Maxwell Award - wikipedia Maxwell Award Maxwell Award Given for College football player of the year Country United States Presented by Maxwell Football Club History First award 1937 Most recent Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Website The Maxwell Award The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all - around in the United States. The award is named after Robert `` Tiny '' Maxwell, a Swarthmore College football player, coach and sportswriter. Johnny Lattner ( 1952, 1953 ) and Tim Tebow ( 2007, 2008 ) are the only players to have won the award twice. It is the college equivalent of the Bert Bell Award of the National Football League, also given out by the Maxwell Club. Winners Year Player School Ref 1937 Clint Frank Yale 1938 Davey O'Brien TCU 1939 Nile Kinnick Iowa 1940 Tom Harmon Michigan 1941 Bill Dudley Virginia 1942 Paul Governali Columbia 1943 Bob Odell Pennsylvania 1944 Glenn Davis Army 1945 Doc Blanchard Army 1946 Charley Trippi Georgia 1947 Doak Walker SMU 1948 Chuck Bednarik Pennsylvania 1949 Leon Hart Notre Dame 1950 Reds Bagnell Pennsylvania 1951 Dick Kazmaier Princeton 1952 Johnny Lattner Notre Dame 1953 Johnny Lattner Notre Dame 1954 Ron Beagle Navy 1955 Howard Cassady Ohio State 1956 Tommy McDonald Oklahoma 1957 Bob Reifsnyder Navy 1958 Pete Dawkins Army 1959 Richie Lucas Penn State 1960 Joe Bellino Navy 1961 Bob Ferguson Ohio State 1962 Terry Baker Oregon State 1963 Roger Staubach Navy 1964 Glenn Ressler Penn State 1965 Tommy Nobis Texas 1966 Jim Lynch Notre Dame 1967 Gary Beban UCLA 1968 O.J. Simpson USC 1969 Mike Reid Penn State 1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford 1971 Ed Marinaro Cornell 1972 Brad Van Pelt Michigan State 1973 John Cappelletti Penn State Steve Joachim Temple Archie Griffin Ohio State 1976 Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh 1977 Ross Browner Notre Dame 1978 Chuck Fusina Penn State 1979 Charles White USC 1980 Hugh Green Pittsburgh 1981 Marcus Allen USC 1982 Herschel Walker Georgia Mike Rozier Nebraska 1984 Doug Flutie Boston College 1985 Chuck Long Iowa 1986 Vinny Testaverde Miami Don McPherson Syracuse Barry Sanders Oklahoma State Anthony Thompson Indiana Ty Detmer BYU 1991 Desmond Howard Michigan Gino Torretta Miami Charlie Ward Florida State Kerry Collins Penn State 1995 Eddie George Ohio State Danny Wuerffel Florida Peyton Manning Tennessee 1998 Ricky Williams Texas 1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin 2000 Drew Brees Purdue Ken Dorsey Miami 2002 Larry Johnson Penn State 2003 Eli Manning Ole Miss Jason White Oklahoma 2005 Vince Young Texas 2006 Brady Quinn Notre Dame 2007 Tim Tebow Florida 2008 Tim Tebow Florida 2009 Colt McCoy Texas Cam Newton Auburn 2011 Andrew Luck Stanford 2012 Manti Te'o Notre Dame 2013 AJ McCarron Alabama 2014 Marcus Mariota Oregon 2015 Derrick Henry Alabama 2016 Lamar Jackson Louisville 2017 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma See also Walter Camp Award Heisman Trophy Sporting News College Football Player of the Year UPI College Football Player of the Year Associated Press College Football Player of the Year References General `` Maxwell Award Winners ''. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2016. `` Maxwell Award Winners ''. USA Today. Associated Press. December 8, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Footnotes ^ Jump up to : `` Hornung, Ferguson Honored as ' Best ' ''. The Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. February 6, 1962. Retrieved July 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` New Award For Blanda ''. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 18, 1970. p. 21. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Trippi Winner Of Football Award ''. The Free Lance - Star. Associated Press. December 11, 1946. p. 3. Retrieved April 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Unitas, Ressler To Receive Awards ''. Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. December 4, 1964. p. 17. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Maxwell Club Cites Lynch, Meredith ''. Eugene Register - Guard. Associated Press. January 24, 1967. p. 2B. