Cotton a semifinalist for the “Academic Heisman”
9/27/2023 3:36:00 PM | Football
With two degrees already in hand, Montana senior safety TraJon Cotton added to his impressive off-field resume Wednesday as one of just four players from the Big Sky Conference to be named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy, also known as the "Academic Heisman."
Celebrating its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership.
Semifinalists must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.
Cotton became the first in his family to graduate from college, not once, but for a second time in the spring, earning his master's degree in public administration on top of an undergraduate degree in public health from UM.
All the while he's maintained a 3.41 GPA throughout graduate school as he works on an entrepreneurship certificate this fall, preparing for a career in diversity, equity, and inclusion in life after football.
Selected by his Grizzly teammates as a team captain this season, Cotton is a three-time Academic All-Big Sky pick and earned a place on UM's Dean's List in the spring of 2021.
He's played in 32 contests for the Griz since arriving in Missoula and has started 22 of those games as a staple in Montana's defensive backfield.
He's logged 81 tackles in his career as a safety, a fumble recovery, four pass deflections, and picked off his first pass earlier this season.
Cotton is also passionate about serving the community. Outside of football he works as an Inclusive Excellence for Student Success (IESS) Student Coordinator. IESS is a student-centered office designed to support our diverse community and engage in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism efforts at UM, part of the university's mission to foster inclusive excellence on our campus.
The Sacramento native has volunteered nearly 170 hours in the Missoula community since arriving at UM with organizations such as the local United Way, YMCA, UM's Diversity and Inclusion Student Leadership Committee, and local elementary schools. He's also worked as a coach at Grizzly football summer kids camps.
Montana has a long history of success with the Campbell Trophy. In 2019, Buck Buchanan Award-winning linebacker Dante Olson was named one of 18 finalists for the award, won that year by Oregon's Justin Herbert. In 2015, Grizzly defensive end Derek Crittenden was also named a finalist and flew to New York for the annual NFF Awards Dinner.
Dave Dickenson was a finalist in 1995 and attended to the Awards Dinner in New York in 2018 as an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame. Other Grizzlies to be named a finalist and scholar-athlete include Josh Branen (1997) Sam Gratton (2012), and Grizzly Sports Hall of Famer Vince Huntsberger (2001).
More recently, UM record holder Robby Hauck was named a semifinalist in 2022, NFL tackle Dylan Cook was a semifinalist in 2021, NFL receiver Samori Toure was a semifinalist in 2020, and Reggie Tilleman earned the distinction in 2018.
The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 25, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2023 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class.
The finalists will travel to the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the 65th annual NFF Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. Live during the event, one member of the class will be declared as the winner of the 34th Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.
2023 WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS
FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION
Alabama - Seth McLaughlin
Appalachian State - Bucky Williams
