Maxwell Award

The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States. The award is named after Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a Swarthmore College football player, coach, and sportswriter. Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) and Tim Tebow (2007, 2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. It is the college equivalent of the Bert Bell Award of the National Football League, also given out by the Maxwell Club.[1][2]

Maxwell Award
Given for	College football player of the year
Country	United States
Presented by	Maxwell Football Club
History
First award	1937
Most recent	Joe Burrow, LSU
Website	The Maxwell Award

Winners

Year	Player	School	Ref
1937	Clint Frank	Yale
1938	Davey O'Brien	TCU
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan
1941	Bill Dudley	Virginia
1942	Paul Governali	Columbia
1943	Bob Odell	Pennsylvania
1944	Glenn Davis	Army
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army
1946	Charley Trippi	Georgia	[3]
1947	Doak Walker	SMU
1948	Chuck Bednarik	Pennsylvania
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame
1950	Reds Bagnell	Pennsylvania
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton
1952	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame
1953
1954	Ron Beagle	Navy
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State
1956	Tommy McDonald	Oklahoma
1957	Bob Reifsnyder	Navy
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army
1959	Richie Lucas	Penn State
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy
1961	Bob Ferguson	Ohio State	[1]
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy
1964	Glenn Ressler	Penn State	[4]
1965	Tommy Nobis	Texas
1966	Jim Lynch	Notre Dame	[5]
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA	[6]
1968	O. J. Simpson	USC	[7]
1969	Mike Reid	Penn State	[8]
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	[2]
1971	Ed Marinaro	Cornell
1972	Brad Van Pelt	Michigan State
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State
1974	Steve Joachim	Temple
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	[9]
1977	Ross Browner	Notre Dame
1978	Chuck Fusina	Penn State
1979	Charles White	USC
1980	Hugh Green	Pittsburgh
1981	Marcus Allen	USC
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse	[10]
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	[11]
1989	Anthony Thompson	Indiana	[12]
1990	Ty Detmer	BYU	[13]
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	[14]
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami	[15]
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Kerry Collins	Penn State	[16]
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee	[17]
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees	Purdue	[18]
2001	Ken Dorsey	Miami
2002	Larry Johnson	Penn State
2003	Eli Manning	Ole Miss
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma	[19]
2005	Vince Young	Texas
2006	Brady Quinn	Notre Dame	[20]
2007	Tim Tebow	Florida
2008
2009	Colt McCoy	Texas
2010	Cam Newton	Auburn
2011	Andrew Luck	Stanford
2012	Manti Te'o	Notre Dame	[21]
2013	AJ McCarron	Alabama
2014	Marcus Mariota	Oregon
2015	Derrick Henry	Alabama
2016	Lamar Jackson	Louisville	[22]
2017	Baker Mayfield	Oklahoma	[23]
2018	Tua Tagovailoa	Alabama
2019	Joe Burrow	LSU	[24]

References

General

• "Maxwell Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
• "Maxwell Award Winners". USA Today. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

Footnotes

1. "Hornung, Ferguson Honored as 'Best'". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. February 6, 1962. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
2. "New Award For Blanda". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 18, 1970. p. 21. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
3. "Trippi Winner Of Football Award". The Free Lance-Star. Associated Press. December 11, 1946. p. 3. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
4. "Unitas, Ressler To Receive Awards". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. December 4, 1964. p. 17. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
5. "Maxwell Club Cites Lynch, Meredith". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. January 24, 1967. p. 2B. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
6. "Beban, Unitas Win Awards". The Morning Record. Associated Press. December 20, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
7. "Simpson, Kelly Win Maxwell Awards". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press International. December 18, 1968. p. 74. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
8. "Reid, Gabriel Are Top Rated". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. January 20, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
9. "Tony Dorsett Receives Maxwell Club Award". The Morning Herald. Associated Press. January 20, 1977. p. 20. Retrieved June 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Sports People; McPherson Honored". The New York Times. December 18, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
11. Cialini, Joe (December 13, 1988). "Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders, winner of the..." United Press International. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
12. "Sports People: College Football; Indiana Running Back Wins Maxwell Award". The New York Times. Associated Press. December 16, 1989. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
13. "Detmer Gets a New Honor: the Maxwell". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 13, 1990. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
14. Thomas Jr., Robert (December 8, 1991). "College Football; Howard Receives Honor As Nation's Top Player". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
15. "Torretta Wins Two More Awards". Chicago Tribune. December 7, 1992. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
16. "Sports People: College Football; Two Awards for Penn State Quarterback". The New York Times. December 9, 1994. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
17. "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
18. Marks, Jon (March 5, 2000). "New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees accepts Maxwell Club's Bert Bell Award". NOLA.com. The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
19. "White Takes Maxwell, Davey O'Brien Awards". Park City Daily News. Associated Press. December 10, 2004. p. 10C. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
20. "Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell". The Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. December 8, 2006. p. 4B. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
21. Scheuring, Ian. "Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
22. "Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Camp, Maxwell awards". The Boston Globe. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
23. Stavenhagen, Cody (December 8, 2017). "OU football: Baker Mayfield takes home four trophies in award-season sweep". tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
24. Pickman, Ben (December 12, 2019). "College Football Awards: Full List of Winners, Results". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 12, 2019.