, San Diego
Darius Jackson, Jacksonville State
PJ Hall, Sam Houston State
Chris Terrell, Central Arkansas
Jalyn Williams, Prairie View
Rico Kennedy, Morgan State
Matt Uplinger, Yale
Garrett Dolan, Houston Baptist
Mike Basile, Monmouth
Phillip Parham, Lafayette
Jordan Brown, James Madison
Dylan Mabin, Fordham

Division 2
Marcus Martin, Slippery Rock
John Cominsky, Charleston
Kahzin Daniels, Charleston
Jalen Nelson, Charleston
Jake Klinger, Bloomsburg
Brandon Lynch, Virginia State
Dennis Gardeck, Sioux Falls
Garrett Jackson, Adams State
Cory Roberts, Glenville State
Zuril Heldrick, Edinboro
Andrew Benson, Assumption
JR Stevens, Indiana (PA)

Semifinalists will be announced this Friday for both our John Conlon Offensive Players of the Year, and for the William Bilo Defensive Players of the Year!