Davey O'Brien Award

Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award
Given for The collegiate American football player judged to be the best of all NCAA quarterbacks (current)
The best NCAA football player playing in the southwestern United States (original)
Location The Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth Texas
Country United States
Presented by Davey O'Brien Foundation
History
First award 1977; became a quarterback-only award in 1981
Most recent Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
Website http://www.daveyobrien.com/

The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, named after Davey O'Brien, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks. The Davey O'Brien Hall of Fame is housed at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The annual awards dinner and trophy presentation is held there as well, usually in February.

In 1977, directly after the death of O'Brien, the award was established as the Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, and was given to the most outstanding player in the Southwest. Texas running back Earl Campbell won the trophy in 1977,[1] Oklahoma running back Billy Sims won it in 1978, and Baylor linebacker Mike Singletary won it twice in 1979 and 1980. In 1981, the award was renamed the Davey O'Brien Award.

Since the renaming of the award in 1981, four players have won the award twice: Ty Detmer of BYU, Danny Wuerffel of Florida, Jason White of Oklahoma, and Deshaun Watson of Clemson.

The Executive Director of the Davey O'Brien Award is Bill Brady.

Winners

Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy

YearPlayerSchoolPosition
1977Earl CampbellTexasRunning back
1978Billy SimsOklahomaRunning back
1979Mike SingletaryBaylorLinebacker
1980Mike SingletaryBaylorLinebacker

Davey O'Brien Award

YearPlayerSchool
1981Jim McMahonBYU
1982Todd BlackledgePenn State
1983Steve YoungBYU
1984Doug FlutieBoston College
1985Chuck LongIowa
1986Vinny TestaverdeMiami (FL)
1987Don McPhersonSyracuse
1988Troy AikmanUCLA
1989Andre WareHouston
1990Ty DetmerBYU
1991Ty DetmerBYU
1992Gino TorrettaMiami (FL)
1993Charlie WardFlorida State
1994Kerry CollinsPenn State
1995Danny WuerffelFlorida
1996Danny WuerffelFlorida
1997Peyton Manning[2]Tennessee
1998Michael BishopKansas State
1999Joe HamiltonGeorgia Tech
2000Chris WeinkeFlorida State
2001Eric Crouch[3]Nebraska
2002Brad BanksIowa
2003Jason WhiteOklahoma
2004Jason White[4]Oklahoma
2005Vince YoungTexas
2006Troy SmithOhio State
2007Tim TebowFlorida
2008Sam BradfordOklahoma
2009Colt McCoyTexas
2010Cam NewtonAuburn
2011Robert Griffin IIIBaylor
2012Johnny ManzielTexas A&M
2013Jameis WinstonFlorida State
2014Marcus MariotaOregon
2015Deshaun WatsonClemson
2016Deshaun WatsonClemson
2017Baker MayfieldOklahoma

References

  1. ↑ "O'Brien Memorial taken by Campbell". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. January 19, 1978. p. 13. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Manning, Woodson earn football honors". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Crouch takes O'Brien and Camp Awards". McCook Daily Gazette. Associated Press. December 7, 2001. p. 12. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "White Takes Maxwell, Davey O'Brien Awards". Park City Daily News. Associated Press. December 10, 2004. p. 10C. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
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