Arizona - Kyle Ostendorp
Arizona State - Michael Matus
Arkansas - Hudson Clark
Auburn - Tyler Fromm
Boise State - Riley Smith
Bowling Green State - Demetrius Hardamon
Brigham Young - Ben Bywater
Buffalo - Alex McNulty
California - Matthew Cindric
Central Florida - Jason Johnson
Central Michigan - Robi Stuart
Cincinnati - Malik Vann
Clemson - Sheridan Jones
Duke - DeWayne Carter
East Carolina - Jeremy Lewis
Eastern Michigan - Tanner Knue
Florida - Ricky Pearsall
Florida State - Preston Daniel
Fresno State - Levelle Bailey
Georgia - Ladd McConkey
Georgia State - Seth Glausier
Georgia Tech - Gavin Stewart
Illinois - Isaiah Williams
Indiana - Trey Walker
Iowa State - Easton Dean
Kansas - Mason Fairchild
Kansas State - Cooper Beebe
Kentucky - Alex Raynor
Louisiana - Ben Wooldridge
Louisiana State - Josh Williams
Louisville - Bryan Hudson
Marshall - Logan Osburn
Maryland - Taulia Tagovailoa
Memphis - Jacob Likes
Miami - Jalen Rivers
Michigan - Zak Zinter
Michigan State - Maverick Hansen
Mississippi - Isaac Ukwu
Mississippi State - Ryland Goede
Missouri - Brady Cook
Nebraska - Brian Buschini
Nevada, Las Vegas - Amanaki Fahina
North Carolina - Spencer Rolland
North Carolina State - Timothy McKay
Northern Illinois - James Ester
Northwestern - Bryce Gallagher
Notre Dame - JD Bertrand
Ohio - Bryce Houston
Ohio State - Cody Simon
Oklahoma - Drake Stoops
Oklahoma State - Alex Hale
Old Dominion - Michael Flores
Oregon - Bo Nix
Oregon State - Isaac Hodgins
Penn State - Olu Fashanu
Pittsburgh - Shayne Simon
Purdue - Gus Hartwig
Rice - Luke McCaffrey
Rutgers - Mayan Ahanotu
San Jose State - Tre Jenkins
South Carolina - Kai Kroeger
Southern Mississippi - Swayze Bozeman
Stanford - John Humphreys
Syracuse - Garrett Shrader
Temple - Jordan Magee
Tennessee - Jacob Warren
Texas A&M - Nik Constantinou
Texas at El Paso - Andrew Meyer
Texas at San Antonio - Lucas Dean
Texas Christian - Chase Curtis
Texas Tech - Jaylon Hutchings
Toledo - Judge Culpepper
Troy - Clayton Ollendieck
Tulane - Michael Pratt
United States Air Force Academy - Caleb Rillos
United States Military Academy - Leo Lowin
United States Naval Academy - Eavan Gibbons
Utah - Devaughn Vele
Vanderbilt - Ethan Barr
Virginia - Paul Akere
Wake Forest - Michael Jurgens
Washington - Edefuan Ulofoshio
Washington State - Dean Janikowski
West Virginia - Zach Frazier
Western Kentucky - Austin Reed
Western Michigan - Boone Bonnema
Wisconsin - Maema Njongmeta
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION (FCS)
Alcorn State - Akeem McNair
Austin Peay State - Michael DiLiello
Brown - Justin Anagonye
Bucknell - Coleman Bennett
Butler - Bryan Bystol
California, Davis - Jordan Ford
Colgate - Zack Pelland
College of the Holy Cross - Jacob Dobbs
College of William & Mary - Will Whitehurst
Columbia - Joey Giorgi
Cornell - Jake Stebbins
Dartmouth - Macklin Ayers
Dayton - Derek Willits
Delaware - Chandler Harvin
Eastern Illinois - Chad Strickland
Gardner-Webb - William McRainey
Harvard - Garrett Sharp
Incarnate Word - Jayden Borjas
Lehigh - Christian Jablonski
Marist - Justin Iaccio
Montana - TraJon Cotton
Montana State - Nolan Askelson
New Hampshire - Max Brosmer
Nicholls State - Zack Bernard
North Carolina Central - Davius Richard
North Dakota - Ben McNaboe
Pennsylvania - Jack Fairman
Princeton - Jalen Travis
Richmond - Tristan Wheeler
Sacramento State - Jett Stanley
Samford - Chandler Smith
South Dakota - Brock Mogensen
Stonehill - David Satkowski
Stony Brook - Aidan Kaler
Tennessee at Chattanooga - Ailym Ford
Tennessee Tech - Bradley Clark
Towson - Jamal Gay
Western Carolina - Richard McCollum
Yale - Wande Owens
DIVISION II
Ashland (OH) - Jake McLoughlin
