Walter Camp Award

PAST WINNERS

2013 Jameis Winston, Florida State (QB)
2012 Manti Te'o, Notre Dame (LB)
2011 Andrew Luck, Stanford (QB)
2010 Cam Newton, Auburn (QB)
2009 Colt McCoy, Texas (QB)
2008 Colt McCoy, Texas (QB)
2007 Darren McFadden, Arkansas (RB)
2006 Troy Smith, Ohio State (QB)
2005 Reggie Bush, USC (RB)
2004 Matt Leinart, USC (QB)
2003 Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh (WR)
2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State (RB)
2001 Eric Crouch, Nebraska (QB)
2000 Josh Heupel, Oklahoma (QB)
1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin (RB)
1998 Ricky Williams, Texas (RB)
1997 Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)
1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
1995 Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
1994 Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB)
1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
1992 Gino Torretta, Miami (QB)
1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
1990 Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame (RB/WR)
1989 Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1987 Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1986 Vinny Testaverde, Miami (QB)
1985 Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
1982 Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1981 Marcus Allen, USC (RB)
1980 Hugh Greene, Pittsburgh (DE)
1979 Charles White, USC (RB)
1978 Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
1977 Ken MacAfee, Notre Dame (TE)
1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)
1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1974 Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1973 John Capelletti, Penn State (RB)
1972 Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (WR)
1971 Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1969 Steve Owens, Oklahoma (RB)
1968 O.J. Simpson, USC (RB)
1967 O.J. Simpson, USC (RB) ...

Walter Camp Award

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"Presented to the Nation's Most Outstanding Player by the Walter Camp Foundation"

Known as the "Father of American Football" Walter Camp is credited with developing many facets and strategies of the sport. Walter Camp also played at Yale from 1877-1882.

Watch-list July 19; Semi-Finalists Nov 13; Finalists Dec 4

2013 Winner: Jameis Winston

2013 Semifinalists:

Last season, Manti Te'o became just the 3rd defender to win the Walter Camp Award. This year, 3 defenders made the semifinalist cut: Barr, Mosley, and Sam. Boyd, Bridgewater, Manziel, McCarron, and Miller are all back again from the 2012 semifinalist group. The Manziel-Evans combo makes Texas A&M the only team with multiple candidates:

Anthony Barr, UCLA
Tajh Boyd, Clemson
Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville
Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona
Derek Carr, Fresno State
Mike Evans, Texas A&M
Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M

Marcus Mariota, Oregon
AJ McCarron, Alabama
Braxton Miller, Ohio State
CJ Mosley, Alabama
Bryce Petty, Baylor
Michael Sam, Missouri
Jameis Winston, Florida State

PAST WINNERS