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Beban, Unitas Win Awards ''. The Morning Record. Associated Press. December 20, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Simpson, Kelly Win Maxwell Awards ''. The Pittsburgh Press. United Press International. December 18, 1968. p. 74. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Reid, Gabriel Are Top Rated ''. Lodi News - Sentinel. United Press International. January 20, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Tony Dorsett Receives Maxwell Club Award ''. The Morning Herald. Associated Press. January 20, 1977. p. 20. Retrieved June 3, 2017 -- via Newspapers.com. Jump up ^ `` Sports People ; McPherson Honored ''. The New York Times. December 18, 1987. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Cialini, Joe ( December 13, 1988 ). `` Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders, winner of the... '' United Press International. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sports People : College Football ; Indiana Running Back Wins Maxwell Award ''. The New York Times. Associated Press. December 16, 1989. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Detmer Gets a New Honor : the Maxwell ''. Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 13, 1990. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ Thomas Jr., Robert ( December 8, 1991 ). `` College Football ; Howard Receives Honor As Nation 's Top Player ''. The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Torretta Wins Two More Awards ''. Chicago Tribune. December 7, 1992. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sports People : College Football ; Two Awards for Penn State Quarterback ''. The New York Times. December 9, 1994. Retrieved March 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Manning, Woodson earn football honors ''. Ocala Star - Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. p. 3C. Retrieved December 5, 2016. Jump up ^ Marks, Jon ( March 5, 2000 ). `` New Orleans Saints ' Drew Brees accepts Maxwell Club 's Bert Bell Award ''. NOLA.com. The Times - Picayune. Retrieved April 7, 2012. Jump up ^ `` White Takes Maxwell, Davey O'Brien Awards ''. Park City Daily News. Associated Press. December 10, 2004. p. 10C. Retrieved October 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell ''. The Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. December 8, 2006. p. 4B. Retrieved October 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Scheuring, Ian. `` Manti Te'o wins Maxwell, Bednarik, Walter Camp player - of - the - year awards ''. Hawaii News Now. Retrieved January 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Camp, Maxwell awards ''. The Boston Globe. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016. Jump up ^ Stavenhagen, Cody ( December 8, 2017 ). `` OU football : Baker Mayfield takes home four trophies in award - season sweep ''. tulsaworld.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved December 12, 2017. Maxwell Award winners 1937 : Frank 1938 : O'Brien 1939 : Kinnick 1940 : Harmon 1941 : Dudley 1942 : Governali 1943 : Odell 1944 : G. Davis 1945 : Blanchard 1946 : Trippi 1947 : D. Walker 1948 : Bednarik 1949 : Hart 1950 : Bagnell 1951 : Kazmaier 1952 : Lattner 1953 : Lattner 1954 : Beagle 1955 : Cassady 1956 : McDonald 1957 : Reifsnyder 1958 : Dawkins 1959 : Lucas 1960 : Bellino 1961 : Ferguson 1962 : Baker 1963 : Staubach 1964 : Ressler 1965 : Nobis 1966 : Lynch 1967 : Beban 1968 : Simpson 1969 : Reid 1970 : Plunkett 1971 : Marinaro 1972 : Van Pelt 1973 : Cappelletti 1974 : Joachim 1975 : Griffin 1976 : Dorsett 1977 : Browner 1978 : Fusina 1979 : C. White 1980 : Green 1981 : Allen 1982 : H. Walker 1983 : Rozier 1984 : Flutie 1985 : Long 1986 : Testaverde 1987 : McPherson 1988 : Sanders 1989 : Thompson 1990 : Detmer 1991 : Howard 1992 : Torretta 1993 : Ward 1994 : Collins 1995 : George 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : P. Manning 1998 : Williams 1999 : Dayne 2000 : Brees 2001 : Dorsey 2002 : Johnson 2003 : E. Manning 2004 : J. White 2005 : Young 2006 : Quinn 2007 : Tebow 2008 : Tebow 2009 : McCoy 2010 : Newton 2011 : Luck 2012 : Te'o 2013 : McCarron 2014 : Mariota 2015 : Henry 2016 : Jackson 2017 : Mayfield College football