Athletic club in Ohio, USA
Logo of the Touchdown Club of Columbus The Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in Columbus, Ohio , in 1956 by Sam B. Nicola at the request of state auditor James A. Rhodes , who later became governor of the state.[1] Nicola served as the club's president until his death in 1993. More than a decade later, his son Sam Nicola Jr. took over the Touchdown Club.[1] On January 22, 2020, the president of the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Curt Boster, announced on the club's Facebook page the cancellation of the awards, citing difficulty of maintaining the event without a title sponsor.
Awards The Touchdown Club of Columbus gave several awards to recognize outstanding athletes.[2]
Sammy Baugh Trophy The Sammy Baugh Trophy was awarded annually to the nation's top collegiate passer.
1959 – Dick Norman , Stanford 1960 – Harold Stephens , Hardin-Simmons 1961 – Ron Miller , Wisconsin 1962 – Don Trull , Baylor 1963 – Don Trull , Baylor 1964 – Jerry Rhome , Tulsa 1965 – Steve Sloan , Alabama 1966 – Bob Griese , Purdue 1967 – Terry Hanratty , Notre Dame 1968 – Chuck Hixson , SMU 1969 – Mike Phipps , Purdue 1970 – Pat Sullivan , Auburn 1971 – John Reaves , Florida 1972 – Don Strock , Virginia Tech 1973 – Jesse Freitas , San Diego State 1974 – Gary Scheide , Brigham Young 1975 – Gene Swick , Toledo 1976 – Tommy Kramer , Rice 1977 – Guy Benjamin , Stanford 1978 – Steve Dils , Stanford 1979 – Marc Wilson , Brigham Young 1980 – Mark Herrmann , Purdue 1981 – Jim McMahon , Brigham Young 1982 – John Elway , Stanford 1983 – Steve Young , Brigham Young 1984 – Robbie Bosco , Brigham Young 1985 – Brian McClure , Bowling Green 1986 – Vinny Testaverde , Miami (FL) 1987 – Don McPherson , Syracuse 1988 – Steve Walsh , Miami (FL) 1989 – Jeff George , Illinois 1990 – David Klingler , Houston 1991 – Ty Detmer , Brigham Young 1992 – Elvis Grbac , Michigan 1993 – Trent Dilfer , Fresno State 1994 – Kerry Collins , Penn State 1995 – Danny Wuerffel , Florida 1996 – Steve Sarkisian , Brigham Young 1997 – Ryan Leaf , Washington State 1998 – Daunte Culpepper , Central Florida (UCF) 1999 – Chad Pennington , Marshall 2000 – Chris Weinke , Florida State 2001 – David Carr , Fresno State 2002 – Kliff Kingsbury , Texas Tech 2003 – B. J. Symons , Texas Tech 2004 – Stefan LeFors , Louisville 2005 – Brady Quinn , Notre Dame 2006 – Colt Brennan , Hawaii 2007 – Graham Harrell , Texas Tech 2008 – Sam Bradford , Oklahoma 2009 – Case Keenum , Houston 2010 – Landry Jones , Oklahoma 2011 – Case Keenum , Houston 2012 – Colby Cameron , Louisiana Tech 2013 – Derek Carr , Fresno State 2014 – Brandon Doughty , Western Kentucky 2015 – Matt Johnson , Bowling Green 2016 – Patrick Mahomes , Texas Tech 2017 – Mason Rudolph , Oklahoma State 2018 – Dwayne Haskins , Ohio State
Jim Brown Trophy This honor went to the NCAA's top running back, named for Hall of Famer Jim Brown .
1991 – Vaughn Dunbar , Indiana 1992 – Marshall Faulk , San Diego State 1993 – Brent Moss , Wisconsin 1994 – Rashaan Salaam , Colorado 1995 – Eddie George , Ohio State 1996 – Troy Davis , Iowa State 1997 – Ricky Williams , Texas 1998 – Ricky Williams, Texas 1999 – Ron Dayne , Wisconsin 2000 – LaDainian Tomlinson , TCU 2001 – Luke Staley , BYU 2002 – Larry Johnson , Penn State 2003 – Chris Perry , Michigan 2004 – Adrian Peterson , Oklahoma 2005 – Reggie Bush , USC 2006 – Darren McFadden , Arkansas 2007 – Darren McFadden, Arkansas 2008 – Shonn Greene , Iowa 2009 – Toby Gerhart , Stanford 2010 – LaMichael James , Oregon 2011 – Montee Ball , Wisconsin 2012 – Montee Ball, Wisconsin 2013 – Andre Williams , Boston College 2014 – Melvin Gordon , Wisconsin 2015 – Dalvin Cook , Florida State 2016 – Donnel Pumphrey , San Diego State 2017 – Bryce Love , Stanford 2018 – Darrell Henderson , Memphis
Paul Warfield Trophy Named for Paul Warfield , this honor was given to the nation's top collegiate wide receiver .
