CFB Award Winners

12/09/2022 CFB Award Winners

By: Jeff Yoder

USC QB Caleb Williams Leads 2022 College Football Awards

The Heisman Trophy winner won’t be announced until Saturday night, but the rest of the college football awards were handed out on Thursday. USC quarterback Caleb Williams won the big one — Player of the Year — and he’s expected to capture the Heisman tomorrow. Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. took home the Defensive Player of the Year honors, and TCU head coach Garrett Riley earned the Coach of the Year nod after the Horned Frogs went 12-1 to reach the College Football Playoff. Here are all the award winners from Thursday night.

 

Top Awards

Player of the Year: QB Caleb Williams (USC)

Defensive Player of the Year: LB Will Anderson Jr. (Alabama)

Coach of the Year: Garrett Riley (TCU)

 

Other Awards

Best Quarterback: QB Max Duggan (TCU)

Best Running Back Award: RB Bijan Robinson (Texas)

Best Wide Receiver: WR Jalin Hyatt (Tennessee)

Best Tight End: TE Brock Bowers (Georgia)

Best Center: C Olusegun Oluwatimi (Michigan)

Best Linebacker: LB Jack Campbell (Iowa)

Best Defensive Back: DB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (TCU)

Best Kicker: K Christopher Dunn (NC State)

 

Additional Storylines

Yahoo! Sports: Caleb Williams & Will Anderson Jr. Lead This Season’s Wave of Honors

CBS Sports: USC QB Caleb Williams Wins Maxwell & Walter Camp Awards for Player of the Year

 

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