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Read Article →Maxwell Award: Winners by Year 1937–2025
Given to the college player of the year since 1937 by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia and named for Robert "Tiny" Maxwell.
All Maxwell Award Winners by Year
| Season | Winner | School | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | QB |
| 2024 | Ashton Jeanty | Boise State | RB |
| 2023 | Michael Penix Jr. | Washington | QB |
| 2022 | Caleb Williams | USC | QB |
| 2021 | Bryce Young | Alabama | QB |
| 2020 | DeVonta Smith | Alabama | WR |
| 2019 | Joe Burrow | LSU | QB |
| 2018 | Tua Tagovailoa | Alabama | QB |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Louisville | QB |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama | RB |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota | Oregon | QB |
| 2013 | A. J. McCarron | Alabama | QB |
| 2012 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame | LB |
| 2011 | Andrew Luck | Stanford | QB |
| 2010 | Cam Newton | Auburn | QB |
| 2009 | Colt McCoy | Texas | QB |
| 2008 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB |
| 2006 | Brady Quinn | Notre Dame | QB |
| 2005 | Vince Young | Texas | QB |
| 2004 | Jason White | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2003 | Eli Manning | Ole Miss | QB |
| 2002 | Larry Johnson | Penn State | RB |
| 2001 | Ken Dorsey | Miami (FL) | QB |
| 2000 | Drew Brees | Purdue | QB |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | RB |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas | RB |
| 1997 | Peyton Manning | Tennessee | QB |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State | RB |
| 1994 | Kerry Collins | Penn State | QB |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State | QB |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta | Miami (FL) | QB |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan | WR, RS |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer | BYU | QB |
| 1989 | Anthony Thompson | Indiana | RB |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State | RB |
| 1987 | Don McPherson | Syracuse | QB |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde | Miami (FL) | QB |
| 1985 | Chuck Long | Iowa | QB |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | QB |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | RB |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen | USC | RB |
| 1980 | Hugh Green | Pittsburgh | DE |
| 1979 | Charles White | USC | RB |
| 1978 | Chuck Fusina | Penn State | QB |
| 1977 | Ross Browner | Notre Dame | DE |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh | RB |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | RB |
| 1974 | Steve Joachim | Temple | QB |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti | Penn State | RB |
| 1972 | Brad Van Pelt | Michigan State | S |
| 1971 | Ed Marinaro | Cornell | RB |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett | Stanford | QB |
| 1969 | Mike Reid | Penn State | DT |
| 1968 | O. J. Simpson | USC | RB |
| 1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA | QB |
| 1966 | Jim Lynch | Notre Dame | LB |
| 1965 | Tommy Nobis | Texas | G, LB |
| 1964 | Glenn Ressler | Penn State | G |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach | Navy | QB |
| 1962 | Terry Baker | Oregon State | QB |
| 1961 | Bob Ferguson | Ohio State | FB |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy | HB |
| 1959 | Richie Lucas | Penn State | QB |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins | Army | HB |
| 1957 | Bob Reifsnyder | Navy | T |
| 1956 | Tommy McDonald | Oklahoma | HB |
| 1955 | Howard Cassady | Ohio State | HB |
| 1954 | Ron Beagle | Navy | E |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | HB |
| 1952 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | HB |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier | Princeton | HB |
| 1950 | Reds Bagnell | Penn | HB |
| 1949 | Leon Hart | Notre Dame | E |
| 1948 | Chuck Bednarik | Penn | C, LB |
| 1947 | Doak Walker | SMU | HB, K |
| 1946 | Charley Trippi | Georgia | HB, QB, P |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard | Army | FB |
| 1944 | Glenn Davis | Army | HB |
| 1943 | Bob Odell | Penn | HB |
| 1942 | Paul Governali | Columbia | QB |
| 1941 | Bill Dudley | Virginia | HB, S, KR |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon | Michigan | HB |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick | Iowa | HB |
| 1938 | Davey O'Brien | TCU | QB |
| 1937 | Clint Frank | Yale | HB |
17 of 89 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, Maxwell 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.
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