Passer Rating vs EPA: Which Tells You More?
Why we rank quarterbacks by EPA per dropback, and what passer rating still gets right.
Read Article →College football's best wide receiver, presented since 1994 by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club and named for Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff.
| Season | Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Makai Lemon | USC |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter | Colorado |
| 2023 | Marvin Harrison Jr. | Ohio State |
| 2022 | Jalin Hyatt | Tennessee |
| 2021 | Jordan Addison | Pittsburgh |
| 2020 | DeVonta Smith | Alabama |
| 2019 | Ja'Marr Chase | LSU |
| 2018 | Jerry Jeudy | Alabama |
| 2017 | James Washington | Oklahoma State |
| 2016 | Dede Westbrook | Oklahoma |
| 2015 | Corey Coleman | Baylor |
| 2014 | Amari Cooper | Alabama |
| 2013 | Brandin Cooks | Oregon State |
| 2012 | Marqise Lee | USC |
| 2011 | Justin Blackmon | Oklahoma State |
| 2010 | Justin Blackmon | Oklahoma State |
| 2009 | Golden Tate | Notre Dame |
| 2008 | Michael Crabtree | Texas Tech |
| 2007 | Michael Crabtree | Texas Tech |
| 2006 | Calvin Johnson | Georgia Tech |
| 2005 | Mike Hass | Oregon State |
| 2004 | Braylon Edwards | Michigan |
| 2003 | Larry Fitzgerald | Pittsburgh |
| 2002 | Charles Rogers | Michigan State |
| 2001 | Josh Reed | LSU |
| 2000 | Antonio Bryant | Pittsburgh |
| 1999 | Troy Walters | Stanford |
| 1998 | Troy Edwards | Louisiana Tech |
| 1997 | Randy Moss | Marshall |
| 1996 | Marcus Harris | Wyoming |
| 1995 | Terry Glenn | Ohio State |
| 1994 | Bobby Engram | Penn State |
19 of 32 winners have a player page here: college data starts in 2011, and winners who never played in the NFL from 2016 on are not in our data. Source: Wikipedia, Fred Biletnikoff Award.
Honors are compiled from public award and league lists; the list text comes from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). A name links to a player page when we have that player in our data and the match is certain; winners from before our data have no link. See an error? Tell us.
What the box score cannot tell you about the people behind the pass.
Why we rank quarterbacks by EPA per dropback, and what passer rating still gets right.
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