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College football live awards 2024: Updated list of finalists, winners for Heisman, Walker, Biletnikoff and more<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first 12-team College Football Playoff has arrived, but the 2024 college football regular season is now in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

While the four-player race for the Heisman Trophy<\/a> is among the most highly anticipated award announcements, there’s a long list of honors to be given out.<\/p>\n

The Sporting News is tracking all awards for college football season, including our own, highlighting the finalists, categories, and more.<\/p>\n

MORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS:<\/p>\n

College football awards winners 2024<\/p>\n

Awards and finalists listed alphabetically<\/p>\n

Award<\/p>\n

Category<\/p>\n

Winner<\/p>\n

Associated Press Player of the Year<\/p>\n

Top player<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Biletnikoff Award<\/p>\n

Top receiver<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Bronko Nagurski Trophy<\/p>\n

Defensive player of the year (judged by FWAA)<\/p>\n

Kyle Kennard, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Broyles Award<\/p>\n

Top assistant coach<\/p>\n

Burlsworth Trophy<\/p>\n

Top former walk-on<\/p>\n

Bryce Boettcher, Oregon<\/p>\n

Butkus Award<\/p>\n

Top linebacker<\/p>\n

Jalon Walker, Georgia<\/p>\n

Chuck Bednarik Award<\/p>\n

Defensive player of the year (judged by Maxwell Club)<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Davey O’Brien Award<\/p>\n

Top quarterback<\/p>\n

Cam Ward, Miami<\/p>\n

Doak Walker Award<\/p>\n

Top running back<\/p>\n

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award<\/p>\n

Top NCAA Division I coach (judged by FWAA)<\/p>\n

Curt Cignetti, Indiana<\/p>\n

George Munger Award<\/p>\n

Top NCAA Division I coach (judged by Maxwell Club)<\/p>\n

Heisman Trophy<\/p>\n

Most outstanding player<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Jim Thorpe Award<\/p>\n

Top defensive back<\/p>\n

Jahdae Barron, Texas<\/p>\n

Joe Moore Award<\/p>\n

Top offensive line<\/p>\n

Army<\/p>\n

John Mackey Award<\/p>\n

Top tight end<\/p>\n

Tyler Warren, Penn State<\/p>\n

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award<\/p>\n

Top upperclassman quarterback<\/p>\n

Shedeur Sanders, Colorado<\/p>\n

Lombardi Award<\/p>\n

Outstanding college football lineman<\/p>\n

Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas<\/p>\n

Lott IMPACT Trophy<\/p>\n

Defensive IMPACT player of the year<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Lou Groza Award<\/p>\n

Top placekicker<\/p>\n

Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana<\/p>\n

Maxwell Award<\/p>\n

College player of the year<\/p>\n

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Outland Trophy<\/p>\n

Top interior lineman<\/p>\n

Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas<\/p>\n

Paul Hornung Award<\/p>\n

Most versatile player<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Ray Guy Award<\/p>\n

Top punter<\/p>\n

Eddie Czaplicki, USC<\/p>\n

Rimington Trophy<\/p>\n

Top center<\/p>\n

Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Shaun Alexander Award<\/p>\n

Freshman of the year (judged by Maxwell Club)<\/p>\n

Colin Simmons, Texas<\/p>\n

Sporting News Coach of the Year<\/p>\n

College coach of the year<\/p>\n

Curt Cignetti, Indiana<\/p>\n

Sporting News Player of the Year<\/p>\n

College player of the year<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Ted Hendricks Award<\/p>\n

Top defensive end<\/p>\n

Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College<\/p>\n

Walter Camp Award<\/p>\n

College player of the year<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

William V. Campbell Trophy<\/p>\n

Academic Heisman<\/p>\n

Jalen Milroe, Alabama<\/p>\n

Wuerffel Trophy<\/p>\n

Community service award<\/p>\n

Nick Dawkins, Penn State<\/p>\n

MORE:Tracking the quarterbacks in the transfer portal<\/a><\/p>\n

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College football awards finalists 2024Associated Press Player of the Year<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Biletnikoff Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona<\/p>\n

Nick Nash, San Jose State<\/p>\n

Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Bronko Nagurski Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Kyle Kennard, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Kyle Kennard, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Broyles Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Marcus Arroyo,\u00a0Arizona State<\/p>\n

Winner: TBA<\/p>\n

Burlsworth Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Bryce Boettcher, Oregon<\/p>\n

Butkus Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Chris Paul Jr., Mississippi<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Jalon Walker, Georgia<\/p>\n

Chuck Bednarik Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Davey O’Brien Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Shedeur Sanders, Colorado<\/p>\n

Winner: Cam Ward, Miami<\/p>\n

Doak Walker Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Omarion Hampton, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Ashton Jeanty<\/p>\n

Eddie Robinson Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Shane Beamer, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Spencer Danielson, Boise State<\/p>\n

Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State<\/p>\n

Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Curt Cignetti, Indiana<\/p>\n

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George Munger Award<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0TBA<\/p>\n

Heisman Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists<\/p>\n

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Jim Thorpe Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Jahdae Barron, Texas<\/p>\n

Joe Moore Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner: Army<\/p>\n

John Mackey Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green<\/p>\n

Colston Loveland, Michigan<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Tyler Warren, Penn State<\/p>\n

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Shedeur Sanders, Colorado<\/p>\n

Lombardi Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Kyle Kennard, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas<\/p>\n

Lott IMPACT Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner: Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Lou Groza Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana<\/p>\n

Ryan Fitzgerald, Florida State<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana<\/p>\n

Maxwell Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Ashton Jeanty, Boise State<\/p>\n

Outland Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas<\/p>\n

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Paul Hornung Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Ray Guy Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Alex Mastromanno, Florida State<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Eddie Czaplicki, USC<\/p>\n

Rimington Trophy<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Jacob Gideon, Western Michigan<\/p>\n

Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Shaun Alexander Award<\/p>\n

Finalists:<\/p>\n

Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State<\/p>\n

Dylan Stewart, South Carolina<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Colin Simmons, Texas<\/p>\n

Sporting News Coach of the Year<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Curt Cignetti, Indiana<\/p>\n

Sporting News Player of the Year<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

Ted Hendricks Award<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College<\/p>\n

Walter Camp Award<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Travis Hunter, Colorado<\/p>\n

William V. Campbell Trophy<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Jalen Milroe, Alabama<\/p>\n

Wuerffel Trophy<\/p>\n

Winner:\u00a0Nick Dawkins, Penn State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College football live awards 2024: Updated list of finalists, winners for Heisman, Walker, Biletnikoff and more originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[291,52,375,6221,1303,2778,46577,946,952,22077,3281,108162,94152,108163,45341,613,127,571,1606,34450,332,564,590,16784,1448,1033,51869,285,7486,7,795,10341,932,521,51693,1006,753,1486,274,2987,46399,993,35465,2779,981,994,978,890,579,216,957,51055,233,1575,49,48,748,28565,941,1446,1135,288,683,948,11206,13394,2203,7233,17,1686,5645,526,1453,51,128,589,517,1485,351],"class_list":{"0":"post-755748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-abdul-carter","9":"tag-alabama","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-arizona-state","12":"tag-ashton-jeanty","13":"tag-barrett-carter","14":"tag-biletnikoff-award","15":"tag-boise-state","16":"tag-boston-college","17":"tag-brett-thorson","18":"tag-bronko-nagurski-trophy","19":"tag-broyles-award","20":"tag-bryce-boettcher","21":"tag-burlsworth-trophy","22":"tag-butkus-award","23":"tag-caleb-downs","24":"tag-cam-ward","25":"tag-carson-schwesinger","26":"tag-chris-paul","27":"tag-colin-simmons","28":"tag-college-football-playoff","29":"tag-colorado","30":"tag-colston-loveland","31":"tag-curt-cignetti","32":"tag-danny-stutsman","33":"tag-dillon-gabriel","34":"tag-doak-walker-award","35":"tag-donovan-ezeiruaku","36":"tag-dylan-stewart","37":"tag-football","38":"tag-harold-fannin-jr","39":"tag-heisman-trophy","40":"tag-indiana","41":"tag-iowa","42":"tag-isaac-brown","43":"tag-jahdae-barron","44":"tag-jalen-milroe","45":"tag-jalon-walker","46":"tag-kaleb-johnson","47":"tag-kelvin-banks-jr","48":"tag-kenneth-almendares","49":"tag-kentucky","50":"tag-koi-perich","51":"tag-kyle-kennard","52":"tag-louisiana","53":"tag-louisville","54":"tag-lsu","55":"tag-malaki-starks","56":"tag-mason-graham","57":"tag-miami","58":"tag-michigan","59":"tag-mikail-kamara","60":"tag-minnesota","61":"tag-mississippi","62":"tag-ncaa","63":"tag-ncaa-football","64":"tag-nic-scourton","65":"tag-nick-dawkins","66":"tag-north-carolina","67":"tag-ohio-state","68":"tag-oklahoma","69":"tag-omarion-hampton","70":"tag-oregon","71":"tag-penn-state","72":"tag-ryan-fitzgerald","73":"tag-san-jose-state","74":"tag-seth-mclaughlin","75":"tag-shaun-dolac","76":"tag-shedeur-sanders","77":"tag-south-carolina","78":"tag-sporting-news","79":"tag-tennessee","80":"tag-tetairoa-mcmillan","81":"tag-texas","82":"tag-travis-hunter","83":"tag-tyler-warren","84":"tag-ucla","85":"tag-walter-nolen","86":"tag-will-campbell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}