1991 – Desmond Howard , Michigan 1992 – O. J. McDuffie , Penn State 1993 – David Palmer , Alabama 1994 – Michael Westbrook , Colorado 1995 – Keyshawn Johnson , USC 1996 – Marcus Harris , Wyoming 1997 – Randy Moss , Marshall 1998 – Troy Edwards , Louisiana Tech 1999 – Peter Warrick , Florida State 2000 – Santana Moss , Miami 2001 – Jabar Gaffney , Florida 2002 – Charles Rogers , Michigan State 2003 – Larry Fitzgerald , Pittsburgh 2004 – Braylon Edwards , Michigan 2005 – Dwayne Jarrett , USC 2006 – Calvin Johnson , Georgia Tech 2007 – Michael Crabtree , Texas Tech 2008 – Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2009 – Jordan Shipley , Texas 2010 – Justin Blackmon , Oklahoma State 2011 – Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State 2012 – Marqise Lee , USC 2013 – Davante Adams , Fresno State 2014 – Amari Cooper , Alabama 2015 – Roger Lewis , Bowling Green 2016 – Corey Davis , Western Michigan 2017 – Anthony Miller , Memphis 2018 – Rondale Moore , Purdue
Jim Parker Trophy Given yearly to the top collegiate offensive lineman . Named for Ohio State great and Hall of Famer Jim Parker .
1991 – Greg Skrepenak , Michigan 1992 – Lincoln Kennedy , Washington 1993 – Aaron Taylor , Notre Dame 1994 – Zach Wiegert , Nebraska 1995 – Jonathan Ogden , UCLA 1996 – Orlando Pace , Ohio State 1997 – Aaron Taylor , Nebraska 1998 – Matt Stinchcomb , Georgia 1999 – Chris McIntosh , Wisconsin 2000 – Steve Hutchinson , Michigan 2001 – Bryant McKinnie , Miami 2002 – Brett Romberg , Miami 2003 – Shawn Andrews , Arkansas 2004 – Jammal Brown , Oklahoma 2005 – Greg Eslinger , Minnesota 2006 – Joe Thomas , Wisconsin 2007 – Jake Long , Michigan 2008 – Andre Smith , Alabama 2009 – Russell Okung , Oklahoma State 2010 – Gabe Carimi , Wisconsin 2011 – Barrett Jones , Alabama 2012 – Luke Joeckel , Texas A&M 2013 – Cyril Richardson , Baylor 2014 – Reese Dismukes , Auburn 2015 – Landon Turner , North Carolina 2016 - Pat Elflein , Ohio State 2017 - Billy Price , Ohio State 2018 - Jonah Williams , Alabama
Bill Willis Trophy Named for Bill Willis , this award was given yearly to the top collegiate defensive lineman .
1991 – Steve Emtman , Washington 1992 – Micheal Barrow , Miami 1993 – Dan Wilkinson , Ohio State 1994 – Warren Sapp , Miami 1995 – Tedy Bruschi , Arizona 1996 – Grant Wistrom , Nebraska 1997 – Andre Wadsworth , Florida State 1998 – Tom Burke , Wisconsin 1999 – Corey Moore , Virginia Tech 2000 – Jamal Reynolds , Florida State 2001 – Julius Peppers , North Carolina 2002 – Terrell Suggs , Arizona State 2003 – Tommie Harris , Oklahoma 2004 – Erasmus James , Wisconsin 2005 – Elvis Dumervil , Louisville 2006 – Quinn Pitcock , Ohio State 2007 – George Selvie , South Florida 2008 – Brian Orakpo , Texas 2009 – Ndamukong Suh , Nebraska 2010 – Ryan Kerrigan , Purdue 2011 – Whitney Mercilus , Illinois 2012 – John Simon , Ohio State 2013 – Aaron Donald , Pittsburgh 2014 – Joey Bosa , Ohio State 2015 – Myles Garrett , Texas A&M 2016 – Ed Oliver , Houston 2017 – Christian Wilkins , Clemson 2018 – Quinnen Williams , Alabama
Jack Lambert Trophy Named for Jack Lambert , this award was given yearly to the top collegiate linebacker .
