Who's the Huskers' Defensive MVP? A Clear Winner in Tad Stryker's Pregame Survey

A hundred fans were polled before Friday's Nebraska-Iowa game. DeShon Singleton won a clear majority as Nebraska’s leading Blackshirt of 2025.

The top vote-getter for Husker Defensive MVP, DeShon Singleton, joins Vincent Shavers (9) in bringing down a Michigan State ball carrier earlier this season. | Kylie Graham-Imagn Images

The strength of a young Blackshirt unit has been in the secondary, so the results of my final pregame fan survey of the 2025 season were not surprising.

On a cold, overcast morning before Nebraska hosted Iowa, I asked 100 Husker fans this question:

“Who is Nebraska’s defensive MVP this season?”

A clear majority selected defensive back DeShon Singleton. The fifth-year senior from Greensburg, Louisiana, received 57 percent of the votes, outpolling the 21 votes for second-place finisher Ceyair Wright, a Southern Cal transfer defensive back who grew up in Los Angeles.

No other Huskers received double-digit vote totals. Several Huskers, including redshirt freshman Rex Guthrie, received multiple votes.

The voting:

• DeShon Singleton, DB, 57
• Ceyair Wright, DB, 21
• Vincent Shavers, LB, 6
• Dasan McCullough, LB, 5
• Andrew Marshall, DB, 3
• Javin Wright, LB, 3
• Rex Guthrie, DB, 3
• Donovan Jones, DB, 1
• Williams Nwaneri, DL, 1

Ceyair Wright was the only Husker besides Singleton to receive a double-digit vote total. | Kenny Larabee, KLIN

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