A year after finishing runner-up in the Buck Buchanan Award voting, Eastern Washington's J.C. Sherritt reeled it in. The voting was tight, but on Thursday night, Sherritt was named the 2010 winner of the defensive player of the year award in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Sports Network presents and Fathead.com sponsors the 16th annual Buchanan Award.
Sherritt, second last year to James Madison defensive end Arthur Moats (now a linebacker with the Buffalo Bills), captured 24 of the 130 first-place votes and 253 points. Wofford junior defensive end Ameet Pall and Western Illinois senior linebacker Kyle Glazier tied for second place with 234 points.
New Hampshire sophomore linebacker Matt Evans (203) and Massachusetts junior linebacker Tyler Holmes (189) rounded out the top five.
Click below for complete voting.
| 2010 Buck Buchanan Award Voting | |||||||
| Name | School | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
| J.C. Sherritt | Eastern Washington | 24 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 253 |
| Ameet Pall | Wofford | 17 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 234 |
| Kyle Glazier | Western Illinois | 16 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 234 |
| Matt Evans | New Hampshire | 11 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 203 |
| Tyler Holmes | Massachusetts | 14 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 189 |
| Mario Kurn | San Diego | 8 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 120 |
| Jabari Fletcher | Appalachian State | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 97 |
| D.J. Smith | Appalachian State | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 89 |
| Martin Parker | Richmond | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 85 |
| Kenrick Ellis | Hampton | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 71 |
| Eric McBride | Richmond | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 61 |
| Brent Russell | Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 57 |
| Eugene Clifford | Tennessee State | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 47 |
| Jabara Williams | Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 35 |
| Bryce Smith | Samford | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| James Vercammen | Dayton | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| Larry Hart | Central Arkansas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Mark Legree | Appalachian State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| Antoine Wilkinson | Missouri State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Trumaine Johnson | Montana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| *Josh Bey | UT Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Korey Lindsey | Southern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| *David Erby | South Carolina State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| * - Write-in Votes. | |||||||
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