The AP College Football Player of the Year award has been awarded annually since 1998 to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country. The winner is chosen by a vote of Associated Press (AP) sportswriters and editors. Since 2004, the award winner has gone on to win the Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2009 (Ndamukong Suh) and 2015 (Christian McCaffrey).
Winners Season Player Position School Ref 1998 Ricky Williams RB Texas 1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin 2000 Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma 2001 Rex Grossman QB Florida 2002 Brad Banks QB Iowa 2003 Jason White QB Oklahoma 2004 Matt Leinart QB USC 2005 Reggie Bush RB USC 2006 Troy Smith QB Ohio State 2007 Tim Tebow QB Florida 2008 Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma 2009 Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska 2010 Cam Newton QB Auburn 2011 Robert Griffin III QB Baylor 2012 Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M 2013 Jameis Winston QB Florida State 2014 Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 2015 Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford 2016 Lamar Jackson QB Louisville 2017 Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma 2018 Kyler Murray QB Oklahoma 2019 Joe Burrow QB LSU 2020DeVonta SmithWRAlabama2021Bryce YoungQBAlabama2022Caleb WilliamsQBUSC2023Jayden DanielsQBLSU2024Travis HunterCB/WRColorado2025Fernando MendozaQBIndiana
Winners by school School WinnersOklahoma 5 USC 3 Alabama 2 Florida LSU Auburn 1 Baylor Colorado Florida State Indiana Iowa Louisville Nebraska Ohio State Oregon Stanford Texas Texas A&M Wisconsin
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