Defensive Lineman Luke Wafle Named Navy All-American Bowl’s Defensive Player of the Year Award Winner

Story byLuke Wafle 01. JPGNBC SportsSun, January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM UTC·1 min readThe Navy All-American Bowl Selection Committee announced the winner for the Navy All-American Bowl Defensive Player of Year Award, given annually to the top defensive player in the country. Defensive lineman Luke Wafle (Princeton, NJ/ The Hun School of Princeton) has been named the recipient of the Navy All-American Bowl’s Defensive Player of the Year award. According to 247Sports, Wafle is a four-star prospect and has signed with USC. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPast winners include Derrick Brown, Micah Parsons, and Bryan Bresee. About the All-American BowlAs an NBC Sports-owned property, the All-American Bowl is part of a marquee lineup of elite events that includes the Olympics and Paralympics, the NBA, WNBA, Notre Dame Football, the Premier League, and primetime’s #1 show for an unprecedented 14 consecutive years: Sunday Night Football. The All-American Bowl is annually the most-watched, most-talked about, and most-prestigious high school all-star event with more than four million unique television viewers and more than 25,000 fans in attendance.