College football awards tracker 2017: Here’s which players have won big honors this season
With the regular season now over, it’s time to recognize some of the best players and coaches in the country.
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Winners are in bold, if they’ve been announced.
Heisman Trophy (most outstanding player, awarded Saturday)
Lamar Jackson, Louisville
Bryce Love, Stanford
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Bednarik Award (best defensive player)
Bradley Chubb, N.C. State
Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
Roquan Smith, Georgia
Biletnikoff Award (best receiver)
Michael Gallup, Colorado State
David Sills V, West Virginia
James Washington, Oklahoma State
Broyles Award (best assistant coach)
Bill Bedenbaugh, Oklahoma
Tony Elliot, Clemson
Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin
Kevin Steele, Auburn
Troy Walters, UCF
Butkus Award (best linebacker)
Devin Bush, Michigan
Tremaine Edmunds, Virginia Tech
T.J. Edwards, Wisconsin
Dorian O’Daniel, Clemson
Roquan Smith, Georgia
Davey O’Brien Award (best QB)
J.T. Barrett, Ohio State
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State
Doak Walker Award (best running back)
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Bryce Love, Stanford
Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
Eddie Robinson Award (coach of the year)
Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
Scott Frost, UCF
Lane Kiffin, FAU
Jeff Monken, Army
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
Lou Groza Award (best kicker)
Daniel Carlson, Auburn
Dominik Eberle, Utah State
Matt Gay, Utah
Mackey Award (best tight end
Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
Troy Fumagalli, Wisconsin
Mike Gesicki, Penn State
Maxwell Award (best all around)
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Bryce Love, Stanford
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Nagurski Award (best defensive player
Bradley Chubb, NC State
Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
Josey Jewell, Iowa
Ed Oliver, Houston
Roquan Smith, Georgia
Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)
Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
Ed Oliver, Houston
Paul Hornung Award (most versatile player
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Nyheim Hines, NC State
Joel Lanning, Iowa State
Dante Pettis, Washington
Piesman Trophy (SB Nation’s award for the best non-lineman play by a lineman)
Louie Gartner, St. Francis
Carl Granderson, Wyoming
Brock Riggs, Heidelberg
Ray Guy Award (best punter)
Michael Dickson, Texas
JK Scott, Alabama
Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
Rimington Trophy (best center)
Bradley Bozeman, Alabama
Will Clapp, LSU
Billy Price, Ohio State
Thorpe Award (best defensive back)
DeShon Elliott, Texas
Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
Josh Jackson, Iowa
Walter Camp Award (player of the year. Lots of these are redundant.)
Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Lamar Jackson, Louisville
Bryce Love, Stanford
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Rashaad Penny, San Diego State
William V. Campbell Trophy (incorporates academics, service)
Sam Benger, Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
Braxton Berrios, Miami (Fla.)
Mason Hampton, Boise State
Justin Jackson, Northwestern
Micah Kiser, Virginia
Justin Lea, Jacksonville State
Brad Lundblade, Oklahoma State
Marcus Martin, Slippery Rock (Pa.)
Chandon Sullivan, Georgia State
Blaise Taylor, Arkansas State
Marlon Walls, Stephen F. Austin
Chris Weber, Nebraska
Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State
All-America Team? Got you covered.
Our All-America team, with votes from dozens of writers and including one ballot filled out by readers:
- QB Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
- RB Bryce Love, Stanford
- RB Saquon Barkley, Penn State
- WR James Washington, Oklahoma State
- WR Steve Ishmael, Syracuse
- TE Mark Andrews, Oklahoma
- OT Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
- OT Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame
- OG Braden Smith, Auburn
- OG Quenton Nelson, Notre Dame
- C Billy Price, Ohio State
- DE Bradley Chubb, NC State
- DE Nick Bosa, Ohio State
- DT Hercules Mata’afa, Washington State
- DT Ed Oliver, Houston
- LB Roquan Smith, Georgia
- LB Josey Jewell, Iowa
- LB T.J. Edwards, Wisconsin
- CB Josh Jackson, Iowa
- CB Denzel Ward, Ohio State
- S Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
- S Quin Blanding, Virginia
- K Matt Gay, Utah
- P Michael Dickson, Texas
- Returner Dante Pettis, Washington
UCF’s Scott Frost won Coach of the Year in that vote. Penn State’s Joe Moorhead was Offensive Coordinator of the Year, and Clemson’s Brent Venables won Defensive Coordinator of the Year. Frost and Moorhead are now at Nebraska and Mississippi State.
And the finalists for the Piesman Trophy, our award that goes to a lineman who does decidedly un-lineman-like things:
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