Walter Camp Award: Winners by Year 1967–2025

Player of the year in college football, voted by the head coaches and sports information directors of the FBS, presented since 1967 by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

All Walter Camp Award Winners by Year

Season	Winner	School	Pos
2025	Fernando Mendoza	Indiana	QB
2024	Travis Hunter	Colorado	CB/WR
2023	Jayden Daniels	LSU	QB
2022	Caleb Williams	USC	QB
2021	Kenneth Walker III	Michigan State	RB
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	Jameis Winston	Florida State	QB
2012	Manti Te'o	Notre Dame	LB
2011	Andrew Luck	Stanford	QB
2010	Cam Newton	Auburn	QB
2009	Colt McCoy	Texas	QB
2008	Colt McCoy	Texas	QB
2007	Darren McFadden	Arkansas	RB
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State	QB
2005	Reggie Bush	USC	RB
2004	Matt Leinart	USC	QB
2003	Larry Fitzgerald	Pittsburgh	WR
2002	Larry Johnson	Penn State	RB
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska	QB
2000	Josh Heupel	Oklahoma	QB
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	RB
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	RB
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	CB
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	QB
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State	RB
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado	RB
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami (FL)	QB
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	WR
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame	WR/RS
1989	Anthony Thompson	Indiana	RB
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	RB
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame	WR
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (FL)	QB
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn	RB
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	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	RB
1977	Ken MacAfee	Notre Dame	TE
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	RB
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	RB
1974	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	RB
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State	RB
1972	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	WR
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	QB
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	QB
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	RB
1968	O. J. Simpson	USC	RB
1967	O. J. Simpson	USC	RB

20 of 59 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, Walter Camp Award.

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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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