Davey O'Brien Award
Encyclopedia : D : DA : DAV : Davey O'Brien Award
The Davey O'Brien Award, awarded since 1981 by the Davey O'Brien Foundation, is one of three annual awards for the best college football quarterback, the others being the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Manning Award. The O'Brien Award is generally considered more prestigious, since all quarterbacks are eligible and it has been awarded since 1981. The Unitas Award is restricted to seniors; the Manning Award is open to all quarterbacks, but did not exist until 2004. The award is named after Davey O'Brien, the only college football player to ever win the Heisman, Maxwell, and Walter Camp trophies in the same year.
Previous winners
External Links
| College football awards: | |
| Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award | Walter Camp Award | |
| Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Best Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Best C) Davey O'Brien Award (Best QB) Dick Butkus Award (Best LB) Doak Walker Award (Best RB) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best WR) Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB) | John Mackey Award (Best TE) Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB) Lombardi Award (Best Lineman or LB) Lou Groza Award (Best PK) Manning Award (Best QB) Outland Trophy (Best IOL or DL) Ray Guy Award (Best P) Ted Hendricks Award (Best DE) |
| Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year | Home Depot Coach of the Year | |
| Walter Payton Award (Best Div. I-AA Off.) | Buck Buchanan Award (Best Div. I-AA Def.) Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) | Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) | Melberger Award (Div. III) | |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.