Benedict (SC) - Loobert Denelus
Bentley (MA) - Jake Tarentino
Black Hills State (SD) - Ryder Blair
Colorado State Pueblo - Chance Fuller
East Stroudsburg (PA) - Daryn Blackwell
Henderson State (AR) - Shaq Robinson
Hillsdale (MI) - Michael Harding
Northern State (SD) - Bradyn Oakley
Ouachita Baptist (AR) - Riley Harms
Penn West, California (PA) - Jack Colecchi
Slippery Rock (PA) - Yuriy Hryckowian
Southern Arkansas - Jacob Berry
Wayne State (MI) - Drake Reid
Wingate (NC) - Trevor Grant
DIVISION III
Allegheny (PA) - Declan O'Brien
Augsburg (MN) - Justin Tverberg
Bates (ME) - Cole De Magistris
Birmingham-Southern (AL) - Conner Thornburg
Bowdoin (ME) - Andre Eden
Carnegie Mellon (PA) - Dustin Moss
Case Western Reserve (OH) - Marco Toth
Central (IA) - Jeff Herbers
Cornell (IA) - Sam Adams
DePauw (IN) - Brevon Gude
Gallaudet (DC) - Jonathon Waterman
Hamline (MN) - Charlie Wilson
Hampden-Sydney (VA) - George Langhammer
Hardin-Simmons (TX) - Gaylon Glynn
Hobart (NY) - Abdoulaye Diallo
Ithaca (NY) - A.J. Wingfield
John Carroll (OH) - Bricker Thiel
Johns Hopkins (MD) - Luke Schuermann
Lake Forest (IL) - Justin Albee
Loras (IA) - Brett Bower
Lycoming (PA) - Hunter Campbell
Lyon (AR) - Karson Douglas
McMurry (TX) - Malachi LeCadre-Grey
Methodist (NC) - Brandon Bullins
Middlebury (VT) - Tomás Kenary
Millsaps (MS) - Conner Rucker
Mount Union (OH) - Braxton Plunk
North Central (IL) - Jarod Thornton
Saint John's (MN) - Aaron Syverson
Shenandoah (VA) - Noah Temme
Springfield (MA) - DJ Brown
St. Olaf (MN) - Ben Hestorff
SUNY, Morrisville - Steve Frerichs
The of Wooster (OH) - Lake Barrett
Trinity (CT) - Darren Warren
Trinity (TX) - Tucker Horn
Wabash (IN) - Liam Thompson
Wartburg (IA) - Owen Grover
Washington & Jefferson (PA) - Justin Johns
Wesleyan (CT) - Jake Edwards
Western New England (MA) - Joe Shea
Westminster (PA) - Carter Chinn
Wilkes (PA) - Billy Anderson
Wisconsin Lutheran - Kyle Kubacki
Wisconsin-Oshkosh - Kobe Berghammer
Wisconsin-Platteville - Justin Blazek
Wisconsin-Stout - Gervase Thompson
Wisconsin-Whitewater - Egon Hein
NAIA
Dakota State (SD) - Cole Sylliaasen
Doane (NE) - Ty Martinsen
Evangel (MO) - Andreas Moeller
Friends (KS) - Keegan Martin
Indiana Wesleyan - Xander Stokes
Montana Western - Tanner Harrell
Peru State (NE) - Will Mueller
Rocky Mountain (MT) - Dylan Beridon
Southeastern (FL) - Shane McLaughlin
Texas Wesleyan - Michael Bonner
Previous Campbell Trophy Winners
1990 – Chris Howard (Air Force)
1991 – Brad Culpepper (Florida)
1992 – Jim Hansen (Colorado)
1993 – Thomas Burns (Virginia)
1994 – Rob Zatechka (Nebraska)
1995 – Bobby Hoying (Ohio State)
1996 – Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
1997 – Peyton Manning (Tennessee)
1998 – Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia)
1999 – Chad Pennington (Marshall)
2000 – Kyle Vanden Bosch (Nebraska)
2001 – Joaquin Gonzalez (Miami [FL])
2002 – Brandon Roberts (Washington U. in St. Louis [MO])
2003 – Craig Krenzel (Ohio State)
2004 – Michael Munoz (Tennessee)
2005 – Rudy Niswanger (LSU)
2006 – Brian Leonard (Rutgers)
2007 – Dallas Griffin (Texas)
2008 – Alex Mack (California)
2009 – Tim Tebow (Florida)
2010 – Sam Acho (Texas)
2011 – Andrew Rodriguez (Army West Point)
2012 – Barrett Jones (Alabama)
2013 – John Urschel (Penn State)
2014 – David Helton (Duke)
2015 – Ty Darlington (Oklahoma)
2016 – Zach Terrell (Western Michigan)
2017 – Micah Kiser (Virginia)
2018 – Christian Wilkins (Clemson)
2019 – Justin Herbert (Oregon)
2020 – Brady White (Memphis)
2021 – Charlie Kolar (Iowa State)
2022 – Jack Campbell (Iowa)
Celebrating its 34th year, the Campbell Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership.
