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Fred Biletnikoff Award

Award for the outstanding receiver in American college football


Award for the outstanding receiver in American college football

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nameFred Biletnikoff Award
imageCalvin johnson Biletnikoff.jpg
descriptionAmerica's top college football receiver
presenterTallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc.
countryUnited States
year1994
holderMakai Lemon, USC
websitehttp://www.biletnikoffaward.com/

The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was created in 1994. The award is named for Fred Biletnikoff, who played college football at Florida State and professionally with the Oakland Raiders and Montreal Alouettes. Any NCAA Division I FBS player who catches the football through a forward pass is eligible to be selected as the award winner, though in practice, and as it has been awarded to a player at that position every year, it is considered a de facto honor for the sport's most outstanding wide receiver. The 2025 recipient of the award was University of Southern California’s Makai Lemon.

A national selection committee consisting of over 600 journalists, commentators, broadcasters, and former players selects the award winner. No member of the board of trustees of the foundation has a vote. The foundation's charitable mission is provision of scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest levels, with 320 scholarships having been awarded through 2024 with total benefits of well over 5 million dollars.

In December 2022, founding trustee and chairman Walter Manley II and past chairman Mark Ryan announced a goal of $10 million in aggregate to be awarded by 2030.

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  1. "About the Biletnikoff Award « Biletnikoff Award".
  2. (April 17, 1994). "A Raiders move would hurt Bucs". Ocala Star-Banner.
  3. "All-America Marvin Harrison Jr. Wins the 2023 Biletnikoff Award!".
  4. Biletnikoff Award. (December 8, 2022). "Bilenikoff Award Founding Trustee and former chairman Walter Manley II & Chairman Mark Ryan unveil goal: $10 million in North Florida scholarship awards through year 2030. At $4.6M in giving to date, we are almost halfway there. https://t.co/ZRkmY6KnRH".
  5. (December 12, 1997). "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner.
  6. (December 30, 1999). "Underdog Stanford Loses Top Receiver Walters For Rose Bowl". Chicago Tribune.
  7. (December 31, 2000). "Champions 2000; From Sydney To the Bronx, the Winners". The New York Times.
  8. (December 30, 2001). "2001: Looking Back; A Year of Champions: The Fastest, the Strongest, the Best". The New York Times.
  9. (April 25, 2003). "Pro Football; Tough Rogers Is Confidence, Personified". The New York Times.
  10. (December 12, 2003). "Manning, White, Perry, Fitzgerald Win Awards". The Ledger.
  11. (December 10, 2004). "College Football Award Winners". Chicago Tribune.
  12. (December 10, 2005). "Another Trojan Wins Heisman".
  13. (December 8, 2006). "Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell". The Southeast Missourian.
  14. (December 7, 2007). "Crabtree wins Biletnikoff, wants Heisman next". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
  15. (December 11, 2008). "Crabtree wins second Biletnikoff". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
  16. (December 11, 2009). "Tate wins Biletnikoff". The Baltimore Sun.
  17. (December 10, 2010). "OSU's Justin Blackmon, Dan Bailey win national awards". The Oklahoman.
  18. (December 9, 2011). "Justin Blackmon: Repeat Biletnikoff winner". ESPN.
  19. (December 7, 2012). "Lee becomes USC's first Biletnikoff winner". Los Angeles Times.
  20. (December 12, 2013). "Oregon St Wide Receiver Brandin Cooks Win Biletnikoff Award".
  21. (December 11, 2014). "Alabama's Amari Cooper wins Biletnikoff Award as nation's top receiver". Fox Sports.
  22. (December 10, 2015). "Corey Coleman wins first Biletnikoff Award for Baylor". The Star-Telegram.
  23. (June 30, 2017). "Dede Westbrook Wins Biletnikoff Award as Nation's Best Receiver". Fox Sports.
  24. (December 7, 2017). "James Washington wins 2017 Biletnikoff Award". Dayton Daily News.
  25. (December 6, 2018). "Alabama's Jerry Jeudy wins Biletnikoff Award". The Tuscaloosa News.
  26. (December 12, 2019). "LSU Receiver Ja'Marr Chase Wins Biletnikoff Award". Sports Illustrated.
  27. (January 8, 2021). "Bama players take home several major awards".
  28. (December 9, 2021). "Addison wins Biletnikoff Award, first Panther since 2003".
  29. (8 Dec 2022). "Jalin Hyatt wins first Biletnikoff Award for Tennessee football".
  30. "Ohio State Buckeyes WR Marvin Harrison Jr. Wins Biletnikoff Award".
  31. "Travis Hunter Wins The Biletnikoff Award As Nation’s Most Outstanding Receiver".
  32. "USC wide receiver Makai Lemon wins Biletnikoff Award".
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