Sporting News College Football Player of the Year

Silver Anniversary Awards
Awarded for	the top collegiate football player
Presented by	Sporting News
Country	United States
First awarded	1942
Currently held by	Johnny Manziel

Beginning in 1942 The Sporting News, now known as Sporting News, awarded the top collegiate football player its own award. The publication picked players that often were not seriously considered by the Downtown Athletic Club, who voted on the Heisman Trophy, such as underclassman or defensive players.

Winners

Year	Winner	School
1942	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia
1943	Angelo Bertelli	Notre Dame
1944	Les Horvath	Ohio State
1945	Felix Blanchard	Army
1946	Glenn Davis	Army
1947	John Lujack	Notre Dame
1948	Doak Walker	SMU
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame
1950	Vic Janowicz	Ohio State
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton
1952	Billy Vessels	Oklahoma
1953	John Lattner	Notre Dame
1954	Howard Cassady	Ohio State
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State
1956	Tommy McDonald	Oklahoma
1957	John David Crow	Texas A&M
1958	Billy Cannon	Louisiana State
1959	Billy Cannon	Louisiana State
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy
1961	Bob Ferguson	Ohio State
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy
1964	Dick Butkus	Illinois
1965	Donny Anderson	Texas Tech
1965	Jim Grabowski	Illinois
1966	Steve Spurrier	Florida
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA
1968	O.J. Simpson	Southern California
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford
1971	Ed Marinaro	Cornell
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn
1972	Bert Jones	Louisiana State
1973	John Hicks	Ohio State
1974	Archie Griffin	Ohio State
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh
1977	Earl Campbell	Texas
1978	Billy Sims	Oklahoma
1979	Charles White	Southern California
1980	Hugh Green	Pittsburgh
1981	Marcus Allen	Southern California
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (Fla.)
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State
1989	Darian Hagan	Colorado
1990	Raghib Ismail	Notre Dame
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan
1992	Marvin Jones	Florida State
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado
1995	Tommy Frazier	Nebraska
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska
2002	Carson Palmer	Southern California
2003	Jason White	Oklahoma
2004	Alex Smith	Utah
2005	Reggie Bush	Southern California
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State
2007	Tim Tebow	Florida
2008	Graham Harrell	Texas Tech
2008	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma
2008	Colt McCoy	Texas
2009	Mark Ingram	Alabama
2010	Cam Newton	Auburn
2011	Robert Griffin III	Baylor
2012	Johnny Manziel	Texas A&M

Winners by school

School	Winners
Ohio State	9
Notre Dame	6
Oklahoma	6
USC	5
Auburn	3
Florida	3
Florida State	3
LSU	3
Nebraska	3
Texas	3
Army	2
Colorado	2
Georgia	2
Illinois	2
Michigan	2
Navy	2
Pittsburgh	2
Texas Tech	2
Texas A&M	2
Alabama	1
Baylor	1
Boston College	1
Cornell	1
Miami	1
Oklahoma State	1
Oregon State	1
Princeton	1
SMU	1
Stanford	1
UCLA	1
Utah	1
Wisconsin	1

See also

• Walter Camp Award
• Maxwell Award
• Heisman Trophy
• Chic Harley Award
• Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award