| Awarded for | College Football Player of the Year Award |
|---|---|
| Location | Ambler, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Maxwell Football Club |
| History | |
| First award | 1937 |
| Most recent | Ashton Jeanty, Boise State |
| Website | Maxwell Award |
TheMaxwell Award is presented annually to thecollege football player judged by a panel ofsportscasters,sportswriters, andNational Collegiate Athletic Associationhead coaches and the membership of theMaxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States. Theaward is named afterRobert "Tiny" Maxwell, aSwarthmore College football player, coach, and sportswriter.Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) andTim Tebow (2007, 2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. It is the college equivalent of theBert Bell Award of theNational Football League, also given out by the Maxwell Club.[1][2]