The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States. The award is named after Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a Swarthmore College football player, coach, and sportswriter. Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) and Tim Tebow (2007, 2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. It is the college equivalent of the Bert Bell Award of the National Football League, also given out by the Maxwell Club.
Winners + List of Maxwell Award winners Year Player School 1937 HB Yale 1938 QB TCU 1939 HB Iowa 1940 HB Michigan 1941 HB, S, KR Virginia 1942 QB Columbia 1943 HB Penn 1944 HB Army 1945 FB Army (2) 1946 HB, QB, P Georgia 1947 HB, K SMU 1948 C, LB Penn (2) 1949 E Notre Dame 1950 HB Penn (3) 1951 HB Princeton 1952 HB Notre Dame (2) 1953 (2) HB Notre Dame (3) 1954 E Navy 1955 HB Ohio State 1956 HB Oklahoma 1957 T Navy (2) 1958 HB Army (3) 1959 QB Penn State 1960 HB Navy (3) 1961 FB Ohio State (2) 1962 QB Oregon State 1963 QB Navy (4) 1964 G Penn State (2) 1965 G, LB Texas 1966 LB Notre Dame (4) 1967 QB UCLA 1968 RB USC 1969 DT Penn State (3) 1970 QB Stanford 1971 RB Cornell 1972 S Michigan State 1973 RB Penn State (4) 1974 QB Temple 1975 RB Ohio State (3) 1976 RB Pittsburgh 1977 DE Notre Dame (5) 1978 QB Penn State (5) 1979 RB USC (2) 1980 DE Pittsburgh (2) 1981 RB USC (3) 1982 RB Georgia (2) 1983 RB Nebraska 1984 QB Boston College 1985 QB Iowa (2) 1986 QB Miami (FL) 1987 QB Syracuse 1988 RB Oklahoma State 1989 RB Indiana 1990 QB BYU 1991 WR, RS Michigan (2) 1992 QB Miami (FL) (2) 1993 QB Florida State 1994 QB Penn State (6) 1995 RB Ohio State (4) 1996 QB Florida 1997 QB Tennessee 1998 RB Texas (2) 1999 RB Wisconsin 2000 QB Purdue 2001 QB Miami (FL) (3) 2002 RB Penn State (7) 2003 QB Ole Miss 2004 QB Oklahoma (2) 2005 QB Texas (3) 2006 QB Notre Dame (6) 2007 QB Florida (2) 2008 (2) QB Florida (3) 2009 QB Texas (4) 2010 QB Auburn 2011 QB Stanford (2) 2012 LB Notre Dame (7) 2013 QB Alabama 2014 QB Oregon 2015 RB Alabama (2) 2016 QB Louisville 2017 QB Oklahoma (3) 2018 QB Alabama (3) 2019 QB LSU 2020 WR Alabama (4) 2021 QB Alabama (5) 2022 QB USC (4) 2023 QB Washington 2024 RB Boise State 2025 QB Indiana (2)
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