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Walter Camp Award
	Walter Camp Foundation logo
Awarded for	Player of the year in college football
Country	United States
Presented by	Walter Camp Football Foundation
History
First award	1967
Most recent	Travis Hunter, WR/CB
Website	WalterCamp.org

The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The award is named for Walter Camp, an important and influential figure in the development of the sport. Three players have won the award twice: Colt McCoy of the University of Texas in 2008 and 2009, Archie Griffin of Ohio State in 1974 and 1975, and O. J. Simpson of USC in 1967 and 1968.

Winners

Year	Winner	Position	School	Ref
1967	O. J. Simpson	RB	USC	^[1]
1968	O. J. Simpson	RB	USC	^[1]
1969	Steve Owens	RB	Oklahoma
1970	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford
1971	Pat Sullivan	QB	Auburn
1972	Johnny Rodgers	RB	Nebraska
1973	John Cappelletti	RB	Penn State
1974	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State
1975	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State
1976	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsburgh
1977	Ken MacAfee	TE	Notre Dame
1978	Billy Sims	RB	Oklahoma
1979	Charles White	RB	USC
1980	Hugh Green	LB	Pittsburgh
1981	Marcus Allen	RB	USC
1982	Herschel Walker	RB	Georgia
1983	Mike Rozier	RB	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	QB	Boston College
1985	Bo Jackson	RB	Auburn
1986	Vinny Testaverde	QB	Miami (FL)
1987	Tim Brown	WR	Notre Dame
1988	Barry Sanders	RB	Oklahoma State
1989	Anthony Thompson	RB	Indiana	^[2]
1990	Raghib Ismail	WR	Notre Dame
1991	Desmond Howard	WR	Michigan
1992	Gino Torretta	QB	Miami (FL)
1993	Charlie Ward	QB	Florida State	^[3]
1994	Rashaan Salaam	RB	Colorado
1995	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State
1996	Danny Wuerffel	QB	Florida
1997	Charles Woodson	CB	Michigan
1998	Ricky Williams	RB	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
2000	Josh Heupel	QB	Oklahoma	^[4]
2001	Eric Crouch	QB	Nebraska	^[5]
2002	Larry Johnson	RB	Penn State
2003	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Pittsburgh
2004	Matt Leinart	QB	USC
2005	Reggie Bush	RB	USC
2006	Troy Smith	QB	Ohio State
2007	Darren McFadden	RB	Arkansas
2008	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2009	Colt McCoy	QB	Texas
2010	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn
2011	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford
2012	Manti Te'o	LB	Notre Dame	^[6]
2013	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida State
2014	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
2015	Derrick Henry	RB	Alabama
2016	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville	^[7]
2017	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma
2018	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	Alabama
2019	Joe Burrow	QB	LSU	^[8]
2020	DeVonta Smith	WR	Alabama
2021	Kenneth Walker III	RB	Michigan State
2022	Caleb Williams	QB	USC
2023	Jayden Daniels	QB	LSU	^[9]
2024	Travis Hunter	WR/CB	Colorado

Awards won by school

This is a list of the schools that have had a player win the Walter Camp Award. USC has the most award winners, with seven. In total, players from 22 different schools have won the Walter Camp Award.

School	Trophies won
USC	7*
Ohio State	4*
Oklahoma	4
Notre Dame	4
Alabama	3
Auburn	3
Nebraska	3
Pittsburgh	3
Texas	3*
Florida State	2
LSU	2
Miami	2
Michigan	2
Penn State	2
Stanford	2
Arkansas	1
Boston College	1
Colorado	2
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Indiana	1
Louisville	1
Michigan State	1
Oklahoma State	1
Oregon	1
Wisconsin	1