Maxwell Award Winners for College Football of the year
1937 Clint Frank RB Yale
1938 Davey O'Bein QB TCU
1939 Nile Kinnick RB Iowa
1940 Tom Harmon RB Michigan
1941 Bill Dudley RB Vrigina
1942 Paul Governail QB Columba
1943 Bob Odell RB Pennsylvania
1944 Glenn Davis RB Army
1945 Doc Blnchard RB Army
1946 Charley Trippi RB/QB
1947 Doak Walker RB SMU
1948 Chuck Bednarik DL Pennsylvania
1949 Leon Hart TE/RB Norte Dame
1950 Reds Bagnell RB Pennsylvania
1951 Dick Kazmaier RB Princton
1952 Johnny Lattner RB Norte Dame
1953 Johnny Lattner RB Norte Dame
1954 Ron Beagle DE Navey
1955 Howard Cassady RB/DE Ohio State
1956 Tommy McDonald WR Oklahoma
1957 Bob Reifsnyder OT/ DE Navy
1958 Pete Dawkins RB Army
1959 Richie Lucas QB Penn State
1960 Joe Bellino RB Navy
1961 Bob Ferguson RB Ohio State
1962 Terry Baker QB Oregon Sate
1963 Roger Staubach QB Navy
1964 Glenn Ressler OT/G Penn State
1965 Tommy Nobis LB Texas
1966 Jim Lynch LB Norte Dame
1967 Gary Beban QB UCLA
1968 OJ Simpson RB USC
1969 Mike Reid OL Penn State
1970 Jim Plunkett QB Stanford
1971 Ed Marinaro RB Cronell
1972 Brad Van Peit LB Michigan State
1973 John Cappelletti RB Penn State
1974 Steve Joachim QB Temple
1975 Archie Griffin RB Ohio State
1976 Tony Dorsett RB Pitt
1977 Ross Browner DE Norte Dame
1978 Chuch Fusina QB Penn State
1979 Charles White RB USC
1980 Hugh Green LB Pitt
1981 Marcus Allen RB USC
1982 Herschel Walker RB UGA
1983 Mike Rozier RB Nebraska
1984 Doug Flutie QB Boston College
1985 Chuck Long QB Iowa
1986 Vinny Testaverde QB Miami FL
1987 Don McPherson QB Syracuse
1988 Berry Sanders RB Oklahoma State
1989 Anthony Thompson RB Indina
1990 Ty Detmer QB BYU
1991 Desmond Howard WR Michigan
1992 Gino Torretta QB Miami FL
1993 Charlie Ward QB Florida State
1994 Kerry Collins QB Kansas
1995 Eddie George RB Ohio State
1996 Danny Wuerffel QB Florida
1997 Peyton Manning QB Tennessee
1998 Ricky Williams RB Texas
1999 Ron Dayne RB Wisconsin
2000 Drew Brees QB Purdue
2001 Ken Dorsey QB Miami FL
2002 Larry Johnson RB Penn State
2003 Eli Manning QB Ole Miss
2004 Jason White QB Oklahoma
2005 Vince Young QB Texas
2006 Brady Quinn QB Norte Dame
2007 Tim Tebow QB Florida
2008 Tim Tebow QB Florida
2009 Colt McCoy QB Texas
2010 Cam Newton QB Auburn
2011 Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2012 Manti Te'o LB Norte Dame
2013 AJ McCarron QB Alabama
2014 Marcus Maroita QB Oregon
2015 Derrick Henry RB Alabama
2016 Lamar Jackson QB Louisville
2017 Baker Mayfeild QB Oklahoma
2018 Tua Tagovilova QB Alabama
2019 Joe Barrow QB LSU
2020 Devonta Smith and Mac Jones WR/QB Alabama
2021 Bryce Young QB Alabama
2022 Caleb Williams QB USC
2023 Michael Pinex Jr QB Washington