Davey O'Brien Award explained

Davey O'Brien Award
Description:The collegiate American football player judged to be the best of all NCAA quarterbacks (current)
The best NCAA football player playing in the southwestern United States (original)
Presenter:Davey O'Brien Foundation
Country:United States
Location:The Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth Texas
Year:1977; became a quarterback-only award in 1981
Holder:Jayden Daniels, LSU
Website:http://www.daveyobrienaward.org/

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,[1] 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. 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

Year Player School Position
1977 RB
1978
1979 LB
1980 Baylor

Davey O'Brien Award

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
1991 BYU
1992 Miami (FL)
1993 Florida State
1994 Penn State
1995 Florida
1996 Florida
1997 Peyton Manning[2] Tennessee
1998 Kansas State
1999 Georgia Tech
2000 Florida State
2001 Eric Crouch[3] Nebraska
2002 Iowa
2003 Oklahoma
2004 Oklahoma
2005 Texas
2006 Ohio State
2007 Florida
2008 Oklahoma
2009 Texas
2010 Auburn
2011 Baylor
2012 Texas A&M
2013 Florida State
2014 Oregon
2015
2016 Clemson
2017 Oklahoma
2018 Oklahoma
2019 Joe Burrow[4] LSU
2020 Alabama
2021 Alabama
2022 TCU
2023 LSU

References

  1. News: O'Brien Memorial taken by Campbell. June 28, 2016. Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. January 19, 1978. 13.
  2. News: Manning, Woodson earn football honors. December 5, 2016. Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. December 12, 1997. 3C.
  3. News: Crouch takes O'Brien and Camp Awards. October 17, 2016. McCook Daily Gazette. Associated Press. December 7, 2001. 12.
  4. Web site: LSU's Burrow Claims Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award. daveyobrienaward.org. December 12, 2019. December 12, 2019.

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