Sporting News College Football Player of the Year

The Sporting News College Football Player of the Year award is given to the player of the year in college football as adjudged by Sporting News.[1]

Silver Anniversary Awards
Given fortop collegiate football player
CountryUnited States
Presented bySporting News
History
First award1942
Most recentDeVonta Smith, Alabama

Winners

Oklahoma and Ohio State hold the record for most awards, with each school having won eight times.

YearWinnerSchool
1942Frank SinkwichGeorgia
1943Angelo BertelliNotre Dame
1944Les HorvathOhio State
1945Doc BlanchardArmy
1946Glenn DavisArmy
1947John LujackNotre Dame
1948Doak WalkerSMU
1949Leon HartNotre Dame
1950Vic JanowiczOhio State
1951Dick KazmaierPrinceton
1952Billy VesselsOklahoma
1953John LattnerNotre Dame
1954Howard CassadyOhio State
1955
1956Tommy McDonaldOklahoma
1957John David CrowTexas A&M
1958Billy CannonLSU
1959
1960Joe BellinoNavy
1961Bob FergusonOhio State
1962Terry BakerOregon State
1963Roger StaubachNavy
1964Dick ButkusIllinois
1965Donny AndersonTexas Tech
1965Jim GrabowskiIllinois
1966Steve SpurrierFlorida
1967Gary BebanUCLA
1968O.J. SimpsonUSC
1969Steve OwensOklahoma
1970Jim PlunkettStanford
1971Ed MarinaroCornell
1971Pat SullivanAuburn
1972Bert JonesLSU
1973John HicksOhio State
1974Archie Griffin
1975
1976Tony DorsettPittsburgh
1977Earl CampbellTexas
1978Billy SimsOklahoma
1979Charles WhiteUSC
1980Hugh GreenPittsburgh
1981Marcus AllenUSC
1982Herschel WalkerGeorgia
1983Mike RozierNebraska
1984Doug FlutieBoston College
1985Bo JacksonAuburn
1986Vinny TestaverdeMiami (FL)
1987Tim BrownNotre Dame
1988Barry SandersOklahoma State
1989Darian HaganColorado
1990Raghib IsmailNotre Dame
1991Desmond HowardMichigan
1992Marvin JonesFlorida State
1993Charlie Ward
1994Rashaan SalaamColorado
1995Tommy FrazierNebraska
1996Danny WuerffelFlorida
1997Charles WoodsonMichigan
1998Ricky WilliamsTexas
1999Ron DayneWisconsin
2000Chris WeinkeFlorida State
2001Eric CrouchNebraska
2002Carson PalmerUSC
2003Jason WhiteOklahoma
2004Alex SmithUtah
2005Reggie BushUSC
2006Troy SmithOhio State
2007Tim TebowFlorida
2008Graham HarrellTexas Tech
2008Sam BradfordOklahoma
2008Colt McCoyTexas
2009Mark IngramAlabama
2010Cam NewtonAuburn
2011Robert Griffin IIIBaylor
2012Johnny ManzielTexas A&M
2013Jameis WinstonFlorida State
2014Marcus MariotaOregon
2015Baker Mayfield[2]Oklahoma
2016Lamar Jackson[3]Louisville
2017Baker Mayfield[4]Oklahoma
2018Tua Tagovailoa[5]Alabama
2019Joe Burrow[6]LSU
2020DeVonta Smith[7]Alabama

References

  1. Bradley, Ken (December 16, 2014). "Sporting News all-time College Football Players of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. Halliburton, Suzanne (December 18, 2015). "Sooners' Baker Mayfield is Sporting News national player of year". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. Bender, Bill (December 7, 2016). "Louisville QB Lamar Jackson is Sporting News Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. Hoover, John E. (December 11, 2017). "Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield is Sporting News Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. Bender, Bill (December 11, 2018). "Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa is Sporting News' 2018 Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  6. Bender, Bill (December 28, 2019). "LSU's Joe Burrow is Sporting News' 2019 Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  7. Bender, Bill (December 28, 2020). "Alabama's DeVonta Smith is Sporting News' 2020 Player of the Year". Sporting News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
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