The Glenn Davis Award was given annually from 1987 to 2017 by the Los Angeles Times to the best high school football player in the Los Angeles area.
It is named after Glenn Davis, the 1946 Heisman Trophy winner who prepped at Bonita High School in La Verne and Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona. Davis led the Bonita Bearcats to a 39–6 win over Newport Harbor in the 1942 CIF Southern Section final by scoring five touchdowns. Davis later joined the Los Angeles Times as a director of special events, a position he held until his retirement in 1986.
1989 winner Kevin Copeland died of heart failure during a game on October 6, 1989, and won the Award posthumously."Tests Didn't Let Copeland Know Danger He Faced" Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1989 (accessed April 24. 2015)
Past winners Season Player Position High school College Reference 1987 Russell White RB Crespi Carmelite California 1988 Derek Brown RB Servite Nebraska 1989 Kevin Copeland WR Dorsey 1990 John Walsh QB Carson BYU 1991 Billy Blanton QB Mater Dei San Diego State 1992 Travis Kirschke DT Esperanza UCLA 1993 Glenn Thompkins QB Eisenhower UCLA 1994 Daylon McCutcheon RB/DB Bishop Amat Memorial USC 1995 Chris Claiborne LB/RB John W. North USC 1996 Antoine Harris TE/DE Loyola USC 1997 DeShaun Foster RB/DB Tustin UCLA 1998 Chris Lewis QB Long Beach Polytechnic Stanford 1999 Matt Grootegoed RB/LB Mater Dei USC 2000 Tyler Ebell RB Ventura UCLA 2001 Hershel Dennis RB Long Beach Polytechnic USC 2002 Whitney Lewis WR St. Bonaventure USC 2003 Brigham Harwell DL/FB Los Altos UCLA 2004 DeSean Jackson WR Long Beach Polytechnic California 2005 Toby Gerhart RB Norco Stanford 2006 Aaron Corp QB Lutheran USC 2007 Matt Barkley QB Mater Dei USC 2008 Taylor Martinez QB Centennial Nebraska 2009 Cody Fajardo QB Servite Nevada 2010 De'Anthony Thomas RB/CB Crenshaw Oregon 2011 Su'a Cravens RB/WR/LB Vista Murrieta USC 2012 Thomas Duarte WR/LB Mater Dei UCLA 2013 Jaleel Wadood S St. John Bosco UCLA 2014 Josh Rosen QB St. John Bosco UCLA 2015 Mique Juarez LB North High UCLA the Times' high school player of the year: Mique Juarez of North Torrance 2016 Wyatt Davis OL St. John Bosco Ohio State Times player of the year: Wyatt Davis was the best kid on the block 2017 J. T. Daniels QB Mater Dei USC/Georgia/West Virginia/Rice Player of the year J.T. Daniels heads Times' 2017 prep football all-star team
References
External links Glenn Davis Award winners Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2014 (accessed April 24. 2015)