Maxwell Award

Maxwell Award

The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged 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 in the United States. The award is named for Robert W. Maxwell, a college football player, coach and sportswriter.

YearPlayerCollege 
2008Tim TebowFlorida State University 
2007Tim TebowUniversity of Florida 
2006Brady QuinnUniversity of Notre Dame 
2005Vince YoungUniversity of Texas at Austin 
2004Jason WhiteUniversity of Oklahoma 
2003Eli ManningUniversity of Mississippi 
2002Larry JohnsonPennsylvania State University 
2001Ken DorseyMiami University 
2000Drew BreesPurdue University 
1999Ron DayneUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison 
1998Ricky WilliamsUniversity of Texas at Austin 
1997Peyton ManningUniversity of Tennessee 
1996Danny WuerffelUniversity of Florida 
1995Eddie GeorgeOhio State University 
1994Kerry CollinsPennsylvania State University 
1993Charlie WardFlorida State University 
1992Gino TorrettaMiami University 
1991Desmond HowardUniversity of Michigan 
1990Ty DetmerBrigham Young University 
1989Anthony ThompsonIndiana University 
1988Barry SandersOklahoma State University 
1987Don McPhersonSyracuse University 
1986Vinny TestaverdeMiami University 
1985Chuck LongUniversity of Iowa 
1984Doug FlutieBoston College 
1983Mike RozierUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln 
1982Herschel WalkerUniversity of Georgia 
1981Marcus AllenUniversity of Southern California 
1980Hugh GreenUniversity of Pittsburgh 
1979Charles WhiteUniversity of Southern California 
1978Chuck FusinaPennsylvania State University 
1977Ross BrownerUniversity of Notre Dame 
1976Tony DorsettUniversity of Pittsburgh 
1975Archie GriffinOhio State University 
1974Steve JoachimTemple University 
1973John CappellettiPennsylvania State University 
1972Brad VanPeltMichigan State University 
1971Ed MarinaroCornell University 
1970Jim PlunkettStanford University 
1969Mike ReidPennsylvania State University 
1968O. J. SimpsonUniversity of Southern California 
1967Gary BebanUniversity of California, Los Angeles 
1966Jim LynchUniversity of Notre Dame 
1965Tommy NobisUniversity of Texas at Austin 
1964Glenn ResslerPennsylvania State University 
1963Roger StaubachUnited States Naval Academy 
1962Terry BakerOregon State University 
1961Bob FergusonOhio State University 
1960Joe BellinoUnited States Naval Academy 
1959Richie LucasPennsylvania State University 
1958Pete DawkinsUnited States Military Academy 
1957Bob ReifsnyderUnited States Naval Academy 
1956Tommy McDonaldUniversity of Oklahoma 
1955Howard CassadyOhio State University 
1954Ron BeagleUnited States Naval Academy 
1953Johnny LattnerUniversity of Notre Dame 
1952Johnny LattnerUniversity of Notre Dame 
1951Dick KazmaierPrinceton University 
1950Reds BagnellUniversity of Pennsylvania 
1949Leon HartUniversity of Notre Dame 
1948Chuck BednarikUniversity of Pennsylvania 
1947Doak WalkerSouthern Methodist University 
1946Charley TrippiUniversity of Georgia 
1945Doc BlanchardUnited States Military Academy 
1944Glenn Woodward DavisUnited States Military Academy 
1943Bob OdellUniversity of Pennsylvania 
1942Paul GovernaliColumbia University 
1941Bill DudleyUniversity of Virginia 
1940Tom HarmonUniversity of Michigan 
1939Nile KinnickUniversity of Iowa 
1938Davey O'BrienTexas Christian University 
1937Clint FrankYale University 
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