The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-American at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in 1898 as a tackle and consensus honors as a halfback in 1899. Outland had always contended that football tackles and guards deserved greater recognition and conceived the Outland Trophy as a means of providing this recognition. In 1988, Jimmy Ridlon was commissioned to design and sculpt the Outland Trophy. A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the award has become one of college football's most prestigious.
Winners
Year Player Position School Ref. 1946 George Connor Tackle Notre Dame 1947 Joe Steffy Guard Army 1948 Bill Fischer Guard Notre Dame (2) 1949 Ed Bagdon Guard Michigan State 1950 Bob Gain Tackle Kentucky 1951 Jim Weatherall Tackle Oklahoma 1952 Dick Modzelewski Tackle Maryland 1953 J. D. Roberts Guard Oklahoma (2) 1954 Bud Brooks Guard Arkansas 1955 Cal Jones Guard Iowa 1956 Jim Parker Guard Ohio State 1957 Alex Karras Tackle Iowa (2) 1958 Zeke Smith Guard Auburn 1959 Mike McGee Tackle Duke 1960 Tom Brown Guard Minnesota 1961 Merlin Olsen Tackle Utah State 1962 Bobby Bell Tackle Minnesota (2) 1963 Scott Appleton Tackle Texas 1964 Steve DeLong Middle guard Tennessee 1965 Tommy Nobis Guard Texas (2) 1966 Loyd Phillips Defensive tackle Arkansas (2) 1967 Ron Yary Offensive tackle USC 1968 Bill Stanfill Defensive tackle Georgia 1969 Mike Reid Defensive tackle Penn State 1970 Jim Stillwagon Middle guard Ohio State (2) 1971 Larry Jacobson Defensive tackle Nebraska 1972 Rich Glover Middle guard Nebraska (2) 1973 John Hicks Offensive tackle Ohio State (3) 1974 Randy White Defensive tackle Maryland (2) 1975 Lee Roy Selmon Defensive tackle Oklahoma (3) 1976 Ross Browner Defensive end Notre Dame (3) 1977 Brad Shearer Defensive tackle Texas (3) 1978 Greg Roberts Guard Oklahoma (4) 1979 Jim Ritcher Center NC State 1980 Mark May Offensive tackle Pittsburgh 1981 Dave Rimington Center Nebraska (3) 1982 Dave Rimington (2) Center Nebraska (4) 1983 Dean Steinkuhler Guard Nebraska (5) 1984 Bruce Smith Defensive tackle Virginia Tech 1985 Mike Ruth Middle guard Boston College 1986 Jason Buck Defensive tackle BYU 1987 Chad Hennings Defensive tackle Air Force 1988 Tracy Rocker Defensive tackle Auburn (2) 1989 Mohammed Elewonibi Guard BYU (2) 1990 Russell Maryland Defensive tackle Miami (FL) 1991 Steve Emtman Defensive tackle Washington 1992 Will Shields Guard Nebraska (6) 1993 Rob Waldrop Defensive tackle Arizona 1994 Zach Wiegert Offensive tackle Nebraska (7) 1995 Jonathan Ogden Offensive tackle UCLA 1996 Orlando Pace Offensive tackle Ohio State (4) 1997 Aaron Taylor Guard Nebraska (8) 1998 Kris Farris Offensive tackle UCLA (2) 1999 Chris Samuels Offensive tackle Alabama 2000 John Henderson Defensive tackle Tennessee (2) 2001 Bryant McKinnie Offensive tackle Miami (FL) (2) 2002 Rien Long Defensive tackle Washington State 2003 Robert Gallery Offensive tackle Iowa (3) 2004 Jammal Brown Offensive tackle Oklahoma (5) 2005 Greg Eslinger Center Minnesota (3) 2006 Joe Thomas Offensive tackle Wisconsin 2007 Glenn Dorsey Defensive tackle LSU 2008 Andre Smith Offensive tackle Alabama (2) 2009 Ndamukong Suh Defensive tackle Nebraska (9) 2010 Gabe Carimi Offensive tackle Wisconsin (2) 2011 Barrett Jones Offensive tackle Alabama (3) 2012 Luke Joeckel Offensive tackle Texas A&M 2013 Aaron Donald Defensive tackle Pittsburgh (2) 2014 Brandon Scherff Offensive tackle Iowa (4) 2015 Joshua Garnett Guard Stanford 2016 Cam Robinson Offensive tackle Alabama (4) 2017 Ed Oliver Defensive tackle Houston 2018 Quinnen Williams Defensive tackle Alabama (5) 2019 Penei Sewell Offensive tackle Oregon 2020 Alex Leatherwood Offensive tackle Alabama (6) 2021 Jordan Davis Defensive tackle Georgia (2) 2022 Olu Oluwatimi Center Michigan 2023 T'Vondre Sweat Defensive tackle Texas (4) 2024 Kelvin Banks Jr. Offensive tackle Texas (5) 2025 Spencer Fano Offensive tackle Utah
See also Lombardi Award Rimington Trophy UPI Lineman of the Year (College)
References
External links Outland Trophy website