Winners Revealed for ESPN’s 34th Annual The Home Depot College Football Awards
ESPN’s 34th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards recognized some of the most outstanding performances in college football this season, with Travis Hunter (Colorado) and Ashton Jeanty (Boise State) finishing the night as the season’s big winners, taking home multiple awards each.
Hunter received the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Bednarik Award as the season’s top defensive player, and the Biletnikoff Award for outstanding receiver. Jeanty took home the Maxwell Player of the Year Award and the Doak Walker Award for premier running back. Miami’s Cam Ward won the Davey O’Brien Award for best quarterback.
Army West Point Head Coach Jeff Monken received The Buddy Teevens Award. The award celebrates coaches who’ve been innovators in growing and improving the game of college football. Named after the legendary Dartmouth College coach, the award recognizes outstanding achievement on the field, as well exceptional leadership that leaves a lasting impact on players, other coaches, and the sport at large.
Additional National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) honors announced during the two-hour live show include: Texas’ Jahdae Barron received the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award for best defensive back, Louisianna’s Kenneth Almendares received the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, Texas’ Kelvin Banks Jr. took home the Outland Trophy and USC’s Eddie Czaplicki won the Ray Guy Award as the punter of the year.
Colorado, Boise State and Texas all received two or more awards per school.
The Home Depot College Football Awards Winners
| Chuck Bednarik Award Defensive Player of the Year |
Travis Hunter, Colorado Abdul Carter, Penn State Caleb Downs, Ohio State |
| Biletnikoff Award Outstanding Receiver |
Travis Hunter, Colorado Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona Nick Nash, San Jose State |
| Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Outstanding Placekicker |
Kenneth Almendares, Lousianna Ryan Fitzgerald, Florida State Alex Raynor, Kentucky |
| Ray Guy Award Punter of the Year |
Eddie Czaplicki, USC Alex Mastromanno, Florida State Brett Thorson, Georgia |
| Maxwell Award Player of the Year |
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State Travis Hunter, Colorado Dillon Gabriel, Oregon |
| Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Best Quarterback |
Cam Ward, Miami Dillon Gabriel, Oregon Shedeur Sanders, Colorado |
| Outland Trophy Most Outstanding Interior Lineman |
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas Mason Graham, Michigan Walter Nolen, Ole Miss |
| Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Best Defensive Back |
Jahdae Barron, Texas Caleb Downs, Ohio State Malaki Starks, Georgia |
| Doak Walker Award Premier Running Back |
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State Omarion Hampton, North Carolina Kaleb Johnson, Iowa |
Additional honors recognized during The Home Depot College Football Awards:
| The Home Depot Coach of the Year | Curt Cignetti, Indiana |
| NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award | Buddy Teevens, Head Coach, Dartmouth College (1987-91, 2005-22) |
| Disney Spirit Award Most Inspirational Player or Team |
Richard Bremer and Megan Twist |
| Taco Bell Live Mas Student Section of the Year Award | The Ohio State University | Block O |
| The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Captain | Nick Dawkins, Penn State |
| Burlsworth Trophy College football’s most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on |
Bryce Boettcher, Oregon |
| Butkus Award | Jalon Walker, Georgia |
| Walter Camp Player of the Year | Travis Hunter, Colorado |
| William V. Campbell Trophy Scholar-Athlete |
Jalen Milroe, Alabama |
| John Mackey Award Outstanding Tight End |
Tyler Warren, Penn State |
| Nagurski Trophy | Kyle Kennard, South Carolina |
| Rimington Trophy Outstanding Center |
Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State |
| Wuerffel Trophy Community Service with Athletic & Academic Achievement |
Nick Dawkins, Penn State |
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