Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II won the AP NFL defensive player of the year award with 26 first-place votes.

The NFL's best defensive player once again resides in the Mile High City. The NFL's 2025 Defensive Player of the Year award was given to Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II. Surtain beat out Bengals pass rusher Trey Hendrickson,

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The laundry list of accolades for Patrick Surtain continue to stack up as he was named as the NFL's 2024 Defensive Player of the Year.

For the first time since 1978, a Denver Broncos has been named the A.P. Defensive Player of the Year. Announced on Thursday night at the NFL Honors ceremony, Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II was named the DPoY.

Pat Surtain is just the seventh cornerback to win Defensive Player of the Year, and he’s the second Bronco, joining Randy Gradishar (1978).

Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II is The Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year for the 2024 season. Surtain is the first former Alabama player to win the award, which has been presented annually since 1971. The award was presented during the “NFL Honors” program on Thursday night in New Orleans.