Pac-12 Conference football individual awards

Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915. The conference name changed to Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) in 1968 and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) in 1978. The conference's 2011 expansion to 12 members saw the conference formally renamed as the Pac-12 Conference.

Player of the Year

Award started in 1975 as Player of the Year, any offensive or defensive players could be winners, but only offensive players won it. The award was replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 1983.^[1]: 120

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1975	Chuck Muncie	RB	California
1976	Ricky Bell	RB	USC
1977	Guy Benjamin	QB	Stanford
	Warren Moon	QB	Washington
1978	Charles White	RB	USC
1979	Charles White (2)	RB	USC
1980	John Elway	QB	Stanford
1981	Marcus Allen	RB	USC
1982	John Elway (2)	QB	Stanford
	Tom Ramsey	QB	UCLA

Offensive Player of the Year

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1983	Steve Pelluer	QB	Washington
1984	Rueben Mayes	RB	Washington State
1985	Rueben Mayes (2)	RB	Washington State
1986	Brad Muster	RB	Stanford
1987	Troy Aikman	QB	UCLA
1988	Rodney Peete	QB	USC
1989	Steve Broussard	RB	Washington State
1990	Greg Lewis	RB	Washington
1991	Mike Pawlawski	QB	California
	Mario Bailey	WR	Washington
1992	Drew Bledsoe	QB	Washington State
1993	J. J. Stokes	WR	UCLA
1994	Napoleon Kaufman	RB	Washington
1995	Keyshawn Johnson	WR	USC
1996	Jake Plummer	QB	Arizona State
1997	Ryan Leaf	QB	Washington State
1998	Cade McNown	QB	UCLA
	Akili Smith	QB	Oregon
1999	Troy Walters	WR	Stanford
2000	Marques Tuiasosopo	QB	Washington
2001	Joey Harrington	QB	Oregon
2002	Jason Gesser	QB	Washington State
	Carson Palmer	QB	USC
2003	Matt Leinart	QB	USC
2004	Matt Leinart (2)	QB	USC
	Reggie Bush	RB
2005	Reggie Bush (2)	RB	USC
2006	Marshawn Lynch	RB	California
2007	Dennis Dixon	QB	Oregon
2008	Jacquizz Rodgers	RB	Oregon State
2009	Toby Gerhart	RB	Stanford
2010	Andrew Luck	QB	Stanford
2011	Andrew Luck (2)	QB	Stanford	[2]
2012	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	[3]
2013	Ka'Deem Carey	RB	Arizona	[4]
2014	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon	[5]
2015	Christian McCaffrey	RB	Stanford	[6]
2016	Jake Browning	QB	Washington	[7]
2017	Bryce Love	RB	Stanford	[8]
2018	Gardner Minshew	QB	Washington State	[9]
2019	Zack Moss	RB	Utah	[10]
2020	Jarek Broussard	RB	Colorado	[11]
2021	Drake London	WR	USC	[12]
2022	Caleb Williams	QB	USC	[13]
2023	Bo Nix	QB	Oregon	[14]

Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year

From 1983 to 2003, this award was known simply as Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year. In 2004, the award was renamed as Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year in honor of Arizona State's Pat Tillman.^[15]

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1983	Ricky Hunley	LB	Arizona
	Ron Rivera	LB	California
1984	Duane Bickett	LB	USC
1985	Mark Walen	DT	UCLA
1986	Byron Evans	LB	Arizona
1987	Chuck Cecil	S	Arizona
1988	Dana Wells	NT	Arizona
1989	Junior Seau	LB	USC
1990	Steve Emtman	DT	Washington
	Darryll Lewis	CB	Arizona
1991	Steve Emtman (2)	DT	Washington
1992	Dave Hoffmann	LB	Washington
1993	Rob Waldrop	NT	Arizona
1994	Mark Fields	LB	Washington State
1995	Tedy Bruschi	DE	Arizona
1996	Jason Chorak	LB	Washington
1997	Pat Tillman	LB	Arizona State
1998	Chris Claiborne	LB	USC
1999	Deltha O'Neal	CB	California
2000	Adam Archuleta	LB	Arizona State
2001	Robert Thomas	LB	UCLA
2002	Terrell Suggs	DE	Arizona State
2003	Dave Ball	DE	UCLA
Award renamed
2004	Shaun Cody	DT	USC
	Bill Swancutt	DE	Oregon State
2005	Haloti Ngata	DT	Oregon
	Dale Robinson	LB	Arizona State
2006	Dante Hughes	CB	California
2007	Sedrick Ellis	NT	USC
2008	Rey Maualuga	LB	USC
2009	Brian Price	DT	UCLA
2010	Stephen Paea	DT	Oregon State
2011	Mychal Kendricks	LB	California	[2]
2012	Will Sutton	DE	Arizona State	[3]
2013	Will Sutton (2)	DE	Arizona State	[4]
2014	Scooby Wright	LB	Arizona	[5]
2015	DeForest Buckner	DE	Oregon	[6]
2016	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC	[7]
2017	Vita Vea	DT	Washington	[8]
2018	Ben Burr-Kirven	LB	Washington	[9]
2019	Evan Weaver	LB	California	[10]
2020	Talanoa Hufanga	S	USC	[11]
2021	Devin Lloyd	LB	Utah	[12]
2022	Tuli Tuipulotu	DE	USC	[13]
2023	Laiatu Latu	DE	UCLA	[14]

