The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, named after Davey O'Brien, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks. The Davey O'Brien Hall of Fame is housed at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The annual awards dinner and trophy presentation is held there as well, usually in February.
In 1977, directly after the death of O'Brien, the award was established as the Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, and was given to the most outstanding player in the Southwest. Texas running back Earl Campbell won the trophy in 1977, Oklahoma running back Billy Sims won it in 1978, and Baylor linebacker Mike Singletary won it twice in 1979 and 1980.
In 1981, the award was renamed the Davey O'Brien Award and given to the nation's top quarterback. Since then, only four players have won the award more than once: Ty Detmer of BYU, Danny Wuerffel of Florida, Jason White of Oklahoma, and Deshaun Watson of Clemson.
Winners + Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy winners Year Player Position School 1977 Earl Campbell Running back Texas 1978 Billy Sims Running back Oklahoma 1979 Mike Singletary Linebacker Baylor 1980 Mike Singletary (2) Linebacker Baylor (2) + Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award winners Year Player School 1981 BYU 1982 Penn State 1983 BYU 1984 Boston College 1985 Iowa 1986 Miami (FL) 1987 Syracuse 1988 UCLA 1989 Houston 1990 BYU (3) 1991 (2) BYU (4) 1992 Miami (FL) (2) 1993 Florida State 1994 Penn State (2) 1995 Florida 1996 (2) Florida (2) 1997 Tennessee 1998 Kansas State 1999 Georgia Tech 2000 Florida State (2) 2001 Nebraska 2002 Iowa (2) 2003 Oklahoma 2004 (2) Oklahoma (2) 2005 Texas 2006 Ohio State 2007 Florida (3) 2008 Oklahoma (3) 2009 Texas (2) 2010 Auburn 2011 Baylor 2012 Texas A&M 2013 Florida State (3) 2014 Oregon 2015 Clemson 2016 (2) Clemson (2) 2017 Oklahoma (4) 2018 Oklahoma (5) 2019 LSU 2020 Alabama 2021 Alabama (2) 2022 TCU 2023 LSU (2) 2024 Miami (FL) (3) 2025 Indiana
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