The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States. The award is named after Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a Swarthmore College football player, coach, and sportswriter. Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) and Tim Tebow (2007, 2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. It is the college equivalent of the Bert Bell Award of the National Football League, also given out by the Maxwell Club.
! Year !! Player
! !! School !! class=unsortable |
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| 1937 ||
| HB || Yale
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| 1938 ||
| QB || TCU
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| 1939 ||
| HB || Iowa
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| 1940 ||
| HB || Michigan
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| 1941 ||
| HB, S, KR || Virginia
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| 1942 ||
| QB || Columbia
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| 1943 ||
| HB || Penn
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| 1944 ||
| HB || Army
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| 1945 ||
| FB || Army (2)
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| 1946 ||
| HB, QB, P || Georgia
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| 1947 ||
| HB, K || SMU
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| 1948 ||
| C, LB || Penn (2)
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| 1949 ||
| E || Notre Dame
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| 1950 ||
| HB || Penn (3)
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| 1951 ||
| HB || Princeton
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| 1952 ||
| HB || Notre Dame (2)
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| 1953 || (2)
| HB || Notre Dame (3)
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| 1954 ||
| E || Navy
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| 1955 ||
| HB || Ohio State
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| 1956 ||
| HB || Oklahoma
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| 1957 ||
| T || Navy (2)
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| 1958 ||
| HB || Army (3)
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| 1959 ||
| QB || Penn State
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| 1960 ||
| HB || Navy (3)
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| 1961 ||
| FB || Ohio State (2)
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| 1962 ||
| QB || Oregon State
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| 1963 ||
| QB || Navy (4)
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| 1964 ||
| G || Penn State (2)
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| 1965 ||
| G, LB || Texas
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| 1966 ||
| LB || Notre Dame (4)
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| 1967 ||
| QB || UCLA
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| 1968 ||
| RB || USC
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| 1969 ||
| DT || Penn State (3)
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| 1970 ||
| QB || Stanford
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| 1971 ||
| RB || Cornell
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| 1972 ||
| S || Michigan State
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| 1973 ||
| RB || Penn State (4)
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| 1974 ||
| QB || Temple
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| 1975 ||
| RB || Ohio State (3)
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| 1976 ||
| RB || Pittsburgh
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| 1977 ||
| DE || Notre Dame (5)
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| 1978 ||
| QB || Penn State (5)
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| 1979 ||
| RB || USC (2)
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| 1980 ||
| DE || Pittsburgh (2)
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| 1981 ||
| RB || USC (3)
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| 1982 ||
| RB || Georgia (2)
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| 1983 ||
| RB || Nebraska
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| 1984 ||
| QB || Boston College
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| 1985 ||
| QB || Iowa (2)
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| 1986 ||
| QB || Miami (FL)
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| 1987 ||
| QB || Syracuse
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| 1988 ||
| RB || Oklahoma State
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| 1989 ||
| RB || Indiana
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| 1990 ||
| QB || BYU
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| 1991 ||
| WR, RS || Michigan (2)
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| 1992 ||
| QB || Miami (FL) (2)
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| 1993 ||
| QB || Florida State
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| 1994 ||
| QB || Penn State (6)
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| 1995 ||
| RB || Ohio State (4)
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| 1996 ||
| QB || Florida
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| 1997 ||
| QB || Tennessee
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| 1998 ||
| RB || Texas (2)
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| 1999 ||
| RB || Wisconsin
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| 2000 ||
| QB || Purdue
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| 2001 ||
| QB || Miami (FL) (3)
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| 2002 ||
| RB || Penn State (7)
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| 2003 ||
| QB || Ole Miss
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| 2004 ||
| QB || Oklahoma (2)
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| 2005 ||
| QB || Texas (3)
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| 2006 ||
| QB || Notre Dame (6)
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| 2007 ||
| QB || Florida (2)
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| 2008 || (2)
| QB || Florida (3)
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| 2009 ||
| QB || Texas (4)
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| 2010 ||
| QB || Auburn
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| 2011 ||
| QB || Stanford (2)
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| 2012 ||
| LB || Notre Dame (7)
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| 2013 ||
| QB || Alabama
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| 2014 ||
| QB || Oregon
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| 2015 ||
| RB || Alabama (2)
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| 2016 ||
| QB || Louisville
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| 2017 ||
| QB || Oklahoma (3)
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| 2018 ||
| QB || Alabama (3)
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| 2019 ||
| QB || LSU
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| 2020 ||
| WR || Alabama (4)
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| 2021 ||
| QB || Alabama (5)
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| 2022 ||
| QB || USC (4)
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| 2023 ||
| QB || Washington
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| 2024 ||
| RB || Boise State
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| 2025 ||
| QB || Indiana (2)
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References
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