NAIA Football Player of the Year Award

NAIA Football Player of the Year Award

Awarded for	Best college football player in the NAIA
Location	Varies (currently Grambling, Louisiana)
Country	United States
History
First award	1997
Most recent	Jackson Waring, Grand View

The Rawlings-NAIA Football Player of the Year is an award sponsored by Rawlings. This prize is awarded annually to the best college football player in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Winners

Year	Name	Team	Position	Class
1997	Bo Hurley	Findlay	QB	Senior
1998	Jack Williams	Azusa Pacific	RB	Junior
1999	Eddie Eviston	Georgetown (KY)	QB	Sophomore
2000	Eddie Eviston	Georgetown (KY)	QB	Junior
2001	Eddie Eviston	Georgetown (KY)	QB	Senior
2002	Nick Kortan	Sioux Falls	RB	Senior
2003	Tyler Emmert	Carroll (MT)	QB	Sophomore
2004	Cory Jacquay	Saint Francis (IN)	RB	Junior
2005	Tyler Emmert	Carroll (MT)	QB	Senior
2006	Brian Kurtz	Saint Francis (IN)	LB	Senior
2007	Chad Cavender	Sioux Falls	QB	Senior
2008	Owen Koeppen	Carroll (MT)	LB	Senior
2009	Lorenzo Brown	Sioux Falls	QB	Senior
2010	Jon Ryan	Sioux Falls	WR	Senior
2011	Chance Demarais	Carroll (MT)	RB	Junior
2012	Jimmy Coy	Saint Xavier	QB	Senior
2013	Kyle Schuck	Morningside	WR	Senior
2014	Austin Dodge	Southern Oregon	QB	Senior
2015	Ryan Kasdorf	Morningside	QB	Senior
2016	Logan Brettell[1]	Baker	QB	Junior
2017	Nick Ferrer[2]	Saint Francis (IN)	QB	Senior
2018	Trent Solsma	Morningside	QB	Senior
2019	Charles Salary	Marian (IN)	RB	Senior
2020	Tyson Kooima	Northwestern (IA)	QB	Senior
2021	Joe Dolincheck	Morningside	QB	Senior
2022	Joe Dolincheck[3]	Morningside	QB	Senior
2023	Jalyn Gramstad	Northwestern (IA)	QB	Junior
2024	Jackson Waring	Grand View	QB	Senior

Winners by team

Team	Winners	Years
Morningside	5	2013, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022
Carroll (MT)	4	2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
Sioux Falls	4	2002, 2007, 2009, 2010
Georgetown (KY)	3	1999, 2000, 2001
Saint Francis (IN)	3	2004, 2006, 2017
Northwestern (IA)	2	2020, 2023
Azusa Pacific	1	1998
Baker	1	2016
Findlay	1	1997
Grand View	1	2024
Marian (IN)	1	2019
Saint Xavier	1	2012
Southern Oregon	1	2014

References

1. "NAIA National Football Player of the Year Announced". NAIA. December 17, 2016.
2. "Saint Francis' Ferrer Named National Player of the Year". NAIA. December 16, 2017.
3. "Joe Dolincheck Named Back-To-Back National Player of the Year". naia.org. December 16, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.