Semifinalists must be a senior or graduate student in their final year of playing eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.
Cotton became the first in his family to graduate from college, not once, but for a second time in the spring, earning his master's degree in public administration on top of an undergraduate degree in public health from UM.
All the while he's maintained a 3.41 GPA throughout graduate school as he works on an entrepreneurship certificate this fall, preparing for a career in diversity, equity, and inclusion in life after football.
Selected by his Grizzly teammates as a team captain this season, Cotton is a three-time Academic All-Big Sky pick and earned a place on UM's Dean's List in the spring of 2021.
He's played in 32 contests for the Griz since arriving in Missoula and has started 22 of those games as a staple in Montana's defensive backfield.
He's logged 81 tackles in his career as a safety, a fumble recovery, four pass deflections, and picked off his first pass earlier this season.
Cotton is also passionate about serving the community. Outside of football he works as an Inclusive Excellence for Student Success (IESS) Student Coordinator. IESS is a student-centered office designed to support our diverse community and engage in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism efforts at UM, part of the university's mission to foster inclusive excellence on our campus.
The Sacramento native has volunteered nearly 170 hours in the Missoula community since arriving at UM with organizations such as the local United Way, YMCA, UM's Diversity and Inclusion Student Leadership Committee, and local elementary schools. He's also worked as a coach at Grizzly football summer kids camps.
Montana has a long history of success with the Campbell Trophy. In 2019, Buck Buchanan Award-winning linebacker Dante Olson was named one of 18 finalists for the award, won that year by Oregon's Justin Herbert. In 2015, Grizzly defensive end Derek Crittenden was also named a finalist and flew to New York for the annual NFF Awards Dinner.
Dave Dickenson was a finalist in 1995 and attended to the Awards Dinner in New York in 2018 as an inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame. Other Grizzlies to be named a finalist and scholar-athlete include Josh Branen (1997) Sam Gratton (2012), and Grizzly Sports Hall of Famer Vince Huntsberger (2001).
More recently, UM record holder Robby Hauck was named a semifinalist in 2022, NFL tackle Dylan Cook was a semifinalist in 2021, NFL receiver Samori Toure was a semifinalist in 2020, and Reggie Tilleman earned the distinction in 2018.
The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 25, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2023 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class.
The finalists will travel to the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the 65th annual NFF Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. Live during the event, one member of the class will be declared as the winner of the 34th Campbell Trophy® and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000.
2023 WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS
FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION
Alabama - Seth McLaughlin
Appalachian State - Bucky Williams
Arizona - Kyle Ostendorp
Arizona State - Michael Matus
Arkansas - Hudson Clark
Auburn - Tyler Fromm
Boise State - Riley Smith
Bowling Green State - Demetrius Hardamon
Brigham Young - Ben Bywater
