The Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year was an award given by the Arena Football League to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every AFL season since 1996. Multiple-award winners include Kenny McEntyre, Clevan Thomas, and Joe Sykes; McEntyre and Thomas have won the award three times each, while Sykes has won it twice. Thomas and Vic Hall are the only players to win the award as a rookie (2002 & 2011 respectively). The award was sponsored by ADT Security Services from 2002 to 2008. Since 2010, the award has been sponsored by Riddell.
AFL Defensive Players of the Year Season Player AFL team Position David McLeod Albany Firebirds WR/DB Tracey Perkins Tampa Bay Storm DS Johnnie Harris Tampa Bay Storm DB James Baron Nashville Kats DL Kenny McEntyre Orlando Predators DS Kenny McEntyre (2) Orlando Predators DS Clevan Thomas San Jose SaberCats DB Clevan Thomas (2) San Jose SaberCats DB Kenny McEntyre (3) Orlando Predators DS Silas DeMary Los Angeles Avengers DL/OL Jerald Brown Columbus Destroyers DB Greg White Orlando Predators DL/OL Dennison Robinson Chicago Rush DB Gabe Nyenhuis Tulsa Talons DL Vic Hall Chicago Rush DB Joe Sykes San Jose SaberCats DL Clevan Thomas (3) San Jose SaberCats DB Jason Stewart San Jose SaberCats DL Joe Sykes (2) Jacksonville Sharks DL Tracy Belton Philadelphia Soul DB Beau Bell Philadelphia Soul LB Terence Moore Albany Empire LB James Romain Philadelphia Soul DB
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External links AFL Defensive Player of the Year