Every Winner of the Walter Payton Award Ever

Every Winner of the Walter Payton Award

Every year one player in the NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision wins the prestigious Walter Payton Award. Chosen by a nationwide panel the honor was first given 35 years ago in 1987. Only nine schools have claimed more than one award. Here is a list of every player to win.

1987Kenny GambleColgateRB

1988Dave MeggettTowson StateRB

1989John FrieszIdahoQB

1990Walter DeanGramblingRB

1991Jamie MartinWeber StateQB

1992Michael PaytonMarshallQB

1993Doug NussmeierIdahoQB

1994

Steve McNairAlcorn StateQB1995

Dave DickensonMontanaQB1996

Archie AmersonNorthern ArizonaRB1997

Brian FinneranVillanovaWR1998

Jerry AzumahNew HampshireRB1999

Adrian PetersonGeorgia SouthernRB2000

Louis IvoryFurmanRB2001

Brian WestbrookVillanovaRB2002

Tony RomoEastern IllinoisQB2003

Jamaal BranchColgateRB2004

Lang CampbellWilliam & MaryQB2005

Erik MeyerEastern WashingtonQB2006

Ricky SantosNew HampshireQB2007

Jayson FosterGeorgia SouthernQB2008

Armanti EdwardsAppalachian StateQB20092010

Jeremy MosesStephen F. AustinQB2011

Bo Levi MitchellEastern WashingtonQB2012

Taylor HeinickeOld DominionQB2013

Jimmy GaroppoloEastern IllinoisQB2014

John RobertsonVillanovaQB2015

Cooper KuppEastern WashingtonWR2016

Jeremiah BriscoeSam Houston StateQB2017

2018Devlin HodgesSamfordQB

2019Trey LanceNorth Dakota StateQB

2020Cole KelleySoutheastern LouisianaQB

2021Eric BarriereEastern WashingtonQB

Here's a clip of Walter's last touchdown as a Bear.https://youtu.be/jU1degiUMNo

Article Written by: Joseph Scott King

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