WALTER CAMP AWARD
First presented in 1967 to honor the nation’s outstanding college football player by the Walter Camp Foundation in balloting by Division I-A coaches and sports information directors. The award is named after Walter Camp, one of the founders of modern American football.
History of other Major College FB awards
Year Player, College, Position
1967 O. J. Simpson, Southern California, RB
1968 O. J. Simpson, Southern California, RB
1969 Steve Owens, Oklahoma, RB
1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB
1971 Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB
1972 Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, WR
1973 John Cappelletti, Penn St., RB
1974 Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB
1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB
1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, RB
1977 Ken MacAfee, Notre Dame, TE
1978 Billy Sims, Oklahoma, RB
1979 Charles White, Southern California, RB
1980 Hugh Green, Pittsburgh, DE
1981 Marcus Allen, Southern California, RB
1982 Herschel Walker, Georgia, RB
1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska, RB
1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB
1985 Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB
1986 Vinny Testaverde, Miami (Fla.), QB
1987 Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR
1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma St., RB
1989 Andre Ware, Houston, QB
1990 Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame, RB/WR
1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR
1992 Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla.), QB
1993 Charlie Ward, Florida St., QB
1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB
1995 Eddie George, Ohio St., RB
1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB
1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan, DB
1998 Ricky Williams, Texas, RB
1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB
2000 Josh Heupel, Oklahoma, QB
2001 Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB
2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State RB
2003 Larry Fitzgerald , Pittsburgh , WR
2004 Matt Leinart , Southern California, QB
2005 Reggie Bush , Southern California, RB
2006 Troy Smith , Ohio St., QB
2007 Darren McFadden , Arkansas , RB
2008 Colt McCoy- Texas , QB
2009 Colt McCoy- Texas , QB
2010 Cam Newton, Auburn , QB
2011 Andrew Luck , Stanford , QB
2012 Manti Te'o , Notre Dame , LB
2013 Jameis Winston, Florida State , QB
2014 Marcus Mariota , Oregon, QB
2015 Derrick Henry ,Alabama, RB
2016 Lamar Jackson , Louisville, QB
2017 Baker Mayfield , Oklahoma, QB
2018 Tua Tagovailoa ,Alabama, QB
2019 Joe Burrow , Louisiana State, QB
2020 DeVonta Smith ,Alabama, QB
2021, Michigan State, RB
2022 Caleb Williams , Southern California, QB
2023 Jayden Daniels , Louisiana State, QB
2024 Travis Hunter, Colorado, WR, CB