It’s college football awards season, which means all those watch lists you ignored in the offseason and those semifinalists watch lists you ignored during the season have finally produced actual finalists for trophies named after famous people!
2014 college football awards tracker, from the Heisman to the centers one
Just kidding, Rimington Award. You are very important.
While the Heisman Trophy, awarded on Saturday, is the big one, there’s also a college football trophy for pretty much any specific thing a person can do on a football field, short of officiating or delivering water. There are probably trophies for those, too.
And there are even more trophies than these. These are just the ones closest to being important, most would agree. We have not included a Coach of the Year trophy, because there are seemingly hundreds of them, with none emerging as particularly more important or prestigious than the others (except for ours, which goes to TCU’s Gary Patterson). As soon as there is a trophy to determine which of the Coach of the Year trophies is the most important, we will include that victor.
(Finalists listed, with winners bolded and italicized. We’ll update.)
All-America team
Heisman Trophy, overall
Amari Cooper, Alabama; Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin; Marcus Mariota, Oregon
Maxwell Award, overall
Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin; Marcus Mariota, Oregon; Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
Walter Camp, overall
Trevone Boykin, TCU; Amari Cooper, Alabama; Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin; Marcus Mariota, Oregon; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
Chuck Bednarik Award, defender
Vic Beasley, Clemson; Joey Bosa, Ohio State; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
Bronko Nagurski Award, defender
Malcom Brown, Texas; Landon Collins, Alabama; Senquez Golson, Ole Miss; Gerod Holliman, Louisville; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award
Trevone Boykin, TCU; Marcus Mariota, Oregon; Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
Doak Walker Award, running back
Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska; Tevin Coleman, Indiana; Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin
Biletnikoff Award, receiver
Amari Cooper, Alabama; Rashard Higgins, Colorado State; Kevin White, West Virginia
John Mackey Award, tight end
Nick O’Leary, Florida State
Rimington Award, center
Reese Dismukes, Auburn; Jack Allen, Michigan State; David Andrews, Georgia; BJ Finney, Kansas State; Andy Gallik, Boston College; Hroniss Grasu, Oregon
Vince Lombardi Award, lineman or linebacker
Vic Beasley, Clemson; Joey Bosa, Ohio State; Hau’oli Kikaha, Washington; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
Outland Trophy, interior lineman
Malcom Brown, Texas; Reese Dismukes, Auburn; Brandon Scherff, Iowa
Dick Butkus Award, linebacker
Eric Kendricks, UCLA; Hau’oli Kikaha, Washington; Denzel Perryman, Miami; Jake Ryan, Michigan; Jaylon Smith, Notre Dame
Jim Thorpe Award, defensive back
Landon Collins, Alabama; Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon; Gerod Holliman, Louisville
Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award
Roberto Aguayo, Florida State; Brad Craddock, Maryland; Josh Lambert, West Virginia
Ray Guy Award, punter
Tom Hackett, Utah; JK Scott, Alabama; Austin Rehkow, Idaho
Frank Broyles Award, assistant coach
Scott Frost, Oregon; Tom Herman, Ohio State; Lane Kiffin, Alabama; Dave Steckel, Missouri; Doug Meacham, TCU
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