1991 – Erick Anderson , Michigan 1992 – Marvin Jones , Florida State 1993 – Trev Alberts , Nebraska 1994 – Derrick Brooks , Florida State; Dana Howard , Illinois (tie) 1995 – Simeon Rice , Illinois 1996 – Pat Fitzgerald , Northwestern 1997 – Andy Katzenmoyer , Ohio State 1998 – Dat Nguyen , Texas A&M 1999 – LaVar Arrington , Penn State 2000 – Dan Morgan , Miami 2001 – Rocky Calmus , Oklahoma 2002 – E. J. Henderson , Maryland 2003 – Jonathan Vilma , Miami 2004 – Derrick Johnson , Texas 2005 – A. J. Hawk , Ohio State 2006 – Patrick Willis , Ole Miss 2007 – James Laurinaitis , Ohio State 2008 – James Laurinaitis, Ohio State 2009 – Rolando McClain , Alabama 2010 – Von Miller , Texas A&M 2011 – Luke Kuechly , Boston College 2012 – Jarvis Jones , Georgia 2013 – Khalil Mack , Buffalo 2014 – Scooby Wright III , Arizona 2015 – Joe Schobert , Wisconsin 2016 – Ben Boulware , Clemson 2017 – Josey Jewell , Iowa 2018 – Josh Allen , Kentucky
Jack Tatum Trophy Starting in 1991, the Jack Tatum Trophy was given yearly to the top collegiate defensive back . Named after the legendary Jack Tatum
1991 – Terrell Buckley , Florida State 1992 – Deon Figures , Colorado 1993 – Antonio Langham , Alabama 1994 – Bobby Taylor , Notre Dame 1995 – Lawyer Milloy , Washington 1996 – Chris Canty , Kansas State 1997 – Charles Woodson , Michigan 1998 – Antoine Winfield , Ohio State 1999 – Tyrone Carter , Minnesota 2000 – Jamar Fletcher , Wisconsin 2001 – Roy Williams , Oklahoma 2002 – Mike Doss , Ohio State 2003 – Sean Taylor , Miami 2004 – Antrel Rolle , Miami 2005 – Jimmy Williams , Virginia Tech 2006 – Reggie Nelson , Florida 2007 – Aqib Talib , Kansas 2008 – Eric Berry , Tennessee 2009 – Eric Berry, Tennessee 2010 – Patrick Peterson , LSU 2011 – David Amerson , North Carolina State 2012 – Ed Reynolds , Stanford 2013 – Darqueze Dennard , Michigan State 2014 – Gerod Holliman , Louisville 2015 – Desmond King , Iowa 2016 – Tarvarus McFadden , Florida State 2017 – Josh Jackson , Iowa 2018 – Grant Delpit , LSU
Archie Griffin Award The Archie Griffin Award signifies college football's most valuable player for the entire season.[3] [4] It was named in honor of the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Archie Griffin of Ohio State .
1999 – Michael Vick , Virginia Tech 2000 – Josh Heupel , Oklahoma 2001 – Ken Dorsey , Miami (FL) 2002 – Ken Dorsey , Miami (FL) 2003 – Matt Leinart , USC 2004 – Matt Leinart , USC 2005 – Vince Young , Texas 2006 – Troy Smith , Ohio State 2007 – Pat White , West Virginia 2008 – Colt McCoy , Texas 2009 – Toby Gerhart , Stanford 2010 – Andrew Luck , Stanford 2011 – Montee Ball , Wisconsin 2012 – Johnny Manziel , Texas A&M 2013 – Jameis Winston , Florida State 2014 – Marcus Mariota , Oregon 2015 – Deshaun Watson , Clemson 2016 – Sam Darnold , USC 2017 – McKenzie Milton , UCF 2018 – Trevor Lawrence , Clemson
Chic Harley Award Named for Chic Harley , this award was presented to the College Football Player of the Year.
