Mr. Football Award (Florida)

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The Florida Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Florida. Awarded by Dairy Farmers, Inc. and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, many past winners have proceeded to have successful college careers and play in the National Football League.

Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeProfessional team(s)
1992 Jammi German Ft. Myers Miami (FL) Atlanta Falcons
1993Shevin Wiggins Manatee Nebraska
1994 Daunte Culpepper Vanguard UCF Minnesota Vikings
Miami Dolphins
Oakland Raiders
Detroit Lions
Sacramento Mountain Lions (UFL)
1995Frankie Franklin Sandalwood Holmes/Indiana
1996 Travis Henry Frostproof Tennessee Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans
Denver Broncos
1997Zain Gilmore Robinson Missouri Gulf Coast Raiders (AIFA)
1998 Anquan Boldin Pahokee Florida State Arizona Cardinals
Baltimore Ravens
San Francisco 49ers
Detroit Lions
1999Willie GreenOsceola Florida
2000 Adrian McPherson Southeast Florida State Indiana Firebirds (AFL)
New Orleans Saints
Austin Wranglers (AFL)
Grand Rapids Rampage
Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
2001 Leon Washington Jackson Florida State New York Jets
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
Tennessee Titans
2002Andre ReeseTaylor Carson–Newman College
2003 Xavier Lee Seabreeze Florida State Baltimore Ravens
Southern New Hampshire Beavers (New England Football League)
Arkansas Twisters (af2)
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgs (AFL)
Arizona Rattlers (AFL)
Pittsburgh Power (AFL)
Las Vegas Locomotives (UFL)
2004 Antone Smith Pahokee Florida State Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings
Houston Texans
Atlanta Falcons
2005 Tim Tebow Nease Florida Denver Broncos
New York Jets
2006 Robert Marve Plant Miami (FL)/Purdue Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2007 Jacory Harris Miami Northwestern Miami (FL) Philadelphia Eagles
Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)

Montreal Alouettes (CFL)

2008A.J. Graham Godby Marshall
2009 Matt Elam Dwyer Florida Baltimore Ravens
2010Quentin Williams Jefferson Bethune-Cookman
2011 Duke Johnson Norland Miami (FL) Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans
Miami Dolphins
Buffalo Bills
2012 Derrick Henry Yulee Alabama Tennessee Titans
Baltimore Ravens
2013 Dalvin Cook Miami Central Florida State Minnesota Vikings
New York Jets
Baltimore Ravens
Dallas Cowboys
2014 De'Andre Johnson First Coast Florida State/East Mississippi C.C./Florida Atlantic/Texas Southern
2015DeShawn Smith Nature Coast Technical Jones County Junior College/Florida A&M
2016Nick Tronti Ponte Vedra Indiana/Florida Atlantic
2017Bryce Carpenter Venice Coastal Carolina
2018 Carson Beck Mandarin Georgia
2019Demarkcus BowmanLakeland Clemson / Florida / UCF
2020Trey WainwrightNiceville Furman / Fort Lauderdale
2021Jaylon Glover [1] Lake Gibson Utah
2022Creed Whittemore [2] Buchholz Mississippi State
2023Jayvan Boggs [3] Cocoa Florida State
2024Brady Hart [4] Cocoa Texas A&M

References

  1. Fuoco, Roy (January 10, 2022). "Meet Mr. Football: Lake Gibson's Jaylon Glover named Florida's top football player of 2021". The Ledger. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. Wells, Kevin (January 6, 2023). "Buchholz QB Creed Whittemore voted Florida Mr. Football". wcjb.com.
  3. McCallum, Brian (January 4, 2024). "Boggs, Schneider bring home statewide football awards". floridatoday.com.
  4. Villamarzo, Andy (January 6, 2025). "Cocoa's Brady Hart Named Florida Dairy Farmers' 2024 Mr. Football". si.com. Retrieved January 22, 2025.