Mr. Football Award (Indiana)

The Indiana Mr. Football Award is an award given to the top high school American football player in the state of Indiana, presented annually by The Indianapolis Star . ^[1]

Winners

Rex Grossman was 1998's Mr. Football from Bloomington South.

Clayton Richard was 2002's Mr. Football from McCutcheon.

Gunner Kiel was 2011's Mr. Football from Columbus East.

Jaylon Smith was 2012's Mr. Football from Bishop Luers.

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year	Player	High School	College	NFL draft
1992	Alex Smith, RB [2]	Franklin County	Indiana
1993	Bo Barzilauskas, OL/DL	Bloomington South	Indiana
1994	Josh Martini, RB	East Central
1995	Earl Haniford, QB	Martinsville	Indiana
1996	Israel Thompson, RB	Martinsville	Ball State
1997	DuJuan Daniels, RB	Bishop Chatard	Boston College
1998	Rex Grossman, QB	Bloomington South	Florida	2003 NFL draft: 1st round, 22nd overall by the Chicago Bears
1999	Derrick Ellis, RB	Indianapolis Arlington
2000	Otis Shannon, RB	Indianapolis Cathedral	Harper College
2001	James Banks, QB/DB [3]	Ben Davis	Tennessee Carson–Newman
2002	Clayton Richard, QB	McCutcheon	Michigan
2003	Desmond Tardy, QB	Warren Central	Purdue
2004	Jason Werner, WR/S	Roncalli	Purdue
2005	Dexter Taylor, QB	Warren Central	Tulsa Western Kentucky Marian
2006	Darren Evans, RB	Warren Central	Virginia Tech	Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans
2007	Paul McIntosh, QB	Evansville Reitz	Army Southern Illinois
2008	Morgan Newton, QB	Carmel	Kentucky
2009	Dan Wodicka, QB [4]	West Lafayette	Johns Hopkins University
2010	Tre Roberson, QB [5]	Lawrence Central	Indiana Illinois State
2011	Gunner Kiel, QB	Columbus East	Notre Dame Cincinnati
2012	Jaylon Smith, RB/LB [1]	Bishop Luers	Notre Dame	2016 NFL draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Dallas Cowboys
2013	Terry McLaurin, WR [6]	Cathedral	Ohio State	2019 NFL draft: 3rd round, 76th overall by the Washington Redskins
2014	Markell Jones, RB [7]	Columbus East	Purdue
2015	Brandon Peters, QB [8]	Avon	Michigan Illinois
2016	Hunter Johnson, QB [9]	Brownsburg	Clemson Northwestern
2017	Reese Taylor, QB [10]	Ben Davis	Indiana
2018	Jack Kiser, QB [11]	Pioneer	Notre Dame	2025 NFL draft: 4th round, 107th overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars
2019	Charlie Spegal, RB [12]	New Palestine	Indiana
2020	Carson Steele, RB [13]	Center Grove	Ball State	2024 NFL draft: UDFA by the Kansas City Chiefs
2021	Brady Allen, QB [14]	Gibson Southern	Purdue
2022	Drayk Bowen, RB/LB [15]	Andrean	Notre Dame
2023	Josh Ringer, RB [16]	East Central High School	Miami (OH)
2024	Mark Zackery IV, WR/DB [17]	Ben Davis	Notre Dame

Schools with multiple winners

School	Number of Awards	Years
Ben Davis	3	2001, 2017, 2024
Warren Central	3	2003, 2005, 2006
Columbus East	2	2011, 2014
Indianapolis Cathedral	2	2000, 2013
Bloomington South	2	1993, 1998
Martinsville	2	1995, 1996
East Central High School	2	1994, 2023

References

1. Kyle Neddenriep (December 6, 2012). "2012 Indiana Mr. Football: Ft. Wayne Luers' Jaylon Smith". www.indystar.com. Gannett. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. Dick Jerardi (November 2, 1994). "Hellacious Hoosier Indiana's Smith Running Up Dazzling Freshman Numbers". www.philly.com. The Inquirer. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
3. "Former Mr. Football charged with felony OWI". www.wthr.com. December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
4. "Daniel Wodicka wins Mr. Football". Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
5. Kyle Neddenriep (December 14, 2010). "Meet Indiana Mr. Football: Lawrence Central's Tre Roberson". www.indystar.com. Gannett. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
6. "Cathedral's Terry McLaurin wins IndyStar Indiana Mr. Football". Indy Star. USA Today. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
7. Jay Heater (December 12, 2014). "East's Markell Jones named Indiana Mr. Football". www.therepublic.com. The Republic. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
8. Kyle Neddenriep (December 10, 2015). "Avon QB Brandon Peters named 2015 IndyStar Mr. Football". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
9. Kyle Neddenriep (December 7, 2016). "2016 IndyStar Mr. Football: Hunter Johnson's decision to stay home for senior year pays off". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
10. "On Mr. Football Reese Taylor: 'He's not an athlete playing quarterback — he's a great quarterback'". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
11. "Notre Dame commit Jack Kiser becomes first Class A player to win IndyStar Mr. Football". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
12. "New Palestine RB Charlie Spegal wins 2019 IndyStar Mr. Football in a runaway". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
13. "Center Grove's Carson Steele wins Indiana's Mr. Football Award". December 23, 2020.
14. "Purdue-bound, record-breaking Gibson Southern QB Brady Allen is 2021 Indiana Mr. Football".
15. Driskell, Bryan (December 16, 2022). "Notre Dame Commit Drayk Bowen Named Indiana Mr. Football". si.com.
16. Neddenriep, Kyle (December 14, 2023). "East Central RB Josh Ringer wins 2023 Indiana Mr. Football: 'A great surprise.'". Indy Star. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
17. Neddenriep, Kyle (December 18, 2024). "Ben Davis two-way star Mark Zackery IV wins 2024 Indiana Mr. Football. 'Hard work pays off.'". Indy Star. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

External links

• Cavin, Curt, 'Carmel's Newton named Star's Indiana Mr. Football', Indianapolis Star, December 17, 2008 (includes list of past Indiana Mr. Football winners)