1955 – Howard Cassady ,[5] Ohio State 1956 – Paul Hornung , Notre Dame 1957 – John David Crow , Texas A&M 1958 – Billy Cannon , LSU 1959 – Billy Cannon , LSU 1960 – Joe Bellino , Navy 1961 – Ernie Davis , Syracuse 1962 – Terry Baker , Oregon State 1963 – Roger Staubach , Navy 1964 – Bob Timberlake ,[6] Michigan 1965 – Mike Garrett , USC 1966 – Steve Spurrier , Florida 1967 – Gary Beban , UCLA 1968 – O. J. Simpson , USC 1969 – Steve Owens , Oklahoma 1970 – Jim Plunkett , Stanford 1971 – Pat Sullivan , Auburn 1972 – Johnny Rodgers , Nebraska 1973 – John Cappelletti , Penn State 1974 – Archie Griffin , Ohio State 1975 – Archie Griffin , Ohio State 1976 – Tony Dorsett , Pittsburgh 1977 – Earl Campbell , Texas 1978 – Billy Sims ,[7] Oklahoma 1979 – Charles White , USC 1980 – George Rogers , South Carolina 1981 – Marcus Allen , USC 1982 – Herschel Walker , Georgia 1983 – Mike Rozier , Nebraska 1984 – Doug Flutie , Boston College 1985 – Bo Jackson , Auburn 1986 – Jim Harbaugh , Michigan 1987 – Chris Spielman , Ohio State 1988 – Barry Sanders , Oklahoma State 1989 – Anthony Thompson , Indiana 1990 – Greg Lewis , Washington 1991 – Desmond Howard , Michigan 1992 – Gino Torretta , Miami 1993 – Charlie Ward , Florida State 1994 – Rashaan Salaam , Colorado 1995 – Eddie George , Ohio State 1996 – Troy Davis , Iowa State 1997 – Charles Woodson , Michigan 1998 – Ricky Williams , Texas 1999 – Ron Dayne , Wisconsin 2000 – Josh Heupel , Oklahoma 2001 – Ken Dorsey , Miami 2002 – Ken Dorsey , Miami 2003 – Larry Fitzgerald , Pittsburgh 2004 – Reggie Bush , USC 2005 – Reggie Bush , USC 2006 – Troy Smith , Ohio State 2007 – Tim Tebow , Florida 2008 – Sam Bradford , Oklahoma 2009 – Colt McCoy , Texas 2010 – Cam Newton , Auburn 2011 – Robert Griffin III , Baylor 2012 – Johnny Manziel , Texas A&M 2013 – Jordan Lynch , Northern Illinois 2014 – Marcus Mariota , Oregon 2015 – Christian McCaffrey , Stanford 2016 – Deshaun Watson ,[8] Clemson 2017 – Baker Mayfield , Oklahoma 2018 – Dwayne Haskins , Ohio State
Kellen Moore Award Previously called the Quarterback of the Year Award , this accolade differed from the Sammy Baugh Trophy in that it went to top quarterback, rather than the top passer. Its name was changed to its current identity in 2012, honoring two-time winner Kellen Moore , who became the FBS all-time leader in wins by a quarterback after going 50–3 as the starter at Boise State .
1991 – Casey Weldon , Florida State 1992 – Rick Mirer , Notre Dame 1993 – Charlie Ward , Florida State 1994 – Kerry Collins , Penn State 1995 – Tommie Frazier , Nebraska 1996 – Danny Wuerffel , Florida 1997 – Peyton Manning , Tennessee 1998 – Tim Couch , Kentucky 1999 – Joe Hamilton , Georgia Tech 2000 – Josh Heupel , Oklahoma 2001 – Ken Dorsey , Miami 2002 – Ken Dorsey, Miami 2003 – Jason White , Oklahoma 2004 – Matt Leinart , USC 2005 – Matt Leinart, USC 2006 – Troy Smith , Ohio State 2007 – Tim Tebow , Florida 2008 – Sam Bradford , Oklahoma 2009 – Colt McCoy , Texas 2010 – Kellen Moore , Boise State 2011 – Kellen Moore, Boise State 2012 – Collin Klein , Kansas State 2013 – A. J. McCarron , Alabama 2014 – Trevone Boykin , TCU 2015 – Baker Mayfield , Oklahoma 2016 – Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma 2017 – J. T. Barrett , Ohio State 2018 – Dwayne Haskins , Ohio State
Ozzie Newsome Award Named for Ozzie Newsome , this award was presented annually to the top collegiate tight end .
