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Finalists Announced for 32nd Annual Edition of ESPN’s The Home Depot College Football Awards Show
- 22 Awards Recognizing the Top College Football Performers of the 2022 Season to be Presented Live Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN
The National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) has named the award finalists for honors that will be presented during The Home Depot College Football Awards. The 32nd annual awards show will air on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7 p.m. ET (ESPN and the ESPN App). Rece Davis will host the two-hour special from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios joined by college football analysts Greg McElroy and Sam Acho and reporters Jen Lada and Christine Williamson.
The Home Depot College Football Awards Finalists
NCFAA awards to be announced during The Home Depot College Football Awards:
| Chuck Bednarik Award Defensive Player of the Year |
Will Anderson Jr., Alabama Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati Tuli Tuipulotu, USC |
| Biletnikoff Award Outstanding Receiver |
Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee |
| Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Outstanding Placekicker |
Christopher Dunn, NC State Joshua Karty, Stanford Jake Moody, Michigan |
| Ray Guy Award Punter of the Year |
Mason Fletcher, Cincinnati Bryce Baringer, Michigan State Adam Korsak, Rutgers |
| Maxwell Award Player of the Year |
C.J. Stroud, Ohio State Hendon Hooker, Tennessee Caleb Williams, USC |
| Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Best Quarterback |
Max Duggan, TCU C.J. Stroud, Ohio State Caleb Williams, USC |
| Outland Trophy Most Outstanding Interior Lineman |
Calijah Kancey, Pittsburgh Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan Peter Skoronski Northwestern |
| Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Best Defensive Back |
Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU Clark Phillips III, Utah Devon Witherspoon, Illinois |
| Doak Walker Award Premier Running Back |
Chase Brown, Illinois Blake Corum, Michigan Bijan Robinson, Texas |
Additional honors to be recognized during The Home Depot College Football Awards:
| The Home Depot Coach of the Year | Winner to be announced |
| NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award | Winner to be announced |
| Disney Spirit Award Most Inspirational Player or Team |
Winner to be announced |
| Taco Bell Live Mas Student Section of the Year Award | Winner to be announced |
| The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team | Full team listed here |
| Broyles Award Assistant Coach of the Year |
Finalists announced November 29 |
| Burlsworth Trophy College football’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on |
Aidan O’Connell, Purdue Carlton Martial, Troy Stetson Bennett, Georgia |
| Butkus Award | Finalists to be announced |
| Walter Camp All-America Team & Player of the Year | Full team to be announced |
| William V. Campbell Trophy Scholar-Athlete |
Full list of finalists to be announced here |
| John Mackey Award Outstanding Tight End |
Brock Bowers, Georgia Michael Mayer, Notre Dame Sam LaPorta, Iowa |
| Nagurski Trophy | Will Anderson Jr., Alabama Calijah Kancey, Pitt Christopher Smith, Georgia Tuli Tuipulotu, USC |
| Rimington Trophy Outstanding Center |
Finalists announced December 6 |
| Wuerffel Trophy Community Service with Athletic & Academic Achievement |
Dillan Gibbons, Florida State Tanner Morgan, Minnesota Patrick Fields, Stanford |
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