Winners Revealed for ESPN’s 2022 The Home Depot College Football Awards
ESPN’s 32nd annual The Home Depot College Football Awards recognized some of the most outstanding performances in college football this season, with Will Anderson Jr. (Alabama), Caleb Williams (USC) and Olusegun Oluwatimi (Michigan) finishing the night as the season’s big winners, taking home two awards apiece.
Anderson received the Chuck Bednarik Award for defensive player of the year along with the Nagurski Trophy. Williams took home the Maxwell Award for college player of the year in addition to the Walter Camp Player of the Year. Michigan’s Oluwatimi earned the Outland Trophy, which recognizes the nation’s most outstanding interior lineman, along with the Rimington Trophy.
Additional National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) honors announced during the two-hour live show include: Tennessee’s Jalin Hyatt received the Biletnikoff Award, NC State’s Christopher Dunn was awarded the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, Adam Korsak (Rutgers) received the Ray Guy Award and Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (TCU) took home the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award.
TCU, which just secured its spot in the College Football Playoff, led all schools with four honors: Max Duggan (Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award), Sonny Dykes (The Home Depot Coach of the Year), Garrett Riley (Broyles Award) and Hodges-Tomlinson.
The Home Depot College Football Awards Winners:
| 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 recognized during The Home Depot College Football Awards:
| The Home Depot Coach of the Year | Sonny Dykes, TCU |
| NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award | Archie Manning, Ole Miss |
| Disney Spirit Award Most Inspirational Player or Team |
Tylee Craft, UNC |
| Taco Bell Live Mas Student Section of the Year Award | University of Tennessee – “Rocky Top Rowdies” |
| The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Captain | Dillian Gibbons, Florida State |
| Broyles Award Assistant Coach of the Year |
Alex Golesh, Tennessee Jesse Minter, Michigan Todd Monken, Georgia Garrett Riley, TCU Ryan Walters, Illinois |
| 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 | Jack Campbell, Iowa |
| Walter Camp Player of the Year | Caleb Williams, USC |
| Walter Camp All-America Team | Full Team Listed Here |
| William V. Campbell Trophy Scholar-Athlete |
Jack Campbell, Iowa |
| 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 |
Brett Neilon, USC Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan John Michael Schmitz, Minnesota |
| Wuerffel Trophy Community Service with Athletic & Academic Achievement |
Dillan Gibbons, Florida State Tanner Morgan, Minnesota Patrick Fields, Stanford |
The following players were also announced for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team:
| Position | Player | School | Class |
| DL | Deslin Alexandre | Pitt | Gr. |
| LB | J.D. Bertrand | Notre Dame | Sr. |
| DL | Tony Bradford Jr. | Texas Tech | Sr. |
| DB | Jailen Branch | Bentley | Sr. |
| QB | Austin Brenner | Ashland | Sr. |
| K | Anders Carlson | Auburn | Gr. |
| DT | DeWayne Carter | Duke | R Jr. |
| WR | Garrison Dodge | Peru State | Jr. |
| S | Matthew Feldick | Bethel | Sr. |
| DE | Jordan Ferguson | Middle Tennessee State | R Sr. |
| S | Patrick Fields | Stanford | Sr. |
| OL | Dillan Gibbons | Florida State | Gr. |
| OL | Alan Gorny | Johns Hopkins | Gr |
| LB | Caleb High | Southeastern Oklahoma State | Sr. |
| QB | Ryan Hilinski | Northwestern | Jr. |
| WR | Kearis Jackson | Georgia | Gr. |
| S | Max Jones | Harvard | Sr. |
| LB | James Kaczor | North Dakota State | Sr. |
| DL | Matt Lilja | Mount Union | Sr. |
| TE | Sione Tuifua | Morningside | Sr. |
| QB | Caleb Williams | USC | So. |
| DL | Michael Wozniak | Saint John’s | Sr. |
| Coach | Mark Stoops | Kentucky |
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