DALLAS (FWAA) - Texas Tech strong safety Daniel Charbonnet has been named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week for games of the weekend of Nov. 1.
Charbonnet, a 5-11, 188-pound senior from the The Woodlands, Texas, was the defensive star of Texas Tech's 39-33 upset victory of then top-ranked Texas in Lubbock.
Charbonnet made four tackles, including one for loss, forced and recovered a fumble, broke up one pass and an intercepted a pass. He returned the interception 18 yards for a touchdown to help the Red Raiders improve to 9-0 and snap a 5-game losing streak to the Longhorns.
Charbonnet will be added to the 2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy will be presented to the best defensive player in college football on Dec. 7 by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Five finalists for the Nagurski Trophy will be announced on Nov. 17.
Each week during the 2008 season the FWAA All-America Committee will select a national defensive player of the week from nominations made by the 11 Division I Bowl Subdivision Conferences and major independents.
Last season, LSU tackle Glenn Dorsey won the coveted Bronko Nagurski Trophy during the 13th season the FWAA has named a national defensive player of the year.
The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,000 men and women across North America who cover college football for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include game day operations, major awards, a national poll and its annual All-America team.
The Charlotte Touchdown Club is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting high school, collegiate, and professional football in the Charlotte, N.C., region. The club's activities and services focus community attention on the outstanding citizenship, scholarship, sportsmanship, and leadership of area athletes and coaches. For more information, contact John Rocco (704-347-2918 or jrocco@touchdownclub.com). The official website of the Charlotte Touchdown Club is www.touchdownclub.com.
For more information on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, contact FWAA executive director Steve Richardson (972-713-6198 or tigerfwaa@aol.com).
2008 Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Players of the Week
· Weekend of Aug. 30: Ben Owens, Arkansas State
· Weekend of Sept. 6: Patrick Benoist, Vanderbilt
· Weekend of Sept. 13: DeAndre Levy, Wisconsin
· Weekend of Sept. 20: Ryan Hamilton, Vanderbilt
· Weekend of Sept. 27: Trimane Goddard, North Carolina
· Weekend of Oct. 4: Scott McKillop, Pittsburgh
· Weekend of Oct. 11: Tyrrell Herbert, Toledo
· Weekend of Oct. 18: Jerry Hughes, TCU
· Weekend of Oct. 25: Darryl Gamble, Georgia
· Weekend of Nov. 1: Daniel Charbonnet, Texas Tech
