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Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Winners

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Winners

Year	Player	School	Summary
2012	Will Sutton*	Arizona State	41 Solo, 22 Ast, 13.0 Sk, 0 Int
2011	Mychal Kendricks*	California	69 Solo, 37 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 2 Int
2010	Stephen Paea	Oregon State	20 Solo, 25 Ast, 6.0 Sk, 0 Int
2009	Brian Price*	UCLA	41 Solo, 7 Ast, 7.0 Sk, 0 Int
2008	Rey Maualuga*	Southern California	51 Solo, 28 Ast, 0.0 Sk, 2 Int
2007	Sedrick Ellis*	Southern California	29 Solo, 29 Ast, 8.5 Sk, 0 Int
2006	Daymeion Hughes*	California	37 Solo, 35 Ast, 0.0 Sk, 8 Int
2005	Dale Robinson* (tie)	Arizona State	74 Solo, 41 Ast, 4.0 Sk, 0 Int
2005	Haloti Ngata* (tie)	Oregon	32 Solo, 29 Ast, 3.0 Sk, 0 Int
2004	Shaun Cody* (tie)	Southern California
2004	Bill Swancutt* (tie)	Oregon State	1 Int, 0 Yds, 0 TD
2003	Dave Ball*	UCLA
2002	Terrell Suggs*	Arizona State	1 Int, 22 Yds, 0 TD
2001	Robert Thomas	UCLA
2000	Adam Archuleta	Arizona State	1 Int, 0 Yds, 0 TD
1999	Deltha O'Neal	California
1998	Chris Claiborne	Southern California
1997	Pat Tillman	Arizona State
1996	Jason Chorak	Washington
1995	Tedy Bruschi	Arizona
1994	Mark Fields	Washington State
1993	Rob Waldrop	Arizona
1992	Dave Hoffmann	Washington
1991	Steve Emtman	Washington
1990	Steve Emtman (tie)	Washington
1990	Darryl Lewis (tie)	Arizona
1989	Junior Seau	Southern California
1988	Dana Wells	Arizona
1987	Chuck Cecil	Arizona
1986	Byron Evans	Arizona
1985	Mark Walen	UCLA
1984	Duane Bickett	Southern California
1983	Ron Rivera (tie)	California
1983	Ricky Hunley (tie)	Arizona

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