Buffalo - Alex McNulty
California - Matthew Cindric
Central Florida - Jason Johnson
Central Michigan - Robi Stuart
Cincinnati - Malik Vann
Clemson - Sheridan Jones
Duke - DeWayne Carter
East Carolina - Jeremy Lewis
Eastern Michigan - Tanner Knue
Florida - Ricky Pearsall
Florida State - Preston Daniel
Fresno State - Levelle Bailey
Georgia - Ladd McConkey
Georgia State - Seth Glausier
Georgia Tech - Gavin Stewart
Illinois - Isaiah Williams
Indiana - Trey Walker
Iowa State - Easton Dean
Kansas - Mason Fairchild
Kansas State - Cooper Beebe
Kentucky - Alex Raynor
Louisiana - Ben Wooldridge
Louisiana State - Josh Williams
Louisville - Bryan Hudson
Marshall - Logan Osburn
Maryland - Taulia Tagovailoa
Memphis - Jacob Likes
Miami - Jalen Rivers
Michigan - Zak Zinter
Michigan State - Maverick Hansen
Mississippi - Isaac Ukwu
Mississippi State - Ryland Goede
Missouri - Brady Cook
Nebraska - Brian Buschini
Nevada, Las Vegas - Amanaki Fahina
North Carolina - Spencer Rolland
North Carolina State - Timothy McKay
Northern Illinois - James Ester
Northwestern - Bryce Gallagher
Notre Dame - JD Bertrand
Ohio - Bryce Houston
Ohio State - Cody Simon
Oklahoma - Drake Stoops
Oklahoma State - Alex Hale
Old Dominion - Michael Flores
Oregon - Bo Nix
Oregon State - Isaac Hodgins
Penn State - Olu Fashanu
Pittsburgh - Shayne Simon
Purdue - Gus Hartwig
Rice - Luke McCaffrey
Rutgers - Mayan Ahanotu
San Jose State - Tre Jenkins
South Carolina - Kai Kroeger
Southern Mississippi - Swayze Bozeman
Stanford - John Humphreys
Syracuse - Garrett Shrader
Temple - Jordan Magee
Tennessee - Jacob Warren
Texas A&M - Nik Constantinou
Texas at El Paso - Andrew Meyer
Texas at San Antonio - Lucas Dean
Texas Christian - Chase Curtis
Texas Tech - Jaylon Hutchings
Toledo - Judge Culpepper
Troy - Clayton Ollendieck
Tulane - Michael Pratt
United States Air Force Academy - Caleb Rillos
United States Military Academy - Leo Lowin
United States Naval Academy - Eavan Gibbons
Utah - Devaughn Vele
Vanderbilt - Ethan Barr
Virginia - Paul Akere
Wake Forest - Michael Jurgens
Washington - Edefuan Ulofoshio
Washington State - Dean Janikowski
West Virginia - Zach Frazier
Western Kentucky - Austin Reed
Western Michigan - Boone Bonnema
Wisconsin - Maema Njongmeta
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION (FCS)
Alcorn State - Akeem McNair
Austin Peay State - Michael DiLiello
Brown - Justin Anagonye
Bucknell - Coleman Bennett
Butler - Bryan Bystol
California, Davis - Jordan Ford
Colgate - Zack Pelland
College of the Holy Cross - Jacob Dobbs
College of William & Mary - Will Whitehurst
Columbia - Joey Giorgi
Cornell - Jake Stebbins
Dartmouth - Macklin Ayers
Dayton - Derek Willits
Delaware - Chandler Harvin
Eastern Illinois - Chad Strickland
Gardner-Webb - William McRainey
Harvard - Garrett Sharp
Incarnate Word - Jayden Borjas
Lehigh - Christian Jablonski
Marist - Justin Iaccio
Montana - TraJon Cotton
Montana State - Nolan Askelson
New Hampshire - Max Brosmer
Nicholls State - Zack Bernard
North Carolina Central - Davius Richard
North Dakota - Ben McNaboe
Pennsylvania - Jack Fairman
Princeton - Jalen Travis
Richmond - Tristan Wheeler
Sacramento State - Jett Stanley
Samford - Chandler Smith
South Dakota - Brock Mogensen
Stonehill - David Satkowski
Stony Brook - Aidan Kaler
Tennessee at Chattanooga - Ailym Ford
Tennessee Tech - Bradley Clark
Towson - Jamal Gay
Western Carolina - Richard McCollum
Yale - Wande Owens
DIVISION II
Ashland (OH) - Jake McLoughlin
Benedict (SC) - Loobert Denelus
Bentley (MA) - Jake Tarentino
