College Football Awards: Maxwell Award Winners
Below is a list of past winners of the Maxwell award, which is given to the College Football Player of the Year.
| Year | Player, School |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Caleb Williams, USC |
| 2021 | Bryce Young, Alabama |
| 2020 | DeVonta Smith, Alabama |
| 2019 | Joe Burrow, LSU |
| 2018 | Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson, Louisville |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry, Alabama |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota, Oregon |
| 2013 | AJ McCarron, Alabama |
| 2012 | Manti Te'o, Notre Dame |
| 2011 | Andrew Luck, Stanford |
| 2010 | Cam Newton, Auburn |
| 2009 | Colt McCoy, Texas |
| 2008 | Tim Tebow, Florida |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow, Florida |
| 2006 | Brady Quinn, Notre Dame |
| 2005 | Vince Young, Texas |
| 2004 | Jason White, Oklahoma |
| 2003 | Eli Manning, Mississippi |
| 2002 | Larry Johnson, Penn State |
| 2001 | Ken Dorsey, Miami (FL) |
| 2000 | Drew Brees, Purdue |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne, Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams, Texas |
| 1997 | Peyton Manning, Tennessee |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel, Florida |
| 1995 | Eddie George, Ohio State |
| 1994 | Kerry Collins, Penn State |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward, Florida State |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta, Miami (FL) |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard, Michigan |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer, BYU |
| 1989 | Anthony Thompson, Indiana |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State |
| 1987 | Don McPherson, Syracuse |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde, Miami (FL) |
| 1985 | Chuck Long, Iowa |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie, Boston College |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier, Nebraska |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker, Georgia |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen, USC |
| 1980 | Hugh Green, Pittsburgh |
| 1979 | Charles White, USC |
| 1978 | Charles Fusina, Penn State |
| 1977 | Ross Browner, Notre Dame |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin, Ohio State |
| 1974 | Steve Joachim, Temple |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti, Penn State |
| 1972 | Brad Van Pelt, Michigan State |
| 1971 | Ed Marinaro, Cornell |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett, Stanford |
| 1969 | Mike Reid, Penn State |
| 1968 | O.J. Simpson, USC |
| 1967 | Gary Beban, UCLA |
| 1966 | James R. Lynch, Notre Dame |
| 1965 | Tommy Nobis Jr., Texas |
| 1964 | Glenn Ressler, Penn State |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach, Navy |
| 1962 | Terry Baker, Oregon |
| 1961 | Robert E. Ferguson, Ohio State |
| 1960 | Joseph Bellino, Navy |
| 1959 | Richard J. Lucas, Penn State |
| 1958 | Peter J. Dawkins, U.S. Military Academy |
| 1957 | Robert H. Reifsnyder, Navy |
| 1956 | Tom McDonald, Oklahoma |
| 1955 | Howard Cassidy, Ohio State |
| 1954 | Ronald Beagle, Navy |
| 1953 | John Lattner, Notre Dame |
| 1952 | John Lattner, Notre Dame |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier, Princeton |
| 1950 | Francis J. Bagnell, Pennsylvania |
| 1949 | Leon Hart, Notre Dame |
| 1948 | Charles Bednarik, Pennsylvania |
| 1947 | Doak Walker, SMU |
| 1946 | Charles Trippi, Georgia |
| 1945 | Felix A. Blanchard, U.S. Military Academy |
| 1944 | Glenn Davis, U.S. Military Academy |
| 1943 | Robert H. Odell, Pennsylvania |
| 1942 | Paul V. Governali, Columbia |
| 1941 | Bill Dudley, Virginia |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon, Michigan |
| 1939 | Niles C. Kinnick, Iowa |
| 1938 | Davey O'Brien, TCU |
| 1937 | Clinton E. Frank, Yale |
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