Mr. Football Award (Florida) Explained

The Florida Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Florida. Awarded by Dairy Farmers, Inc. and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, many past winners have proceeded to have successful college careers and play in the National Football League.

Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year	Player	High School	College	Professional team(s)
1992	Jammi German	Ft. Myers	Miami (FL)	Atlanta Falcons
1993	Shevin Wiggins	Manatee	Nebraska
1994	Daunte Culpepper	Vanguard	UCF	Minnesota Vikings Miami Dolphins Oakland Raiders Detroit Lions Sacramento Mountain Lions (UFL)
1995	Frankie Franklin	Sandalwood	Holmes/Indiana
1996	Travis Henry	Frostproof	Tennessee	Buffalo Bills Tennessee Titans Denver Broncos
1997	Zain Gilmore	Robinson	Missouri	Gulf Coast Raiders (AIFA)
1998	Anquan Boldin	Pahokee	Florida State	Arizona Cardinals Baltimore Ravens San Francisco 49ers Detroit Lions
1999	Willie Green	Osceola	Florida
2000	Adrian McPherson	Southeast	Florida State	Indiana Firebirds (AFL) New Orleans Saints Austin Wranglers (AFL) Grand Rapids Rampage Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
2001	Leon Washington	Jackson	Florida State	New York Jets Seattle Seahawks
2002	Andre Reese	Taylor	Carson–Newman College
2003	Xavier Lee	Seabreeze	Florida State	Baltimore Ravens Southern New Hampshire Beavers (New England Football League) Arkansas Twisters (af2) Oklahoma City Yard Dawgs (AFL) Arizona Rattlers (AFL) Pittsburgh Power (AFL) Las Vegas Locomotives (UFL)
2004	Antone Smith	Pahokee	Florida State	Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings Houston Texans Atlanta Falcons
2005	Tim Tebow	Nease	Florida	Denver Broncos New York Jets
2006	Robert Marve	Plant	Miami (FL)/Purdue	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2007	Jacory Harris	Miami Northwestern	Miami (FL)	Philadelphia Eagles Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
2008	A.J. Graham	Godby	Marshall
2009	Matt Elam	Dwyer	Florida	Baltimore Ravens
2010	Quentin Williams	Jefferson	Bethune-Cookman
2011	Duke Johnson	Norland	Miami (FL)
2012	Derrick Henry	Yulee	Alabama	Tennessee Titans
2013	Dalvin Cook	Miami Central	Florida State	Minnesota VikingsNew York Jets
2014	De'Andre Johnson	First Coast	Florida State/East Mississippi C.C./Florida Atlantic/Texas Southern
2015	DeShawn Smith	Nature Coast Technical	Jones County Junior College/Florida A&M
2016	Nick Tronti	Ponte Vedra	Indiana/Florida Atlantic
2017	Bryce Carpenter	Venice	Coastal Carolina
2018	Carson Beck	Mandarin	Georgia
2019	Demarkcus Bowman	Lakeland	Clemson / Florida / UCF
2020	Trey Wainwright	Niceville	Furman / Fort Lauderdale
2021	Jaylon Glover^[1]	Lake Gibson	Utah
2022	Creed Whittemore^[2]	Buchholz	Mississippi State
2023	Jayvan Boggs^[3]	Cocoa

References

• Web site: Gator Country Staff . Tebow '05 Florida Dairy Farmer's Mr. Football . Scout.com . 2005-12-12 . 2007-05-28 .
• News: USA Today Staff . Marve-lous choice for Florida's Mr. Football . USA Today . 2007-02-03 . 2007-05-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070318004053/http://blogs.usatoday.com/preprally/2007/02/marvelous_choic.html . 2007-03-18 .
• News: Andre C. Fernandez. Harris Mr. Florida . Miami Herald . 2008-01-11 . https://archive.today/20130814114926/http://www.miamiherald.com/619/story/375143.html . dead . 2013-08-14 . 2007-01-12 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet Mr. Football: Lake Gibson's Jaylon Glover named Florida's top football player of 2021. The Ledger. Fuoco, Roy. January 10, 2022. July 15, 2022.
2. Web site: Buchholz QB Creed Whittemore voted Florida Mr. Football. wcjb.com. Wells, Kevin. January 6, 2023.
3. Web site: Boggs, Schneider bring home statewide football awards. floridatoday.com. McCallum, Brian. January 4, 2024.