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 |
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2024 | Ashton Jeanty, Boise State |
2023 | Michael Penix Jr., Washington |
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 |
More college football awards:
- National College Football Awards -- Players and Coaches
- NCAA Conference Football Awards
- College Football AP All-American Teams
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