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The college regular season is over. Bowl season awaits, including the highly anticipated (if controversial) College Football Playoff.
Anyway, it’s awards season.
It will be released on Saturday, along with LSU Jayden DanielsWashington Michael Penix Jr.Ohio State Marvin Harrison Jr. or Oregon’s Bo Nix taking home the Heisman Trophy. But many other tools were awarded on Friday night during the College Football Awards on ESPN.
Here’s a look at who took home the top individual award for the 2023 college football season:
Maxwell Award (best player)
Winner: Michael Penix Jr., quarterback, Washington
Penix finished the Pac-12 championship with an impressive 13-0 record and earned a berth in the College Football Playoff. He threw for a career-high 4,218 yards and added 33 touchdowns in nine games. He completed 65.9% of his passes.
Walter Camp Player of the Year
Winner: Jayden Daniels, quarterback, LSU
Daniels is tied with Bo Nix for the national lead in touchdown passes, with 40 (and only four interceptions), and third behind Nix and Penix Jr. by bus (3,812). The dual-threat QB added another 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground.
Davey O’Brien Award (best shot)
Winner: Jayden Daniels, LSU
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (highest QB)
Winner: Jayden Daniels, LSU
Biletnikoff Award (most accepted)
Winner: Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State
The son of the Pro Football Hall of Famer is slated to be one of the top picks in next year’s NFL draft, and it’s easy to see why. Harrison earned top receiving marks after hauling down 67 catches for 1,211 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Doak Walker Award (best running back)
Winner: Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
Gordon led the nation with 1,614 rushing yards, and his 20th rushing touchdown was second only to Michigan’s Blake Corum.
John Mackey Award (best tight end)
Winner: Brock Bowers, Georgia
Another player who will likely hear his name mentioned highly in the 2024 NFL draft, Bowers takes home the Mackey Award for the second consecutive season. Bowers battled injuries this season, which took him a few games, but still finished with 56 catches for 714 yards and six touchdowns.
Outland Trophy (infielder)
Winner: T’Vondre Sweat, Texas
The 6-foot-4, 362-pound tight end was a standout on the Longhorns’ defensive line. Texas allowed just 80 rushing yards in the game, third-best in the nation.
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player)
Winner: Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish safety led the nation with seven interceptions.
Chuck Bednarik Award (best defensive player)
Winner: Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
Wilson filled the stat sheet for the Wolfpack this season. He finished fifth in tackles (138) and tied for sixth in games for loss. He added six sacks and hauled in three interceptions.
Butkus Award (best back row)
Winner: Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
Lombardi Award (best lineman)
Winner: Laiatu Latu, UCLA
Latu leads the nation with 21.5 points for a loss and is tied for fourth with 13 sacks. The Bruins have allowed the fewest rushing yards in the nation. u in this season.
Ted Hendricks Award (best defensive player)
Winner: Laiatu Latu, UCLA
Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back)
Winner: Trey Taylor, Air Force
Taylor picked off three passes, took one to the house, and scored 71 points.
Paul Hornung Award (best player)
Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado
The former top recruit followed coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State to Boulder, and he did it all for Buffalo. Hunter played both ways, finishing with 57 catches for 721 yards and five touchdowns as a receiver and three interceptions as a defensive back in nine games.
Rimington Trophy (best center)
Winner: Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
Powers-Johnson is the man under center for the nation’s No. 2 offense.
Lou Groza Award (best kick)
Winner: Graham Nicholson, Miami (Ohio)
Nicholson has been nearly perfect this season, connecting on 26 of his 27 field goals (and 35 of his 36 extra point attempts).
Ray Guy Award (Best Driver)
Winner: Tory Taylor, Iowa
Taylor excelled this season, which was good for Iowa since the Hawkeyes’ deadly offense gave him plenty of opportunities. He punted 11 times more than the next best and is on top of the NCAA record with 4,119 passing yards. His average of 47.9 yards per punt was third-best in the nation.
Burlsworth Trophy (best player who started career as a walk-on)
Winner: Cody Schrader, Missouri
The Tigers’ running backs rushed for 1,499 yards, third best in the nation, and 13 touchdowns. He committed to Mizzou in 2022 after playing at the Division II level.
William V. Campbell Trophy (highest scholastic athlete)
Winner: Bo Nix, Oregon
The Ducks quarterback shined on and off the field, finishing with 4,145 yards and 40 touchdowns to just three interceptions. He completed 77.2% of his passes.
Wuerffel Trophy (public service)
Winner: Ladd McConkey, Georgia
McConkey, a junior on Georgia’s championship team, has 29 catches this season in eight games. He finished with 456 yards and two touchdowns.
Home Depot Teacher of the Year
Winner: Kalen DeBoer, Washington
The second-year Huskies coach led his team to a perfect regular season and a berth in the College Football Playoff.
Broyles Award (superior assistant professor)
Winner: Phil Parker, Iowa
The Hawkeyes’ defensive coordinator did a yeoman’s job leading his top-five unit, which helped Iowa win 10 games despite fielding the worst offense in the country.
