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The first 12-team College Football Playoff has arrived, but the 2024 college football regular season is now in the rearview mirror.
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That means it’s time for awards to be presented to some of the country’s top coaches and players for their standout performances throughout the year.
While the four-player race for the Heisman Trophy is among the most highly anticipated award announcements, there’s a long list of honors to be given out.
The Sporting News is tracking all awards for college football season, including our own, highlighting the finalists, categories, and more.
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College football awards winners 2024
Awards and finalists listed alphabetically
Award
Category
Winner
Associated Press Player of the Year
Top player
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Biletnikoff Award
Top receiver
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Defensive player of the year (judged by FWAA)
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Broyles Award
Top assistant coach
Burlsworth Trophy
Top former walk-on
Bryce Boettcher, Oregon
Butkus Award
Top linebacker
Jalon Walker, Georgia
Chuck Bednarik Award
Defensive player of the year (judged by Maxwell Club)
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Davey O’Brien Award
Top quarterback
Cam Ward, Miami
Doak Walker Award
Top running back
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award
Top NCAA Division I coach (judged by FWAA)
Curt Cignetti, Indiana
George Munger Award
Top NCAA Division I coach (judged by Maxwell Club)
Heisman Trophy
Most outstanding player
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Jim Thorpe Award
Top defensive back
Jahdae Barron, Texas
Joe Moore Award
Top offensive line
Army
John Mackey Award
Top tight end
Tyler Warren, Penn State
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Top upperclassman quarterback
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
Lombardi Award
Outstanding college football lineman
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Lott IMPACT Trophy
Defensive IMPACT player of the year
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Lou Groza Award
Top placekicker
Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana
Maxwell Award
College player of the year
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Outland Trophy
Top interior lineman
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Paul Hornung Award
Most versatile player
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ray Guy Award
Top punter
Eddie Czaplicki, USC
Rimington Trophy
Top center
Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
Shaun Alexander Award
Freshman of the year (judged by Maxwell Club)
Colin Simmons, Texas
Sporting News Coach of the Year
College coach of the year
Curt Cignetti, Indiana
Sporting News Player of the Year
College player of the year
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ted Hendricks Award
Top defensive end
Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College
Walter Camp Award
College player of the year
Travis Hunter, Colorado
William V. Campbell Trophy
Academic Heisman
Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Wuerffel Trophy
Community service award
Nick Dawkins, Penn State
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College football awards finalists 2024Associated Press Player of the Year
Winner:Â Travis Hunter, Colorado
Biletnikoff Award
Finalists:
Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
Nick Nash, San Jose State
Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Finalists:
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Winner:Â Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Broyles Award
Finalists:
Marcus Arroyo, Arizona State
Winner: TBA
Burlsworth Trophy
Finalists:
Winner:Â Bryce Boettcher, Oregon
Butkus Award
Finalists:
Chris Paul Jr., Mississippi
Winner:Â Jalon Walker, Georgia
Chuck Bednarik Award
Finalists:
Winner:Â Travis Hunter, Colorado
Davey O’Brien Award
Finalists:
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
Winner: Cam Ward, Miami
Doak Walker Award
Finalists:
Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Winner:Â Ashton Jeanty
Eddie Robinson Award
Finalists:
Shane Beamer, South Carolina
Spencer Danielson, Boise State
Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State
Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame
Winner:Â Curt Cignetti, Indiana
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George Munger Award
Winner:Â TBA
Heisman Trophy
Finalists
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado
Jim Thorpe Award
Finalists:
Winner:Â Jahdae Barron, Texas
Joe Moore Award
Finalists:
Winner: Army
John Mackey Award
Finalists:
Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Colston Loveland, Michigan
Winner:Â Tyler Warren, Penn State
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Winner:Â Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
Lombardi Award
Finalists:
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Winner:Â Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Lott IMPACT Trophy
Finalists:
Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado
Lou Groza Award
Finalists:
Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana
Ryan Fitzgerald, Florida State
Winner:Â Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana
Maxwell Award
Finalists:
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Winner:Â Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Outland Trophy
Finalists:
Winner:Â Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
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Paul Hornung Award
Finalists:
Winner:Â Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ray Guy Award
Finalists:
Alex Mastromanno, Florida State
Winner:Â Eddie Czaplicki, USC
Rimington Trophy
Finalists:
Jacob Gideon, Western Michigan
Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
Winner:Â Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State
Shaun Alexander Award
Finalists:
Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
Dylan Stewart, South Carolina
Winner:Â Colin Simmons, Texas
Sporting News Coach of the Year
Winner:Â Curt Cignetti, Indiana
Sporting News Player of the Year
Winner:Â Travis Hunter, Colorado
Ted Hendricks Award
Winner:Â Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College
Walter Camp Award
Winner:Â Travis Hunter, Colorado
William V. Campbell Trophy
Winner:Â Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Wuerffel Trophy
Winner:Â Nick Dawkins, Penn State