Mr. Football Award (Minnesota)

The Minnesota Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Minnesota.

Award winners

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year Player Position(s) High School College Professional team(s)
2004 Nick Mertens QB/DB/K East Grand Forks North Dakota State
2005 Matt Carufel OL Cretin-Derham Hall Notre Dame
Minnesota
2006 Blake Sorensen LB/RB Eden Prairie Wisconsin Seattle Seahawks
2007 Michael Floyd WR Cretin-Derham Hall Notre Dame Arizona Cardinals
New England Patriots
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Washington Redskins
2008 Varmah Sonie[1] DB Apple Valley Northern Iowa Portland Thunder
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
Orlando Predators
Baltimore Brigade
Albany Empire
2009 Zach Vraa[2] WR Rosemount North Dakota State
2010 Peter Westerhaus[3] LB/TE Holy Family Catholic Minnesota
2011 Philip Nelson[4] QB Mankato West Minnesota
Rutgers
East Carolina		 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
San Diego Fleet
Dallas Renegades
Montreal Alouettes
2012 Bridgeport Tusler[5] RB Osseo South Dakota State
Bethel
2013 Jeffrey Jones[6] RB Washburn Minnesota
Waldorf
2014 Robbie Grimsley[7] RB Hutchinson North Dakota State
2015 J. D. Spielman[8] ATH Eden Prairie Nebraska
TCU
2016 Wade Sullivan[9] ATH Lakeville North Minnesota-Duluth
2017 Antonio Montero[10] OLB Eden Prairie Rice
2018 Jason Williamson[11] RB Owatonna Minnesota
2019 Jalen Suggs[12] QB Minnehaha Academy Gonzaga (Basketball) Orlando Magic (NBA)
2020 Jake Ratzlaff[13] SS/TE Rosemount Wisconsin
2021 Emmett Johnson[14] RB/SS Academy of Holy Angels Nebraska
2022 Cade Osterman[15] QB/DB/KR/PR Elk River Minnesota

References
  1. "Apple Valley's Sonie chosen Mr. Football". www.twincities.com. Pioneer Press. December 14, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  2. John Millea (December 6, 2009). "Rosemount's Vraa is Mr. Football". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. David Watkins (December 19, 2010). "Peter Westerhaus wins Mr. Football". www.kare11.com. NBC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  4. Chad Courrier (December 11, 2011). "Mankato West's Philip Nelson named Mr. Football". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  5. "2012 MR. FOOTBALL AWARD: BRIDGEPORT TUSLER". Mankato Free Press. December 18, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  6. "Washburn RB Jones wins Mr. Football award". www.startribune.com. Star Tribune. December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  7. "2014 Mr. Football". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  8. "Eden Prairie's JD Spielman wins Minnesota's Mr. Football award for 2015; played 4 positions". Star Tribune. Associated Press. November 22, 2015. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  9. "Lakeville North's Wade Sullivan Named Mr. Football". www.minnesota.cbslocal.com. CBS Local Media. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  10. "Eden Prairie leader tackles 2017 Mr. Football honors".
  11. "High School Football: Owatonna's Williamson named Mr. Football". 17 December 2018.
  12. Paulsen, Jim (December 8, 2019). "Jalen Suggs wins Mr. Football". MN Football Hub. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  13. "Rosemount's Ratzlaff Named Mr. Football 2020". www.mshsl.org. February 22, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  14. "Emmett Johnson Named Mr. Football". mnfootballcoaches.com. December 6, 2021.
  15. "Elk River's Cade Osterman wins 2022 MFCA Mr. Football award". kstp.com. December 18, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
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