Freshman of the Year

Award started in 1999, it was replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 2009.

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
1999	Kareem Kelly	WR	USC
2000	Terrell Suggs	DE	Arizona State
2001	Teyo Johnson	WR	Stanford
	Reggie Williams	WR	Washington
2002	Mike Williams	WR	USC
2003	Brandon Browner	CB	Oregon State
2004	Zach Miller	TE	Arizona State
2005	Jeremy Perry	G	Oregon State
	Mike Thomas	WR	Arizona
2006	Jairus Byrd	CB	Oregon
	Taylor Mays	S	USC
	Alterraun Verner	CB	UCLA
2007	Jake Locker	QB	Washington
2008	Jacquizz Rodgers	RB	Oregon State

Offensive Freshman of the Year

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
2009	LaMichael James	RB	Oregon
2010	Robert Woods	WR	USC
2011	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	Oregon	[2]
	Marqise Lee	WR	USC
2012	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon	[3]
2013	Myles Jack	RB	UCLA	[4]
2014	Royce Freeman	RB	Oregon	[5]
2015	Josh Rosen	QB	UCLA	[6]
2016	Sam Darnold	QB	USC	[7]
2017	J. J. Taylor	RB	Arizona	[8]
	Walker Little	OT	Stanford
2018	Jermar Jefferson	RB	Oregon State	[9]
2019	Kedon Slovis	QB	USC	[10]
2020	Ty Jordan	RB	Utah	[11]
2021	Jayden de Laura	QB	Washington State	[12]
2022	Damien Martinez	RB	Oregon State	[13]
2023	Noah Fifita	QB	Arizona	[14]

Defensive Freshman of the Year

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref.
2009	Vontaze Burfict	LB	Arizona State
2010	Junior Onyeali	DE	Arizona State
2011	Dion Bailey	LB	USC	[2]
2012	Leonard Williams	DE	USC	[3]
2013	Myles Jack	LB	UCLA	[4]
2014	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC	[5]
2015	Cameron Smith	LB	USC	[6]
2016	Taylor Rapp	S	Washington	[7]
2017	Colin Schooler	LB	Arizona	[8]
2018	Merlin Robertson	LB	Arizona State	[9]
2019	Kayvon Thibodeaux	DE	Oregon	[10]
2020	Noah Sewell	LB	Oregon	[11]
2021	Junior Tafuna	DT	Utah	[12]
2022	Lander Barton	LB	Utah	[13]
2023	Cade Uluave	LB	California	[14]

Pop Warner Trophy

The Glenn "Pop" Warner Memorial Trophy was awarded annually by the Palo Club to the most valuable senior player on the West Coast. It was awarded from 1949 to 2004.^{[1]: 113 [16][17]} Notably, all but 5 recipients played for Pac-10 institutions. The award is distinguished from the unaffiliated W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy, presented annually from 1951 to 1978 to the top player on the Pacific Coast regardless of class-year.

