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Maxwell Award

College football award

Field	Value
name	The Maxwell Award
image	Maxwell Football Award.png
description	College Football Player of the Year Award
presenter	Maxwell Football Club
country	United States
location	Ambler, Pennsylvania
year	1937
holder	Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
website	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.

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
1937	Clint Frank	HB	Yale
1938	Davey O'Brien	QB	TCU
1939	Nile Kinnick	HB	Iowa
1940	Tom Harmon	HB	Michigan
1941	Bill Dudley	HB/S/KR	Virginia
1942	Paul Governali	QB	Columbia
1943	Bob Odell	HB	Pennsylvania
1944	Glenn Davis	HB	Army
1945	Doc Blanchard	FB	Army (2)
1946	Charley Trippi	HB/QB/P	Georgia
1947	Doak Walker	HB/K	SMU
1948	Chuck Bednarik	C/LB	Pennsylvania (2)
1949	Leon Hart	TE/DE	Notre Dame
1950	Reds Bagnell	HB	Pennsylvania (3)
1951	Dick Kazmaier	HB	Princeton
1952	Johnny Lattner	HB	Notre Dame (3)
1953
1954	Ron Beagle	TE	Navy
1955	Howard Cassady	HB	Ohio State
1956	Tommy McDonald	WR	Oklahoma
1957	Bob Reifsnyder	DE	Navy (2)
1958	Pete Dawkins	HB	Army (3)
1959	Richie Lucas	QB	Penn State
1960	Joe Bellino	HB	Navy (3)
1961	Bob Ferguson	FB	Ohio State (2)	title=Hornung, Ferguson Honored as 'Best'	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19620206&id=HG5QAAAAIBAJ&pg=7130,2491937&hl=en	access-date=July 11, 2016	work=The Milwaukee Sentinel	agency=Associated Press	date=February 6, 1962}}
1962	Terry Baker	QB	Oregon State
1963	Roger Staubach	QB	Navy (4)
1964	Glenn Ressler	C/DT	Penn State (2)	title=Unitas, Ressler To Receive Awards	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19641204&id=A5MeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3442,713555&hl=en	access-date=July 11, 2016	work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal	agency=Associated Press	date=December 4, 1964	page=17}}
1965	Tommy Nobis	LB	Texas
1966	Jim Lynch	LB	Notre Dame (4)
1967	Gary Beban	QB	UCLA
1968	O. J. Simpson	RB	USC
1969	Mike Reid	DT	Penn State (3)
1970	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford	title=New Award For Blanda	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19701218&id=idlaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2477,3129409&hl=en	access-date=July 11, 2016	work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	agency=Associated Press	date=December 18, 1970	page=21}}
1971	Ed Marinaro	RB	Cornell
1972	Brad Van Pelt	LB	Michigan State
1973	John Cappelletti	RB	Penn State (4)
1974	Steve Joachim	QB	Temple
1975	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State (3)
1976	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsburgh
1977	Ross Browner	DE	Notre Dame (5)
1978	Chuck Fusina	QB	Penn State (5)
1979	Charles White	RB	USC (2)
1980	Hugh Green	LB	Pittsburgh (2)
1981	Marcus Allen	RB	USC (3)
1982	Herschel Walker	RB	Georgia (2)
1983	Mike Rozier	RB	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	QB	Boston College
1985	Chuck Long	QB	Iowa (2)
1986	Vinny Testaverde	QB	Miami
1987	Don McPherson	QB	Syracuse
1988	Barry Sanders	RB	Oklahoma State
1989	Anthony Thompson	RB	Indiana
1990	Ty Detmer	QB	BYU
1991	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan (2)
1992	Gino Torretta	QB	Miami (2)
1993	Charlie Ward	QB	Florida State
1994	Kerry Collins	QB	Penn State (6)
1995	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State (4)
1996	Danny Wuerffel	QB	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	QB	Tennessee
1998	Ricky Williams	RB	Texas (2)
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees	QB	Purdue
2001	Ken Dorsey	QB	Miami (3)
2002	Larry Johnson	RB	Penn State (7)
2003	Eli Manning	QB	Ole Miss
2004	Jason White	QB	Oklahoma (2)
2005	Vince Young	QB	Texas (3)
2006	Brady Quinn	QB	Notre Dame (6)
2007	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida (3)
2008
2009	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas (4)
2010	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn
2011	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford (2)
2012	Manti Te'o	LB	Notre Dame (7)
2013	A. J. McCarron	QB	Alabama
2014	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
2015	Derrick Henry	RB	Alabama (2)
2016	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
2017	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma (3)
2018	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	Alabama (3)
2019	Joe Burrow	QB	LSU
2020	DeVonta Smith	WR	Alabama (5)
2021	Bryce Young	QB
2022	Caleb Williams	QB	USC (4)
2023	Michael Penix Jr.	QB	Washington
2024	Ashton Jeanty	RB	Boise State
2025	Fernando Mendoza	QB	Indiana (2)

References

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;Footnotes

References

(December 11, 1946). "Trippi Winner Of Football Award". The Free Lance-Star.
(February 6, 1962). "Hornung, Ferguson Honored as 'Best'". The Milwaukee Sentinel.
(December 4, 1964). "Unitas, Ressler To Receive Awards". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
(January 24, 1967). "Maxwell Club Cites Lynch, Meredith". Eugene Register-Guard.
(December 20, 1967). "Beban, Unitas Win Awards". The Morning Record.
(December 18, 1968). "Simpson, Kelly Win Maxwell Awards". The Pittsburgh Press.
(January 20, 1970). "Reid, Gabriel Are Top Rated". Lodi News-Sentinel.
(December 18, 1970). "New Award For Blanda". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(January 20, 1977). "Tony Dorsett Receives Maxwell Club Award". The Morning Herald.
(December 18, 1987). "Sports People; McPherson Honored". The New York Times.
(December 13, 1988). "Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders, winner of the...". United Press International.
(December 16, 1989). "Sports People: College Football; Indiana Running Back Wins Maxwell Award". The New York Times.
(December 13, 1990). "Detmer Gets a New Honor: the Maxwell". Los Angeles Times.
(December 8, 1991). "College Football; Howard Receives Honor As Nation's Top Player". The New York Times.
(December 7, 1992). "Torretta Wins Two More Awards". Chicago Tribune.
(December 9, 1994). "Sports People: College Football; Two Awards for Penn State Quarterback". The New York Times.
(December 12, 1997). "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner.
Marks, Jon. (March 5, 2000). "New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees accepts Maxwell Club's Bert Bell Award". The Times-Picayune.
(December 10, 2004). "White Takes Maxwell, Davey O'Brien Awards". Park City Daily News.
(December 8, 2006). "Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell". The Southeast Missourian.
"Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player-of-the-year awards". Hawaii News Now.
(December 9, 2016). "Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Camp, Maxwell awards". The Boston Globe.
(December 8, 2017). "OU football: Baker Mayfield takes home four trophies in award-season sweep". Tulsa World.
(December 12, 2019). "College Football Awards: Full List of Winners, Results". Sports Illustrated.
(December 12, 2024). "Ashton Jeanty wins two national awards".

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