College football and ESPN recognized the sport’s best players and staff members from the 2023-2024 season with the 33rd annual Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Friday night.
The finalists were determined by a series of votes from different associations and committees, and the winners were announced during the televised ceremony, which included just about every award the sport has to offer other than the Heisman Trophy, which will be awarded on Saturday night in New York City.
Only one player from a Texas university won an award (Texas’ T’Vondre Sweat), but Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II played high school football in the DFW area at Euless Trinity High School.
Here are the winners:
Maxwell Award (Player of the Year): Michael Penix Jr, Quarterback, Washington
Bednarik Award (Defensive Player of the Year): Payton Wilson, Linebacker, North Carolina State
Biletnikoff Award (Top Wide Receiver): Marvin Harrison Jr, Ohio State
Lou Groza Award (Top Kicker): Graham Nicholson, Miami (OH)
Ray Guy Award (Punter of the Year): Tory Taylor, Iowa
Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award (Best Quarterback): Jayden Daniels, LSU
Outland Trophy (Top Interior Offensive/Defensive Lineman): T’Vondre Sweat, DL, Texas
Jim Thorpe Award (Best Defensive Back): Trey Taylor, Air Force
Doak Walker Award (Top Running Back): Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
Butkus Award (Top Linebacker): Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
Walter Camp Player of the Year: Jayden Daniels, Quarterback, LSU
John Mackey Award (Top Tight End): Brock Bowers, Georgia
Nagurski Award (Top Defensive Player): Xavier Watts, Safety, Notre Dame
Rimington Trophy (Top Center): Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
Wuerffel Trophy (Community Service): Ladd McConkey, Wide Receiver, Georgia
Burlsworth Trophy (Best Player Who Began Career as a Walk-On): Cody Schrader, Running Back, Missouri
William V. Campbell Trophy (Scholar Athlete): Bo Nix, Quarterback, Oregon
Disney Spirit Award: Brian Dooley, Offensive Lineman, Eastern Michigan
Home Depot Coach of the Year: Kalen DeBoer, Washington
Broyles Award (Top Assistant Coach): Phil Parker, Defensive Coordinator, Iowa
NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award: late Texas Tech, Washington State, and Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach
Taco Bell Live Mas Student Section of the Year: Ohio State
