AP College Football Player of the Year

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AP College Football Player of the Year
Awarded forThe most outstanding collegiate football player
Country United States
Presented by Associated Press
History
First award 1998
Most recentCB/WR Travis Hunter

The AP 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 Associated Press (AP) sportswriters and editors. Since 2004, the award winner has gone on to win the Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2009 (Ndamukong Suh) and 2015 (Christian McCaffrey).

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Winners

SeasonPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1998 Ricky Williams RB Texas [1]
1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin [2]
2000 Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma [3]
2001 Rex Grossman QB Florida [4]
2002 Brad Banks QB Iowa [5]
2003 Jason White QB Oklahoma [6]
2004 Matt Leinart QB USC [7]
2005 Reggie Bush RB USC [8]
2006 Troy Smith QB Ohio State [9]
2007 Tim Tebow QB Florida [10]
2008 Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma [11]
2009 Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska [12]
2010 Cam Newton QB Auburn [13]
2011 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor [14]
2012 Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M [15]
2013 Jameis Winston QB Florida State [16]
2014 Marcus Mariota QB Oregon [17]
2015 Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford [18]
2016 Lamar Jackson QB Louisville [19]
2017 Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma [20]
2018 Kyler Murray QB Oklahoma [21]
2019 Joe Burrow QB LSU [22]
2020 DeVonta Smith WR Alabama [23]
2021 Bryce Young QB Alabama [24]
2022 Caleb Williams QB USC [25]
2023 Jayden Daniels QB LSU [26]
2024 Travis Hunter CB/WR Colorado [27]

Winners by school

SchoolTrophies won
Oklahoma 5
USC 3
Alabama 2
Florida
LSU
Auburn 1
Baylor
Colorado
Florida State
Iowa
Louisville
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
Texas A&M
Wisconsin

References

  1. ↑ "Texas' Williams selected AP's player of year". Deseret News. 1998-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. ↑ "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dayne runs away with AP's top award". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Heupel Named AP College Player-of-the-Year". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  4. ↑ "Grossman: AP Player of the Year". Tulsa World . December 6, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Iowa's Banks wins AP Player of Year honors". ESPN . December 9, 2002. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "White Takes Ap Player Of The Year". Orlando Sentinel . December 11, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Leinart adds AP top honor to Heisman". Deseret News . December 24, 2004. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Thrilling Bush is AP Player of the Year". USA Today . December 19, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Buckeyes' Smith named AP Player of the Year". ESPN. December 19, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Florida QB Tim Tebow wins AP Player of the year". USA Today . December 18, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Oklahoma's Bradford named AP Player of the Year". USA Today . December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Nebraska's Suh is first defender selected as AP player of year". USA Today . December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Newton named AP Player of the Year". NCAA. December 22, 2010. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Baylor's Griffin is AP player of the year". 21 December 2011.
  15. ↑ Wells, Adam. "Johnny Manziel First Freshman to Win AP Player of the Year". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  16. ↑ "Seminoles QB Winston named AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 24, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Oregon's Marcus Mariota is AP player of year". Associated Press. December 23, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey wins AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Lamar Jackson voted AP college football Player of the Year". Associated Press. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield named AP Player of the Year". ESPN.com . December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray is named the AP Player of the Year". Associated Press. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  22. ↑ "AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU". Associated Press. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  23. ↑ "Tide's DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  24. ↑ "QB Bryce Young of Alabama voted AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  25. ↑ "USC QB Caleb Williams voted AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  26. ↑ Martel, Brett. "Daniels Wins LSU's Second 'AP Player of the Year' Award". LSU Sports. Associated Press . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  27. ↑ Graham, Pat (December 13, 2024). "Travis Hunter, the 2-way standout for Colorado, is the AP college football player of the year" . Retrieved April 14, 2025.
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