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AP College Football Player of the Year

Annually award to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country

Annually award to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country

FieldValue
nameAP College Football Player of the Year
descriptionThe most outstanding collegiate football player
presenterAssociated Press
countryUnited States
year1998
holderFernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana
websitehttps://apnews.com/sports

The AP College Football Player of the Year award has been awarded annually since 1998 to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country. The winner is chosen by a vote of Associated Press (AP) sportswriters and editors. Since 2004, the award winner has gone on to win the Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2009 (Ndamukong Suh) and 2015 (Christian McCaffrey).

Winners

SeasonPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1998Ricky WilliamsRBTexas
1999Ron DayneRBWisconsin
2000Josh HeupelQBOklahoma
2001Rex GrossmanQBFlorida
2002Brad BanksQBIowa
2003Jason WhiteQBOklahoma
2004Matt LeinartQBUSC
2005Reggie BushRBUSC
2006Troy SmithQBOhio State
2007Tim TebowQBFlorida
2008Sam BradfordQBOklahoma
2009Ndamukong SuhDTNebraska
2010Cam NewtonQBAuburn
2011Robert Griffin IIIQBBaylor
2012Johnny ManzielQBTexas A&M
2013Jameis WinstonQBFlorida State
2014Marcus MariotaQBOregon
2015Christian McCaffreyRBStanford
2016Lamar JacksonQBLouisville
2017Baker MayfieldQBOklahoma
2018Kyler MurrayQBOklahoma
2019Joe BurrowQBLSU
2020DeVonta SmithWRAlabama
2021Bryce YoungQBAlabama
2022Caleb WilliamsQBUSC
2023Jayden DanielsQBLSU
2024Travis HunterCB/WRColorado
2025Fernando MendozaQBIndiana

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
Oklahoma5
USC3
Alabama2
Florida
LSU
Auburn1
Baylor
Colorado
Florida State
Indiana
Iowa
Louisville
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
Texas A&M
Wisconsin

References

References

  1. (2015-12-22). "Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey Wins AP Player Of The Year - CBS San Francisco".
  2. (2020-12-29). "Tide's DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the Year".
  3. (1998-12-08). "Texas' Williams selected AP's player of year".
  4. "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dayne runs away with AP's top award".
  5. "Heupel Named AP College Player-of-the-Year".
  6. (December 6, 2001). "Grossman: AP Player of the Year". [[Tulsa World]].
  7. (December 9, 2002). "Iowa's Banks wins AP Player of Year honors". [[ESPN]].
  8. (December 11, 2003). "White Takes Ap Player Of The Year". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
  9. (December 24, 2004). "Leinart adds AP top honor to Heisman". [[Deseret News]].
  10. (December 19, 2005). "Thrilling Bush is AP Player of the Year". [[USA Today]].
  11. (December 19, 2006). "Buckeyes' Smith named AP Player of the Year". [[ESPN]].
  12. (December 18, 2007). "Florida QB Tim Tebow wins AP Player of the year". [[USA Today]].
  13. (December 23, 2008). "Oklahoma's Bradford named AP Player of the Year". [[USA Today]].
  14. (December 22, 2009). "Nebraska's Suh is first defender selected as AP player of year". [[USA Today]].
  15. (December 22, 2010). "Newton named AP Player of the Year". [[NCAA]].
  16. (21 December 2011). "Baylor's Griffin is AP player of the year".
  17. Wells, Adam. "Johnny Manziel First Freshman to Win AP Player of the Year".
  18. (December 24, 2013). "Seminoles QB Winston named AP player of the year". [[Associated Press]].
  19. (December 23, 2014). "Oregon's Marcus Mariota is AP player of year". [[Associated Press]].
  20. (December 22, 2015). "Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey wins AP player of the year". [[Associated Press]].
  21. (December 14, 2016). "Lamar Jackson voted AP college football Player of the Year". [[Associated Press]].
  22. (December 7, 2017). "Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield named AP Player of the Year".
  23. (December 6, 2018). "Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray is named the AP Player of the Year". [[Associated Press]].
  24. (December 12, 2019). "AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU". [[Associated Press]].
  25. (2020-12-29). "Tide's DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the Year".
  26. (2021-12-09). "QB Bryce Young of Alabama voted AP Player of the Year".
  27. (2022-12-08). "USC QB Caleb Williams voted AP Player of the Year".
  28. "Daniels Wins LSU's Second 'AP Player of the Year' Award". [[Associated Press]].
  29. (December 13, 2024). "Travis Hunter, the 2-way standout for Colorado, is the AP college football player of the year".
  30. (December 11, 2025). "Fernando Mendoza is AP player of the year after leading Indiana to 13-0 record and top seed in CFP".
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