The Best College Football Player
ESPY Award was presented annually between
1993
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and
2001 to the
collegiate American football
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player adjudged to be the best in the
United States
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in a given
calendar year. The award was subsumed in
2002 by the
Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award
The ESPY Award for Best College Athlete, Men's Sports, known before 2021 as the Best Male College Athlete ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of a male individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first presented a ...
.
The award voting panel comprised variously
fans
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* Fan (machine), a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling
** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling
* Fan (person), short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially wit ...
;
sportswriter
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s and
broadcasters, sports
executives, and retired
sportsperson
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Athletes may be professional sports, professionals or amateur sports, amateurs. Most professional a ...
s, termed collectively ''experts''; and
ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the
ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore.
List of winners
See also
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College football awards
*
Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award Associated may refer to:
*Associated, former name of Avon, Contra Costa County, California
* Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, a school in Canada
*Associated Newspapers, former name of DMG Media, a British publishing company
See also
*Associati ...
*
Heisman Memorial Trophy
*
Maxwell Award
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best al ...
*
Walter Camp Award
The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information directo ...
References
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College football national player awards
ESPY Awards
Awards established in 1993
Awards disestablished in 2001