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Table
Year
Lg
Conf
Pos
Player
Tm
1996
NFL
AFC
RDE
Bruce Smith
Buffalo Bills
1996
NFL
NFC
LOLB
Kevin Greene
Carolina Panthers
1995
NFL
NFC
LDE
Reggie White
Green Bay Packers
1995
NFL
AFC
LOLB
Bryce Paup
Buffalo Bills
1994
NFL
AFC
ROLB
Greg Lloyd
Pittsburgh Steelers
1994
NFL
NFC
RDE
Charles Haley
Dallas Cowboys
1993
NFL
AFC
DB
Rod Woodson
Pittsburgh Steelers
1993
NFL
NFC
RCB
Eric Allen
Philadelphia Eagles
1992
NFL
AFC
RLB
Junior Seau
San Diego Chargers
1992
NFL
NFC
RDE
Chris Doleman
Minnesota Vikings
1991
NFL
NFC
LDE
Reggie White
Philadelphia Eagles
1991
NFL
AFC
LOLB
Cornelius Bennett
Buffalo Bills
1990
NFL
AFC
RDE
Bruce Smith
Buffalo Bills
1990
NFL
NFC
RDE
Charles Haley
San Francisco 49ers
1989
NFL
AFC
RDT
Michael Dean Perry
Cleveland Browns
1989
NFL
NFC
RDT
Keith Millard
Minnesota Vikings
1988
NFL
AFC
RDE
Bruce Smith
Buffalo Bills
1988
NFL
NFC
MLB
Mike Singletary
Chicago Bears
1988
NFL
AFC
LOLB
Cornelius Bennett
Buffalo Bills
1987
NFL
NFC
LDE
Reggie White
Philadelphia Eagles
1987
NFL
AFC
RDE
Bruce Smith
Buffalo Bills
1986
NFL
NFC
ROLB
Lawrence Taylor
New York Giants
1986
NFL
AFC
RDE
Rulon Jones
Denver Broncos
1985
NFL
AFC
LOLB
Andre Tippett
New England Patriots
1985
NFL
NFC
MLB
Mike Singletary
Chicago Bears
1984
NFL
NFC
ROLB
Lawrence Taylor
New York Giants
1984
NFL
AFC
LDE
Mark Gastineau
New York Jets
1983
NFL
NFC
ROLB
Lawrence Taylor
New York Giants
1983
NFL
AFC
ROLB
Rod Martin
Los Angeles Raiders
1981
NFL
AFC
NT
Joe Klecko
New York Jets
1980
NFL
AFC
LCB
Lester Hayes
Oakland Raiders
1980
NFL
NFC
FS
Nolan Cromwell
Los Angeles Rams
1979
NFL
NFC
RDE
Lee Roy Selmon
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1979
NFL
AFC
MLB
Jack Lambert
Pittsburgh Steelers
1978
NFL
NFC
RDT
Randy White
Dallas Cowboys
1978
NFL
AFC
RILB
Randy Gradishar
Denver Broncos
1977
NFL
NFC
RDE
Harvey Martin
Dallas Cowboys
1977
NFL
AFC
RDE
Lyle Alzado
Denver Broncos
1976
NFL
AFC
MLB
Jack Lambert
Pittsburgh Steelers
1976
NFL
NFC
RDT
Wally Chambers
Chicago Bears
1975
NFL
AFC
RCB
Mel Blount
Pittsburgh Steelers
1975
NFL
NFC
LDE
Jack Youngblood
Los Angeles Rams
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