Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award explained

The Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award is 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.^[1] Since 2010, the award has been sponsored by Riddell.

AFL Defensive Players of the Year

Season	Player	AFL Team	Position
			DS
		Tampa Bay Storm	DB
			DL
			DS
	Kenny McEntyre (2)	Orlando Predators	DS
			DB
	Clevan Thomas (2)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
	Kenny McEntyre (3)	Orlando Predators	DS
			DB
		Orlando Predators	DL/OL
			DB
			DL
			DB
		San Jose SaberCats	DL
	Clevan Thomas (3)	San Jose SaberCats	DB
		San Jose SaberCats	DL
	Joe Sykes (2)		DL
	Tracy Belton^[2]		DB
		Philadelphia Soul	LB
			LB
		Philadelphia Soul	DB

External links

• AFL Defensive Player of the Year

Notes and References

1. Web site: ADT signs sponsorship agreement with AFL . April 11, 2002 . American City Business Journals. . www.orlando.bizjournals.com . October 3, 2013.
2. Web site: Belton Awarded Riddell Defensive Player of the Year . August 25, 2016 . OurSports Central . www.oursportscentral.com . August 26, 2016.