Associated Press College Football Player of the Year

The Associated Press College Football Player of the Year award has been awarded annually since 1998 to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country. The winner is chosen by a vote of AP sportswriters and sports editors from throughout the country.

Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award
Awarded forthe most outstanding collegiate football player in the country
CountryUnited States
Presented byAssociated Press
History
First award1998
Most recentCaleb Williams, USC

Winners
SeasonPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1998Ricky WilliamsRBTexas[1]
1999Ron DayneRBWisconsin[2]
2000Josh HeupelQBOklahoma[3]
2001Rex GrossmanQBFlorida[4]
2002Brad BanksQBIowa[5]
2003Jason WhiteQBOklahoma (2)[6]
2004Matt LeinartQBUSC[7]
2005Reggie BushRBUSC (2)[8]
2006Troy SmithQBOhio State[9]
2007Tim TebowQBFlorida (2)[10]
2008Sam BradfordQBOklahoma (3)[11]
2009Ndamukong SuhDTNebraska[12]
2010Cam NewtonQBAuburn[13]
2011Robert Griffin IIIQBBaylor[14]
2012Johnny ManzielQBTexas A&M[15]
2013Jameis WinstonQBFlorida State[16]
2014Marcus MariotaQBOregon[17]
2015Christian McCaffreyRBStanford[18]
2016Lamar JacksonQBLouisville[19]
2017Baker MayfieldQBOklahoma (4)[20]
2018Kyler MurrayQBOklahoma (5)[21]
2019Joe BurrowQBLSU[22]
2020 DeVonta Smith WR Alabama [23]
2021 Bryce Young QB Alabama (2) [24]
2022 Caleb Williams QB USC (3) [25]

Winners by school
School Trophies won
Oklahoma 5
USC 3
Alabama 2
Florida
Auburn 1
Baylor
Florida State
Iowa
Louisville
LSU
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
Texas A&M
Wisconsin

References
  1. "Texas' Williams selected AP's player of year". Deseret News. 1998-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. "COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dayne runs away with AP's top award". products.kitsapsun.com. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. "Heupel Named AP College Player-of-the-Year". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  4. "Grossman: AP Player of the Year". Tulsa World. December 6, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. "Iowa's Banks wins AP Player of Year honors". ESPN. December 9, 2002. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. "White Takes Ap Player Of The Year". Orlando Sentinel. December 11, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  7. "Leinart adds AP top honor to Heisman". Deseret News. December 24, 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. "Thrilling Bush is AP Player of the Year". USA Today. December 19, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  9. "Buckeyes' Smith named AP Player of the Year". ESPN. December 19, 2006. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. "Florida QB Tim Tebow wins AP Player of the year". USA Today. December 18, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  11. "Oklahoma's Bradford named AP Player of the Year". USA Today. December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  12. "Nebraska's Suh is first defender selected as AP player of year". USA Today. December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  13. "Newton named AP Player of the Year". NCAA. December 22, 2010. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  14. "Baylor's Griffin is AP player of the year". 21 December 2011.
  15. Wells, Adam. "Johnny Manziel First Freshman to Win AP Player of the Year". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  16. "Seminoles QB Winston named AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 24, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  17. "Oregon's Marcus Mariota is AP player of year". Associated Press. December 23, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  18. "Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey wins AP player of the year". Associated Press. December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  19. "Lamar Jackson voted AP college football Player of the Year". Associated Press. December 14, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  20. "Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield named AP Player of the Year". ESPN.com. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  21. "Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray is named the AP Player of the Year". Associated Press. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  22. "AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU". Associated Press. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  23. "Tide's DeVonta Smith the 1st WR to win AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  24. "QB Bryce Young of Alabama voted AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  25. "USC QB Caleb Williams voted AP Player of the Year". AP NEWS. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
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