Associated Press College Football Player of the Year

Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award
Given for the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country
Country United States
Presented by Associated Press
History
First award 1998
Most recent Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma

The Associated Press College Football Player of the Year award has been awarded annually since 1998 to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country. The winner is chosen by a vote of AP sportswriters and sports editors from throughout the country.

Winners

SeasonPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1998Ricky WilliamsRBTexas
1999Ron DayneRBWisconsin
2000Josh HeupelQBOklahoma
2001Rex GrossmanQBFlorida[1]
2002Brad BanksQBIowa[2]
2003Jason WhiteQBOklahoma[3]
2004Matt LeinartQBSouthern California[4]
2005Reggie BushRBSouthern California[5]
2006Troy SmithQBOhio State[6]
2007Tim TebowQBFlorida[7]
2008Sam BradfordQBOklahoma[8]
2009Ndamukong SuhDTNebraska[9]
2010Cam NewtonQBAuburn[10]
2011Robert Griffin IIIQBBaylor[11]
2012Johnny ManzielQBTexas A&M
2013Jameis WinstonQBFlorida State[12]
2014Marcus MariotaQBOregon[13]
2015Christian McCaffreyRBStanford[14]
2016Lamar JacksonQBLouisville[15]
2017Baker MayfieldQBOklahoma[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Grossman: AP Player of the Year". Tulsa World. December 6, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Iowa's Banks wins AP Player of Year honors". USA Today. December 9, 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ "White Takes Ap Player Of The Year". Orlando Sentinel. December 11, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leinart adds AP top honor to Heisman". Deseret News. December 24, 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Thrilling Bush is AP Player of the Year". USA Today. December 19, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Buckeyes' Smith named AP Player of the Year". ESPN. December 19, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Florida QB Tim Tebow wins AP Player of the year". USA Today. December 18, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Oklahoma's Bradford named AP Player of the Year". USA Today. December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Nebraska's Suh is first defender selected as AP player of year". USA Today. December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Newton named AP Player of the Year". NCAA. December 22, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Baylor's Griffin is AP player of the year". CNSNews.com. December 21, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Seminoles QB Winston named AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 24, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Oregon's Marcus Mariota is AP player of year". Associated Press. December 23, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey wins AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Lamar Jackson voted AP college football Player of the Year". Associated Press. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield named AP Player of the Year". ESPN.com. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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