Year	Player	School (#)
1949	Eddie LeBaron	University of the Pacific (1)
1950	Russ Pomeroy	Stanford (1)
1951	Ollie Matson	University of San Francisco (1)
1952	Jim Sears	USC (1)
1953	Bob Garrett	Stanford (2)
1954	George Shaw	Oregon (1)
1955	Bob Davenport	UCLA (1)
1956	Jon Arnett	USC (2)
1957	Joe Francis	Oregon State (1)
1958	Joe Kapp	California (1)
1959	Chris Burford	Stanford (3)
1960	Billy Kilmer	UCLA (2)
1961	Chon Gallegos	San Jose State (1)
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State (2)
1963	Vern Burke	Oregon State (3)
1964	Craig Morton	California (2)
1965	Mike Garrett	USC (3)
1966	Pete Pifer	Oregon State (4)
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA (3)
1968	O. J. Simpson	USC (4)
1969	Don Parish	Stanford (4)
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford (5)
1971	Jeff Siemon	Stanford (6)
1972	Mike Rae	USC (5)
1973	Lynn Swann	USC (6)
1974	Anthony Davis	USC (7)
1975	Chuck Muncie	California (3)
1976	Ricky Bell	USC (8)
1977	Guy Benjamin	Stanford (7)
1978	Jerry Robinson	UCLA (4)
1979	Charles White	USC (9)
1980	Ken Margerum	Stanford (8)
1981	Marcus Allen	USC (10)
1982	John Elway	Stanford (9)
1983	Ron Rivera	California (4)
1984	Jack Del Rio	USC (11)
1985	Rueben Mayes	Washington State (1)
1986	Dave Wyman	Stanford (10)
1987	Mike Perez	San Jose State (2)
1988	Rodney Peete	USC (12)
1989	Tim Ryan	USC (13)
1990	Greg Lewis	Washington (1)
1991	Tommy Vardell	Stanford (11)
1992	Glyn Milburn	Stanford (12)
1993	Johnnie Morton	USC (14)
1994	Steve Stenstrom	Stanford (13)
1995	Keyshawn Johnson	USC (15)
1996	Jake Plummer	Arizona State (1)
1997	Skip Hicks	UCLA (5)
1998	Cade McNown	UCLA (6)
1999	Deltha O'Neal	California (5)
2000	Marques Tuiasosopo	Washington (2)
2001
2002	Carson Palmer	USC (16)
2003	Dave Ball	UCLA (7)
2004	J. J. Arrington	California (6)

Morris Trophy

The Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the best offensive and defensive linemen in the conference, as selected by opposing players.^[1]: 113

Offense

Year	Player	School (#)
1980	Roy Foster	USC (1)
1981	Roy Foster (2)	USC (2)
1982	Bruce Matthews	USC (3)
1983	Gary Zimmerman	Oregon (1)
1984	Dan Lynch	Washington State (1)
1985	Jeff Bregel	USC (4)
1986	Danny Villa	Arizona State (1)
1987	Randall McDaniel	Arizona State (2)
1988	Joe Tofflemire	Arizona (1)
1989	Bern Brostek	Washington (1)
1990	Pat Harlow	USC (5)
1991	Lincoln Kennedy	Washington (2)
1992	Lincoln Kennedy (2)	Washington (3)
1993	Todd Steussie	California (1)
1994	Tony Boselli	USC (6)
1995	Jonathan Ogden	UCLA (1)
1996	Bob Sapp	Washington (4)
1997	Olin Kreutz	Washington (5)
1998	Yusuf Scott	Arizona (2)
1999	Travis Claridge	USC (7)
2000	Chad Ward	Washington (6)
2001	Levi Jones	Arizona State (3)
2002	Kwame Harris	Stanford (1)
2003	Jacob Rogers	USC (8)
2004	Adam Snyder	Oregon (2)
2005	Ryan O'Callaghan	California (2)
2006	Ryan Kalil	USC (9)
2007	Alex Mack	California (3)
2008	Alex Mack (2)	California (4)
2009	Charles Brown	USC (10)
2010	Tyron Smith	USC (11)
2011	Matt Kalil	USC (12)
2012	David Yankey	Stanford (2)
2013	Xavier Su'a-Filo	UCLA (2)
2014	Andrus Peat	Stanford (3)
2015	Joshua Garnett	Stanford (4)
2016	Isaac Asiata[18]	Utah (1)
2017	Tyrell Crosby	Oregon (3)
2018	Kaleb McGary[19]	Washington (7)
2019	Penei Sewell[20]	Oregon (4)
2020	Alijah Vera-Tucker	USC (13)
2021	Nick Ford	Utah (2)
2022	Andrew Vorhees	USC (14)
2023	Troy Fautanu[21]	Washington (8)

