Fred Biletnikoff Award

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Fred Biletnikoff Award
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Awarded forAmerica's top college football receiver
Country United States
Presented byTallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc.
History
First award1994
Most recent Travis Hunter, Colorado
Website http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/

The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was created in 1994. [1] The award is named for Fred Biletnikoff, who played college football at Florida State and professionally with the Oakland Raiders and Montreal Alouettes. [2] Any NCAA Division I FBS player who catches the football through a forward pass is eligible to be selected as the award winner, though in practice, and as it has been awarded to a player at that position every year, it is considered a de facto honor for the sport's most outstanding wide receiver. Tight end Kyle Pitts of the University of Florida was one of 3 Biletnikoff Award finalists in 2020.

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A national selection committee consisting of over 600 journalists, commentators, broadcasters, and former players selects the award winner. No member of the board of trustees of the foundation has a vote. The foundation's charitable mission is provision of scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest levels, with 320 scholarships having been awarded through 2024 with total benefits of well over 5 million dollars.

In December 2022, founding trustee and chairman Walter Manley II and past chairman Mark Ryan announced a goal of $10 million in aggregate to be awarded by 2030. [3] [4]

Winners

YearWinnerTeamRef
1994 Bobby Engram Penn State
1995 Terry Glenn Ohio State
1996 Marcus Harris Wyoming
1997 Randy Moss Marshall [5]
1998 Troy Edwards Louisiana Tech
1999 Troy Walters Stanford [6]
2000 Antonio Bryant Pittsburgh [7]
2001 Josh Reed LSU [8]
2002 Charles Rogers Michigan State [9]
2003 Larry Fitzgerald Pittsburgh [10]
2004 Braylon Edwards Michigan [11]
2005 Mike Hass Oregon State [12]
2006 Calvin Johnson Georgia Tech [13]
2007 Michael Crabtree Texas Tech [14]
2008 [15]
2009 Golden Tate Notre Dame [16]
2010 Justin Blackmon Oklahoma State [17]
2011 [18]
2012 Marqise Lee USC [19]
2013 Brandin Cooks Oregon State [20]
2014 Amari Cooper Alabama [21]
2015 Corey Coleman Baylor [22]
2016 Dede Westbrook Oklahoma [23]
2017 James Washington Oklahoma State [24]
2018 Jerry Jeudy Alabama [25]
2019 Ja'Marr Chase LSU [26]
2020 DeVonta Smith Alabama [27]
2021 Jordan Addison Pittsburgh [28]
2022 Jalin Hyatt Tennessee [29]
2023 Marvin Harrison Jr. Ohio State [30]
2024 Travis Hunter Colorado

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References

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Footnotes
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  4. ↑ Biletnikoff Award [@biletnikoffawrd] (December 8, 2022). "Bilenikoff Award Founding Trustee and former chairman Walter Manley II & Chairman Mark Ryan unveil goal: $10 million in North Florida scholarship awards through year 2030. At $4.6M in giving to date, we are almost halfway there. https://t.co/ZRkmY6KnRH" (Tweet). Retrieved December 15, 2022– via Twitter.
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