COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS

The Jerry Rice Award is awarded annually 
to the most outstanding freshman player 
in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision 
(FCS) of college football

Year - player - school (pos.)

2023 - Eli Gillman, Montana (RB)
2022 - Gevani McCoy, Idaho (QB)
2021 - Shedeur Sanders, Jackson State (QB)
2020 - Cameron Ward, Incarnate Word (QB)
2019 - Trey Lance - North Dakota State (QB)
2018 - Josh Davis - Weber State (RB)
2017 - Bryson Armstrong - Kennesaw State (LB)
2016 - A. J. Hines - Duquesne (RB)
2015 - Case Cookus - Northern Arizona (QB)
2014 - Chase Edmonds - Fordham (RB)
2013 - Cooper Kupp - Eastern Washington (WR)
2012 - John Robertson - Villanova (QB)
2011 - Terrance West - Towson (RB)