Davey O'Brien Award

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The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks. The award is generally recognized as more prestigious than the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, insofar as the eligibilty for the latter is restricted to seniors, and than the Manning Award, insofar as the latter, though open to all quarterbacks, has been given only since 2004. The only people to have won the award twice are Danny Wuerffel of Florida, Ty Detmer of Brigham Young, and Jason White of Oklahoma.

[edit] Previous winners

Year	Player	School
1981	Jim McMahon	BYU
1982	Todd Blackledge	Penn State
1983	Steve Young	BYU
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse
1988	Troy Aikman	UCLA
1989	Andre Ware	Houston
1990	Ty Detmer	BYU
1991	Ty Detmer	BYU
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Kerry Collins	Penn State
1995	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee
1998	Michael Bishop	Kansas State
1999	Joe Hamilton	Georgia Tech
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska
2002	Brad Banks	Iowa
2003	Jason White	Oklahoma
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma
2005	Vince Young	Texas
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State

[edit] External links

• Official website

College football awards:
Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award | Walter Camp Award
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Best Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Best C) Davey O'Brien Award (Best QB) Dick Butkus Award (Best LB) Doak Walker Award (Best RB) Draddy Trophy (Academic Heisman) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best WR) Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB) John Mackey Award (Best TE)	Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB) Lombardi Award (Best Lineman or LB) Lott Trophy (Defensive impact) Lou Groza Award (Best PK) Manning Award (Best QB) Mosi Tatupu Award (Best spec. teams) Outland Trophy (Best IOL or DL) Ray Guy Award (Best P) Sammy Baugh Trophy (Best QB) Ted Hendricks Award (Best DE)
Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year | Home Depot Coach of the Year Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year | Walter Camp Coach of the Year
Walter Payton Award (Best Div. I-AA Off.) | Buck Buchanan Award (Best Div. I-AA Def.) Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) | Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) | Melberger Award (Div. III)