Honors
National awards
28 national honors, every winner by year and school. Each award’s page lists them all.
Player of the year
| Heisman TrophyFor the season’s outstanding player |  Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (2025) | 90 players since 1935 |
| Maxwell AwardFor the player of the year, chosen by the Maxwell Football Club | Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (2025) | 87 players since 1937 |
| Walter Camp AwardFor the player of the year, chosen by head coaches and sports information directors | Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (2025) | 56 players since 1967 |
By position
| Davey O’Brien AwardFor the best quarterback, chosen by the Davey O’Brien Foundation | Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (2025) | 41 players since 1981 |
| Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardFor the top upperclassman quarterback, judged on play, character, scholarship and leadership |  Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt (2025) | 39 players since 1987 |
| Manning AwardFor the best quarterback, chosen by the Sugar Bowl Committee; it is the only quarterback award whose vote counts bowl games | Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (2025) | 21 players since 2004 |
| Doak Walker AwardFor the best running back |  Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (2025) | 33 players since 1990 |
| Biletnikoff AwardFor the best receiver |  Makai Lemon, USC (2025) | 30 players since 1994 |
| John Mackey AwardFor the most outstanding tight end | Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt (2025) | 25 players since 2000 |
| Rimington TrophyFor the best center |  Logan Jones, Iowa (2025) | 27 players since 2000 |
| Outland TrophyFor the best interior lineman, offense or defense |  Spencer Fano, Utah (2025) | 79 players since 1946 |
| Lombardi AwardFor the best lineman or linebacker (it was open to every position from 2017 to 2020) |  Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (2025) | 55 players since 1970 |
| Ted Hendricks AwardFor the top defensive end |  Rueben Bain Jr., Miami (FL) (2025) | 22 players since 2002 |
| Butkus AwardFor the top college linebacker | Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (2025) | 40 players since 1985 |
| Jim Thorpe AwardFor the top defensive back |  Caleb Downs, Ohio State (2025) | 41 players since 1986 |
| Lou Groza AwardFor the top place-kicker |  Tate Sandell, Oklahoma (2025) | 33 players since 1992 |
| Ray Guy AwardFor the most outstanding punter |  Brett Thorson, Georgia (2025) | 23 players since 2000 |
| Paul Hornung AwardFor the most versatile player |  K.C. Concepcion, Texas A&M (2025) | 15 players since 2010 |
Defensive player of the year
| Bronko Nagurski TrophyFor the best defensive player, chosen by the Football Writers Association of America | Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (2025) | 31 players since 1993 |
| Chuck Bednarik AwardFor the defensive player of the year, chosen by the Maxwell Football Club | Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (2025) | 29 players since 1995 |
Scholarship and character
| William V. Campbell TrophyFor the best combination of academics, leadership and play, the “Academic Heisman” (formerly the Draddy Trophy) | Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt (2025) | 36 players since 1990 |
| Wuerffel TrophyFor community service combined with play and academics |  Michael Taaffe, Texas (2025) | 21 players since 2005 |
| Burlsworth TrophyFor the most outstanding FBS player who began his career as a walk-on |  Drew Mestemaker, North Texas (2025) | 15 players since 2010 |
Coaches
| Eddie Robinson Coach of the YearFor the coach of the year, chosen by the Football Writers Association of America | Clark Lea, Vanderbilt (2025) | 59 coaches since 1957 |
| Walter Camp Coach of the YearFor the coach of the year, chosen by head coaches and sports information directors | Curt Cignetti, Indiana (2025) | 53 coaches since 1967 |
| Paul “Bear” Bryant AwardFor the coach of the year, chosen by the National Sports Media Association | Curt Cignetti, Indiana (2025) | 36 coaches since 1986 |
| Bobby Dodd Coach of the YearFor the head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom and in the community | Curt Cignetti, Indiana (2025) | 48 coaches since 1976 |
| Broyles AwardFor the best assistant coach | Bryant Haines, Indiana (2025) | 30 coaches since 1996 |
Most honored programs
Heisman Trophies The other 27 awards
Alabama66 · 4 Heisman
Ohio State57 · 7 Heisman
Oklahoma57 · 7 Heisman
Notre Dame49 · 7 Heisman
Texas46 · 2 Heisman
Penn State40 · 1 Heisman
LSU39 · 3 Heisman
USC38 · 8 Heisman
Michigan32 · 3 Heisman
Nebraska32 · 3 Heisman
Georgia32 · 2 Heisman
Florida State31 · 3 Heisman
National awards won by a program’s players and coaches, all 28 counted alike, each season a winner played or coached there.
The College Football Hall of Fame
1,127 players and 240 coaches have been inducted since the first class in 1951. A player becomes eligible ten seasons after his last college game and must have been a first-team All-American. The 2026 class has 18 players and 4 coaches.
The 2026 class
The whole class
Aaron Donald
Marvin Harrison
Garrison Hearst
Mark Ingram
Olin Kreutz
James Laurinaitis
Jordan Lynch
Terence Newman
Ndamukong Suh
Eric Weddle
Also inducted: Jerry Azumah (New Hampshire), Ki-Jana Carter (Penn State), Bruce Collie (Texas–Arlington), George Cumby (Oklahoma), Chris Hudson (Colorado), Herman Moore (Virginia), Bob Novogratz (Army), Peter Warrick (Florida State).
Coaches: Jim Margraff (Johns Hopkins), Gary Patterson (TCU), Chris Petersen (Boise State, Washington), Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman).
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s and coach’s page.
Most inductees
| School | Inductees | Players | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notre Dame | 56 | 50 | 6 |
| 2 | Michigan | 40 | 34 | 6 |
| 3 | USC | 39 | 36 | 3 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 37 | 29 | 8 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| 6 |  Yale | 29 | 25 | 4 |
| 7 |  Army | 29 | 25 | 4 |
| 8 |  Tennessee | 28 | 24 | 4 |
| 9 | Alabama | 28 | 23 | 5 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 28 | 21 | 7 |
| 11 | Penn State | 27 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | Texas | 26 | 23 | 3 |
| 13 |  Princeton | 26 | 21 | 5 |
| 14 |  Stanford | 26 | 20 | 6 |
| 15 |  Navy | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 16 |  Minnesota | 24 | 20 | 4 |
| 17 |  Pittsburgh | 24 | 20 | 4 |
| 18 | Georgia | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| 19 |  Pennsylvania | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| 20 |  Harvard | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| 21 |  California | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| 22 |  Georgia Tech | 18 | 14 | 4 |
| 23 |  Texas A&M | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| 24 |  UCLA | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| 25 |  Illinois | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| 26 |  Cornell | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| 27 |  Washington | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| 28 | LSU | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| 29 |  Syracuse | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| 30 |  Iowa | 16 | 11 | 5 |
A player or coach with several schools counts once for each.
Class by class
Each class’s page lists its players and coaches with their schools. The number is the class’s size.
Inductees from Wikipedia’s lists of College Football Hall of Fame inductees, which link each one to the Hall’s own biography.
The Black College Football Hall of Fame
Players, coaches and contributors from historically black colleges and universities, 130 inductees in 17 classes since 2010. Founded in 2009 by Grambling quarterbacks James Harris and Doug Williams; its museum is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
As Wikipedia’s list of inductees gives them, with each college’s years as printed. “CFB HOF” and “Pro HOF”: also in the College or Pro Football Hall of Fame, as the list marks them. Names link to our player and coach pages where we have one, else to the inductee’s Wikipedia article. Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).