Black Hills State (SD) - Ryder Blair
Colorado State Pueblo - Chance Fuller
East Stroudsburg (PA) - Daryn Blackwell
Henderson State (AR) - Shaq Robinson
Hillsdale (MI) - Michael Harding
Northern State (SD) - Bradyn Oakley
Ouachita Baptist (AR) - Riley Harms
Penn West, California (PA) - Jack Colecchi
Slippery Rock (PA) - Yuriy Hryckowian
Southern Arkansas - Jacob Berry
Wayne State (MI) - Drake Reid
Wingate (NC) - Trevor Grant
DIVISION III
Allegheny (PA) - Declan O'Brien
Augsburg (MN) - Justin Tverberg
Bates (ME) - Cole De Magistris
Birmingham-Southern (AL) - Conner Thornburg
Bowdoin (ME) - Andre Eden
Carnegie Mellon (PA) - Dustin Moss
Case Western Reserve (OH) - Marco Toth
Central (IA) - Jeff Herbers
Cornell (IA) - Sam Adams
DePauw (IN) - Brevon Gude
Gallaudet (DC) - Jonathon Waterman
Hamline (MN) - Charlie Wilson
Hampden-Sydney (VA) - George Langhammer
Hardin-Simmons (TX) - Gaylon Glynn
Hobart (NY) - Abdoulaye Diallo
Ithaca (NY) - A.J. Wingfield
John Carroll (OH) - Bricker Thiel
Johns Hopkins (MD) - Luke Schuermann
Lake Forest (IL) - Justin Albee
Loras (IA) - Brett Bower
Lycoming (PA) - Hunter Campbell
Lyon (AR) - Karson Douglas
McMurry (TX) - Malachi LeCadre-Grey
Methodist (NC) - Brandon Bullins
Middlebury (VT) - Tomás Kenary
Millsaps (MS) - Conner Rucker
Mount Union (OH) - Braxton Plunk
North Central (IL) - Jarod Thornton
Saint John's (MN) - Aaron Syverson
Shenandoah (VA) - Noah Temme
Springfield (MA) - DJ Brown
St. Olaf (MN) - Ben Hestorff
SUNY, Morrisville - Steve Frerichs
The of Wooster (OH) - Lake Barrett
Trinity (CT) - Darren Warren
Trinity (TX) - Tucker Horn
Wabash (IN) - Liam Thompson
Wartburg (IA) - Owen Grover
Washington & Jefferson (PA) - Justin Johns
Wesleyan (CT) - Jake Edwards
Western New England (MA) - Joe Shea
Westminster (PA) - Carter Chinn
Wilkes (PA) - Billy Anderson
Wisconsin Lutheran - Kyle Kubacki
Wisconsin-Oshkosh - Kobe Berghammer
Wisconsin-Platteville - Justin Blazek
Wisconsin-Stout - Gervase Thompson
Wisconsin-Whitewater - Egon Hein
NAIA
Dakota State (SD) - Cole Sylliaasen
Doane (NE) - Ty Martinsen
Evangel (MO) - Andreas Moeller
Friends (KS) - Keegan Martin
Indiana Wesleyan - Xander Stokes
Montana Western - Tanner Harrell
Peru State (NE) - Will Mueller
Rocky Mountain (MT) - Dylan Beridon
Southeastern (FL) - Shane McLaughlin
Texas Wesleyan - Michael Bonner
Previous Campbell Trophy Winners
1990 – Chris Howard (Air Force)
1991 – Brad Culpepper (Florida)
1992 – Jim Hansen (Colorado)
1993 – Thomas Burns (Virginia)
1994 – Rob Zatechka (Nebraska)
1995 – Bobby Hoying (Ohio State)
1996 – Danny Wuerffel (Florida)
1997 – Peyton Manning (Tennessee)
1998 – Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia)
1999 – Chad Pennington (Marshall)
2000 – Kyle Vanden Bosch (Nebraska)
2001 – Joaquin Gonzalez (Miami [FL])
2002 – Brandon Roberts (Washington U. in St. Louis [MO])
2003 – Craig Krenzel (Ohio State)
2004 – Michael Munoz (Tennessee)
2005 – Rudy Niswanger (LSU)
2006 – Brian Leonard (Rutgers)
2007 – Dallas Griffin (Texas)
2008 – Alex Mack (California)
2009 – Tim Tebow (Florida)
2010 – Sam Acho (Texas)
2011 – Andrew Rodriguez (Army West Point)
2012 – Barrett Jones (Alabama)
2013 – John Urschel (Penn State)
2014 – David Helton (Duke)
2015 – Ty Darlington (Oklahoma)
2016 – Zach Terrell (Western Michigan)
2017 – Micah Kiser (Virginia)
2018 – Christian Wilkins (Clemson)
2019 – Justin Herbert (Oregon)
2020 – Brady White (Memphis)
2021 – Charlie Kolar (Iowa State)
2022 – Jack Campbell (Iowa)
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