Defense

Year	Player	School (#)
1980	Vince Goldsmith	Oregon (1)
1981	Fletcher Jenkins	Washington (1)
1982	George Achica	USC (1)
1983	Keith Millard	Washington State (1)
1984	Ron Holmes	Washington (2)
1985	Erik Howard	Washington State (2)
1986	Reggie Rogers	Washington (3)
1987	Dana Wells	Arizona (1)
1988	Dana Wells (2)	Arizona (2)
1989	Esera Tuaolo	Oregon State (1)
1990	Steve Emtman	Washington (4)
1991	Steve Emtman (2)	Washington (5)
1992	Rob Waldrop	Arizona (3)
1993	D'Marco Farr	Washington (6)
1994	Chad Eaton	Washington State (3)
1995	Tedy Bruschi	Arizona (4)
1996	Darrell Russell	USC (2)
1997	Jeremy Staat	Arizona State (1)
1998	Inoke Breckterfield	Oregon State (2)
1999	Willie Howard	Stanford (1)
2000	Andre Carter	California (1)
2001	Kenyon Coleman	UCLA (1)
2002	Terrell Suggs	Arizona State (2)
2003	Dave Ball	UCLA (2)
2004	Bill Swancutt	Oregon State (3)
2005	Haloti Ngata	Oregon (2)
2006	Sedrick Ellis	USC (3)
2007	Sedrick Ellis (2)	USC (4)
2008	Nick Reed	Oregon (3)
2009	Stephen Paea	Oregon State (4)
2010	Stephen Paea (2)	Oregon State (5)
2011	Star Lotulelei	Utah (1)
2012	Will Sutton	Arizona State (3)
2013	Will Sutton (2)	Arizona State (4)
2014	Nate Orchard	Utah (2)
2015	DeForest Buckner	Oregon (4)
2016	Solomon Thomas[18]	Stanford (2)
2017	Vita Vea	Washington (7)
2018	Greg Gaines[19]	Washington (8)
2019	Bradlee Anae[20]	Utah (3)
2020	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Oregon (5)
2021	Mika Tafua	Utah (4)
2022	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC (5)
2023	Laiatu Latu[21]	UCLA (3)

Coach of the Year

The following coach were selected as coach of the year.^[1]: 121

Year	Player	School (#)	Ref.
1975	Dick Vermeil	UCLA (1)	[1]: 121
1976	John Robinson	USC (1)	[1]: 121
1977	Bill Walsh	Stanford (1)	[1]: 121
1978	John Robinson (2)	USC (2)	[1]: 121
1979	Rich Brooks	Oregon (1)	[1]: 121
1980	Don James	Washington (1)	[1]: 121
1981	Jim Walden	Washington State (1)	[1]: 121
1982	Joe Kapp	California (1)	[1]: 121
1983	Jim Walden (2)	Washington State (2)	[1]: 121
1984	Ted Tollner	USC (3)	[1]: 121
1985	Terry Donahue	UCLA (2)	[1]: 121
1986	John Cooper	Arizona State (1)	[1]: 121
1987	Larry Smith	USC (4)	[1]: 121
1988	Dennis Erickson	Washington State (3)	[1]: 121
	Larry Smith (2)	USC (5)	[1]: 121
1989	Dave Kragthorpe	Oregon State (1)	[1]: 121
1990	Don James (2)	Washington (2)	[1]: 121
	Bruce Snyder	California (2)	[1]: 121
1991	Don James (3)	Washington (3)	[1]: 121
1992	Dick Tomey	Arizona (1)	[1]: 121
1993	Terry Donahue (2)	UCLA (3)	[1]: 121
1994	Rich Brooks (2)	Oregon (2)	[1]: 121
1995	Tyrone Willingham	Stanford (2)	[1]: 121
1996	Bruce Snyder (2)	Arizona State (2)	[1]: 121
1997	Mike Price	Washington State (4)	[1]: 121
1998	Bob Toledo	UCLA (4)	[1]: 121
1999	Tyrone Willingham (2)	Stanford (3)	[1]: 121
2000	Dennis Erickson (2)	Oregon State (2)	[1]: 121
2001	Mike Price (2)	Washington State (5)	[1]: 121
2002	Jeff Tedford	California (3)	[1]: 121
2003	Pete Carroll	USC (6)	[1]: 121
	Bill Doba	Washington State (6)	[1]: 121
2004	Jeff Tedford (2)	California (4)	[1]: 121
2005	Pete Carroll (2)	USC (7)	[1]: 121
	Karl Dorrell	UCLA (5)	[1]: 121
2006	Pete Carroll (3)	USC (8)	[1]: 121
2007	Dennis Erickson (3)	Arizona State (3)	[1]: 121
2008	Mike Riley	Oregon State (3)	[1]: 121
2009	Chip Kelly	Oregon (3)	[1]: 121
2010	Chip Kelly (2)	Oregon (4)	[1]: 121
2011	David Shaw	Stanford (4)	[1]: 121
2012	David Shaw (2)	Stanford (5)	[1]: 121
2013	Todd Graham	Arizona State (4)	[1]: 121
2014	Rich Rodriguez	Arizona (2)	[1]: 121
2015	David Shaw (3)	Stanford (6)	[6]
	Mike Leach	Washington State (7)	[6]
2016	Mike MacIntyre	Colorado (1)	[22]
2017	David Shaw (4)	Stanford (7)	[8]
2018	Mike Leach (2)	Washington State (8)	[23]
2019	Kyle Whittingham (1)	Utah (1)	[10]
2020	Karl Dorrell (2)	Colorado (2)	[24]
2021	Kyle Whittingham (2)	Utah (2)	[25]
2022	Kalen DeBoer	Washington (4)	[26]
	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State (4)	[26]
2023	Kalen DeBoer (2)	Washington (5)	[27]

