Southeastern Conference football individual awards

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Billy Cannon of LSU was SEC Player of the Year for both the 1958 and 1959 seasons.

Coaches and media of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) bestow the following individual awards at the end of each college football season.

Player of the Year[edit]

Beattie Feathers of Tennessee was the first recipient of the award, for the 1933 season.

A single award was issued for the 1933–2001 seasons, except for 1943 when no award was given due to World War II. Starting in 2002, an offensive and defense award is issued each season; a special teams award was added in 2004. In a few instances, different selectors have chosen different recipients, or two players have shared the award. Several players have won the award twice; Herschel Walker was a three-time recipient (1980–1982).

Jacobs Blocking Trophy[edit]

Given annually to the conference's best blocker

Freshman of the Year[edit]

Danny Wuerffel, Freshman of the Year for the 1993 season

Coach of the Year[edit]

Bear Bryant of Alabama was named Coach of the Year multiple times.

League coaches have made selections since 1935. The AP has made selections since 1946. The UPI also made selections from 1960 to 1990.

All-Southeastern Conference[edit]

References[edit]

General
  • "SEC Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  • "SEC Offensive Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  • "SEC Defensive Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  • "SEC Coach of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
Footnotes
  1. ^ Moshier, Jeff (December 30, 1939). "Playing Square". The Evening Independent. p. 18. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "DuBose Named SEC Player Of Year". Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal. Associated Press. November 26, 1975. p. 4B. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Newberry, Paul (December 5, 2006). "McFadden named top offensive player in SEC". Park City Daily News. Associated Press. p. 8C. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Alabama Grid Star Gets Jacobs Award". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 3, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Randy Johnson, All-American". Rome News-Tribune. January 27, 1976. p. 4. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Ryan Kelly splits 2015 Jacobs Blocking Trophy". Fox Sports. December 9, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.