The 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watch list is out. This player of the year award goes back to the late 60s and the Walter Camp Football Foundation has many awards it rewards at the end of a college football season including their vaunted all-American list as well as their player of the year award. This season looks to be more full of talent than usual:
Full List:
- Jordan Addison, WR, junior, USC
- Rasheen Ali, RB, sophomore, Marshall
- Braelon Allen, RB, sophomore, Wisconsin
- Will Anderson, LB, junior, Alabama
- Kayshon Boutte, WR, junior, LSU
- Brock Bowers, TE, sophomore, Georgia
- Andre Carter II, LB, junior, Army West Point
- Jalen Carter, DT, junior, Georgia
- Dante Cephas, WR, junior, Kent State
- Sean Clifford, QB, senior, Penn State
- Blake Corum, RB, junior, Michigan
- Malik Cunningham, QB, senior, Louisville
- JT Daniels, QB, junior, West Virginia
- Josh Downs, WR, junior, North Carolina
- Dillon Gabriel, QB, junior, Oklahoma
- Brett Gabbert, QB, junior, Miami (Ohio)
- Jake Haener, QB, senior, Fresno State
- Jaren Hall, QB, junior, BYU
- Frank Harris, QB, senior, UTSA
- Sam Hartman, QB, senior, Wake Forest
- TreVeyon Henderson, RB, sophomore, Ohio State
- Xavier Hutchinson, WR, senior, Iowa State
- Quentin Johnston, WR, junior, TCU
- Phil Jurkovec, QB, senior, Boston College
- Calijah Kancey, DT, junior, Pittsburgh
- Devin Leary, QB, junior, North Carolina State
- Will Levis, QB, senior, Kentucky
- Grayson McCall, QB, senior, Coastal Carolina
- Will McDonald IV, DE, senior, Iowa State
- Michael Mayer, TE, junior Notre Dame
- Tanner Mordecai, QB, senior, SMU
- Lew Nicholls, RB, sophomore, Central Michigan
- Aiden O’Connell, QB, senior, Purdue
- Spencer Rattler, QB, junior, South Carolina
- Eli Ricks, DB, junior, Alabama
- Kelee Ringo, DB, sophomore, Georgia
- Brad Roberts, RB, senior, Air Force
- Bijan Robinson, RB, junior, Texas
- Chris Rodriquez, RB, senior, Kentucky
- Spencer Sanders, QB, senior, Oklahoma State
- Noah Sewell, LB, junior, Oregon
- Jaxson Smith-Njigba, WR, junior, Ohio State
- C.J. Stroud, QB, sophomore, Ohio State
- Tavion Thomas, RB, junior, Utah
- Payton Thorne, QB, junior, Michigan State
- Cedric Tillman, WR, senior, Tennessee
- Sean Tucker, RB, sophomore, Syracuse
- Tyler Van Dyke, QB, sophomore, Miami (Fla.)
- Deuce Vaughn, RB, junior, Kansas State
- Caleb Williams, QB, sophomore, USC
- Xavier Worthy, WR, sophomore, Texas
- Bryce Young, QB, junior, Alabama
TEN MOST RECENT WINNERS
- 2012 – Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
- 2013 – Jameis Winston, Florida State
- 2014 – Marcus Mariota, Oregon
- 2015 – Derrick Henry, Alabama
- 2016 – Lamar Jackson, Louisville
- 2017 – Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
- 2018 – Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
- 2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU
- 2020 – DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- 2021 – Kenneth Walker III, Michigan State
MY PAST TEN WINNERS
The past ten winners I would have chosen for this award after the bowl games (a flaw of college football) and thus taken the entire season into account. I also account for how their overall performance effected their team in a season.
- 2012 – Kenjon Barner, Oregon
- 2013 – Aaron Donald, Pitt
- 2014 – Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State
- 2015 – Christian McCaffery, Stanford
- 2016 – Lamar Jackson, Louisville
- 2017 – Saquon Barkley, Penn State
- 2018 – Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State
- 2019 – Joe Burrow, LSU
- 2020 – DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- 2021 – C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
MY TOP TEN FOR 2022
- C.J. Stroud, Ohio State
- Bryce Young, Alabama
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ohio State
- Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
- Bijan Robinson, Texas
- TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
- Stetson Bennett, Georgia
- Jaren Hall, BYU
- Jordan Addison, USC
- Malik Cunningham, Louisville