All-Century Team

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the conference, an All-Century Team was unveiled on December 2, 2015, voted on by a panel of coaches, players, and the media.^[28]

Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Offense

Pos.	Player	Team	Tenure
QB	John Elway	Stanford	1979–1982
	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	2011–2014
	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	1968–1970
	Andrew Luck	Stanford	2008–2011
	Matt Leinart	USC	2001–2005
RB	Marcus Allen	USC	1978–1981
	O. J. Simpson	USC	1967–1968
	Charles White	USC	1976–1979
	Reggie Bush	USC	2003–2005
	Mike Garrett	USC	1963–1965
WR	Keyshawn Johnson	USC	1994–1995
	Lynn Swann	USC	1970–1973
	Marqise Lee	USC	2011–2013
	J. J. Stokes	UCLA	1991–1994
	Ken Margerum	Stanford	1977–1980
TE	Tony Gonzalez	California	1994–1996
	Charle Young	USC	1970–1972
OL	Jonathan Ogden	UCLA	1992–1995
	Ron Yary	USC	1965–1967
	Tony Boselli	USC	1991–1994
	Anthony Muñoz	USC	1976–1979
	Lincoln Kennedy	Washington	1989–1992
	Brad Budde	USC	1976–1979
	Randall McDaniel	Arizona State	1984–1987

Defense

Pos.	Player	Team	Tenure
DE	Tedy Bruschi	Arizona	1991–1995
	Terrell Suggs	Arizona State	2000–2002
	Willie McGinest	USC	1990–1993
	Andre Carter	California	1997–2000
	Jim Jeffcoat	Arizona State	1979–1982
DT	Steve Emtman	Washington	1989–1991
	Haloti Ngata	Oregon	2002–2005
	Rob Waldrop	Arizona	1990–1993
	Leonard Williams	USC	2012–2014
	Ed White	California	1966–1968
LB	Junior Seau	USC	1987–1989
	Jerry Robinson	UCLA	1975–1978
	Ricky Hunley	Arizona	1980–1983
	Richard Wood	USC	1972–1974
	Chris Claiborne	USC	1996–1998
CB	Joey Browner	USC	1979–1982
	Mel Renfro	Oregon	1961–1963
	Chris McAlister	Arizona	1996–1998
	Antoine Cason	Arizona	2004–2007
S	Ronnie Lott	USC	1977–1980
	Kenny Easley	UCLA	1977–1980
	Troy Polamalu	USC	1999–2002
	Mark Carrier	USC	1987–1989

Special teams and coach

Pos.	Player	Team	Tenure
K	Jason Hanson	Washington State	1988–1991
P	Tom Hackett	Utah	2012–2015
RS	Reggie Bush	USC	2003–2005
HC	John McKay	USC	1960–1975

Note: Bold denotes offensive, defensive and coach of the Century selections. The voting panel was made up of 119 former players, coaches and media.^[29]

See also

• List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams