The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The award is named for Walter Camp, an important and influential figure in the development of the sport. Three players have won the award twice: Colt McCoy of the University of Texas in 2008 and 2009, Archie Griffin of Ohio State in 1974 and 1975, and O. J. Simpson of USC in 1967 and 1968.
Winners + List of Walter Camp Award winners Year Winner Position School Ref 1967 O. J. Simpson RB USC 1968 O. J. Simpson (2) RB USC 1969 Steve Owens RB Oklahoma 1970 Jim Plunkett QB Stanford 1971 Pat Sullivan QB Auburn 1972 Johnny Rodgers WR Nebraska 1973 John Cappelletti RB Penn State 1974 Archie Griffin RB Ohio State 1975 Archie Griffin (2) RB Ohio State 1976 Tony Dorsett RB Pittsburgh 1977 Ken MacAfee TE Notre Dame 1978 Billy Sims RB Oklahoma 1979 Charles White RB USC 1980 Hugh Green DE Pittsburgh 1981 Marcus Allen RB USC 1982 Herschel Walker RB Georgia 1983 Mike Rozier RB Nebraska 1984 Doug Flutie QB Boston College 1985 Bo Jackson RB Auburn 1986 Vinny Testaverde QB Miami (FL) 1987 Tim Brown WR Notre Dame 1988 Barry Sanders RB Oklahoma State 1989 Anthony Thompson RB Indiana 1990 Raghib Ismail WR/RS Notre Dame 1991 Desmond Howard WR Michigan 1992 Gino Torretta QB Miami (FL) 1993 Charlie Ward QB Florida State 1994 Rashaan Salaam RB Colorado 1995 Eddie George RB Ohio State 1996 Danny Wuerffel QB Florida 1997 Charles Woodson CB Michigan 1998 Ricky Williams RB Texas 1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin 2000 Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma 2001 Eric Crouch QB Nebraska 2002 Larry Johnson RB Penn State 2003 Larry Fitzgerald WR Pittsburgh 2004 Matt Leinart QB USC 2005 Reggie Bush RB USC 2006 Troy Smith QB Ohio State 2007 Darren McFadden RB Arkansas 2008 Colt McCoy QB Texas 2009 Colt McCoy (2) QB Texas 2010 Cam Newton QB Auburn 2011 Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2012 Manti Te'o LB Notre Dame 2013 Jameis Winston QB Florida State 2014 Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 2015 Derrick Henry RB Alabama 2016 Lamar Jackson QB Louisville 2017 Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma 2018 Tua Tagovailoa QB Alabama 2019 Joe Burrow QB LSU 2020 DeVonta Smith WR Alabama 2021 Kenneth Walker III RB Michigan State 2022 Caleb Williams QB USC 2023 Jayden Daniels QB LSU 2024 Travis Hunter CB/WR Colorado 2025 Fernando Mendoza QB Indiana
Awards won by school This is a list of the schools that have had a player win the Walter Camp Award. USC has the most award winners, with seven. In total, players from 22 different schools have won the Walter Camp Award.
School TrophiesUSC 7* Ohio State 4* Oklahoma 4 Notre Dame 4 Alabama 3 Auburn 3 Nebraska 3 Pittsburgh 3 Texas 3* Colorado 2 Florida State 2 Indiana 2 LSU 2 Miami 2 Michigan 2 Penn State 2 Stanford 2 Arkansas 1 Boston College 1 Florida 1 Georgia 1 Louisville 1 Michigan State1 Oklahoma State 1 Oregon 1 Wisconsin 1 *Designates double award winner
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