AP College Football Player of the Year

The AP College Football Player of the Year award has been awarded annually since 1998 to the most outstanding collegiate football player in the country. The winner is chosen by a vote of Associated Press (AP) sportswriters and editors. Since 2004, the award winner has gone on to win the Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2009 (Ndamukong Suh) and 2015 (Christian McCaffrey).

AP College Football Player of the Year

Awarded for	The most outstanding collegiate football player
Country	United States
Presented by	Associated Press
History
First award	1998
Most recent	CB/WR Travis Hunter

Winners

Season	Player	Position	School	Ref
1998	Ricky Williams	RB	Texas	[1]
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin	[2]
2000	Josh Heupel	QB	Oklahoma	[3]
2001	Rex Grossman	QB	Florida	[4]
2002	Brad Banks	QB	Iowa	[5]
2003	Jason White	QB	Oklahoma	[6]
2004	Matt Leinart	QB	USC	[7]
2005	Reggie Bush	RB	USC	[8]
2006	Troy Smith	QB	Ohio State	[9]
2007	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida	[10]
2008	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	[11]
2009	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	[12]
2010	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn	[13]
2011	Robert Griffin III	QB	Baylor	[14]
2012	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M	[15]
2013	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida State	[16]
2014	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon	[17]
2015	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford	[18]
2016	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville	[19]
2017	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma	[20]
2018	Kyler Murray	QB	Oklahoma	[21]
2019	Joe Burrow	QB	LSU	[22]
2020	DeVonta Smith	WR	Alabama	[23]
2021	Bryce Young	QB	Alabama	[24]
2022	Caleb Williams	QB	USC	[25]
2023	Jayden Daniels	QB	LSU	[26]
2024	Travis Hunter	CB/WR	Colorado	[27]

Winners by school

School	Trophies won
Oklahoma	5
USC	3
Alabama	2
Florida
LSU
Auburn	1
Baylor
Colorado
Florida State
Iowa
Louisville
Nebraska
Ohio State
Oregon
Stanford
Texas
Texas A&M
Wisconsin