Mr. Football (Indiana)

The Indiana Mr. Football award is an award given to the top high school American football player in the state of Indiana, presented annually by The Indianapolis Star.^[1]

Winners

Rex Grossman was 1998's Mr. Football from Bloomington South.

Clayton Richard was 2002's Mr. Football from McCutcheon.

Gunner Kiel was 2011's Mr. Football from Columbus East.

Jaylon Smith was 2012's Mr. Football from Bishop Luers.

Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year	Player	High school	College	NFL draft
1992	Alex Smith, RB[2]	Franklin County	Indiana
1993	Bo Barzilauskas, OL/DL	Bloomington South	Indiana
1994	Josh Martini, RB	East Central
1995	Earl Haniford, QB	Martinsville	Indiana
1996	Israel Thompson, RB	Martinsville	Ball State
1997	DuJuan Daniels, RB	Bishop Chatard	Boston College
1998	Rex Grossman, QB	Bloomington South	Florida	2003 NFL draft: 1st round, 22nd overall by the Chicago Bears
1999	Derrick Ellis, RB	Indianapolis Arlington
2000	Otis Shannon, RB	Indianapolis Cathedral	Harper College
2001	James Banks, QB/DB[3]	Ben Davis	Tennessee Carson–Newman
2002	Clayton Richard, QB	McCutcheon	Michigan
2003	Desmond Tardy, QB	Warren Central	Purdue
2004	Jason Werner, WR/S	Roncalli	Purdue
2005	Dexter Taylor, QB	Warren Central	Tulsa Western Kentucky Marian
2006	Darren Evans, RB	Warren Central	Virginia Tech	Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans
2007	Paul McIntosh, QB	Evansville Reitz	Army Southern Illinois
2008	Morgan Newton, QB	Carmel	Kentucky
2009	Dan Wodicka, QB[4]	West Lafayette	Johns Hopkins University
2010	Tre Roberson, QB[5]	Lawrence Central	Indiana Illinois State
2011	Gunner Kiel, QB	Columbus East	Notre Dame Cincinnati
2012	Jaylon Smith, RB/LB[1]	Bishop Luers	Notre Dame	2016 NFL draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Dallas Cowboys
2013	Terry McLaurin, WR[6]	Cathedral	Ohio State	2019 NFL draft: 3rd round, 76th overall by the Washington Redskins
2014	Markell Jones, RB[7]	Columbus East	Purdue
2015	Brandon Peters, QB[8]	Avon	Michigan Illinois
2016	Hunter Johnson, QB[9]	Brownsburg	Clemson Northwestern
2017	Reese Taylor, QB[10]	Ben Davis	Indiana
2018	Jack Kiser, QB[11]	Pioneer	Notre Dame	2025 NFL draft: 4th round, 107th overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars
2019	Charlie Spegal, RB[12]	New Palestine	Indiana
2020	Carson Steele, RB[13]	Center Grove	Ball State	2024 NFL draft: UDFA by the Kansas City Chiefs
2021	Brady Allen, QB[14]	Gibson Southern	Purdue
2022	Drayk Bowen, RB/LB[15]	Andrean	Notre Dame
2023	Josh Ringer, RB[16]	East Central High School	Miami (OH)
2024	Mark Zackery IV, WR/DB[17]	Ben Davis	Notre Dame

Schools with multiple winners

School	Number of Awards	Years
Ben Davis	3	2001, 2017, 2024
Warren Central	3	2003, 2005, 2006
Columbus East	2	2011, 2014
Indianapolis Cathedral	2	2000, 2013
Bloomington South	2	1993, 1998
Martinsville	2	1995, 1996
East Central High School	2	1994, 2023