Maxwell Award Semifinalists Announced: Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota & Dak Prescott Top The List

The Maxwell Award, given to college football‘s best player, has announced their semifinalists and it includes quarterbacks Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota and Dak Prescott

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The Maxwell Club annually presents the Maxwell Award to the country’s best college football player.

Although the Maxwell Award is given to the top player, it usually is not a good indicator of who will win the Heisman Trophy. Last year, Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron took home the award and then Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy. In fact over the last six years, only one player has taken home both awards in the same year (Auburn Tigers’ quarterback Cam Newton in 2010).

This year the list is headlined by quarterbacks – 12 of them to be exact. The favorite appears to be Oregon Ducks’ signal-called Marcus Mariota but Mississippi State Bulldogs’ quarterback Dak Prescott is breathing down his neck. Florida State Seminoles’ quarterback Jameis Winston, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, is also a semi-finalist. He has still not lost a game in his college career.

Here is the complete list:

Ameer Abdullah, Sr. Nebraska RB
Javorius Allen, Sr. USC RB
Trevone Boykin, Jr. TCU QB
Rakeem Cato, Sr. Marshall QB
Tevin Coleman, Jr. Indiana RB
James Conner, Soph. Pittsburgh RB
Connor Cook, Jr. Michigan State QB
Amari Cooper, Jr. Alabama WR
Everett Golson, Sr. Notre Dame QB
Melvin Gordon, Jr. Wisconsin RB
Brett Hundley, Jr. UCLA QB
Duke Johnson, Jr. Miami RB
Marcus Mariota, Jr. Oregon QB
Nick Marshall, Sr. Auburn QB
Bryce Petty, Sr. Baylor QB
Dak Prescott, Jr. Mississippi State QB
Bo Wallace, Sr. Ole Miss QB
Jake Waters, Sr. Kansas State QB
Kevin White, Sr. West Virginia WR
Jameis Winston, Soph. Florida State QB

The Maxwell Award, given to college football‘s best player, has announced their semifinalists and it includes quarterbacks Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota and Dak Prescott

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