awards Overall trophies Heisman Memorial Trophy ( winners ) ( Most outstanding ) Maxwell Award ( Player of the year ) Walter Camp Award ( Player of the year ) Archie Griffin Award ( Most valuable ) Chic Harley Award ( Best player ) Overall media awards AP Player of the Year ( 1998 ) Sporting News Player of the Year ( 1942 ) Defunct : UPI Player of the Year Positional awards Bronko Nagurski Trophy ( Defensive player ) Chuck Bednarik Award ( Defensive player ) Rimington Trophy ( Center ) Davey O'Brien Award ( Quarterback ) Butkus Award ( Linebacker ) Doak Walker Award ( Running back ) Fred Biletnikoff Award ( receiver ) Jim Thorpe Award ( Defensive back ) John Mackey Award ( Tight end ) Lombardi Award ( Lineman / linebacker ) Lott Trophy ( Defensive player ) Lou Groza Award ( Placekicker ) Manning Award ( Quarterback ) Outland Trophy ( Interior lineman ) Ray Guy Award ( Punter ) Ted Hendricks Award ( Defensive end ) Jet Award ( Return specialist ) Jacobs Blocking Trophy Joe Moore Award ( Offensive line ) Other national player awards Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ( Senior quarterback ) Paul Hornung Award ( Most versatile ) All - Americans College Football All - America Team ( Unanimous All - Americans ) Head coaching awards AFCA Coach of the Year Award ( 1935 ) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award ( 1957 ) Sporting News Coach of the Year ( 1963 ) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award ( 1967 ) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year ( 1976 ) Woody Hayes Trophy ( 1977 ) Paul `` Bear '' Bryant Award ( 1986 ) George Munger Award ( 1989 ) Home Depot Coach of the Year ( 1994 ) AP Coach of the Year ( 1998 ) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award ( 2006 ) Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award ( 2009 ) Defunct : Joseph V. Paterno Award ( 2010 ) Assistant coaching awards Broyles Award ( Assistant Coach of the Year ) AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Conference awards ACC awards American awards Big 12 awards Big Ten awards ( MVP ) MAC awards Pac - 12 awards SEC awards Defunct : Big East awards SWC awards Division I FCS awards Walter Payton Award ( Div. I FCS offensive player ) Buck Buchanan Award ( Div. I FCS defensive player ) Jerry Rice Award ( Div. I FCS freshman ) Eddie Robinson Award ( Div. I FCS coach ) Defunct : Mickey Charles Award ( Div. I FCS student - athlete ) STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year ( Div. I FCS offensive player ) STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year ( Div. I FCS defensive player ) STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Year ( Div. I FCS freshman ) STATS FCS Coach of the Year ( Div. I FCS coach ) Other divisions / associations Harlon Hill Trophy ( Div. II ) Gagliardi Trophy ( Div. III ) Rawlings Award ( NAIA ) Defunct : Melberger Award ( Div. III ) Academic, inspirational, and versatility awards Academic All - America of the Year ( Student - athlete ) Disney 's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award William V. Campbell Trophy ( Student - athlete ) Wuerffel Trophy ( Humanitarian - athlete ) Lowe 's Senior CLASS Award ( Student - athlete ) Burlsworth Trophy ( Walk - on ) Rudy Award ( inspirational / motivational ) Service awards Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Walter Camp Alumni of the Year Walter Camp Man of the Year National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners Theodore Roosevelt Award Regional awards Champ Pickens Trophy ( 1923 -- 1926 ; Southern Conference champion ) Conerly Trophy ( Mississippi ) Dudley Award ( Virginia ) Norris Cup Porter Cup Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award ( Texas - related offensive player ) Kent Hull Trophy ( Mississippi ; offensive lineman ) Nils V. `` Swede '' Nelson Award ( New England sportsmanship ) Awards organizations Maxwell Football Club National Football Foundation Touchdown Club of Columbus Walter Camp Football Foundation Washington D.C. 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Question: what is the maxwell award in college football
Answer: the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States