Lamar Jackson & Deshaun Watson Take Top Honors at Home Depot College Football Awards

Deshaun Watson of Clemson and Lamar Jackson of Louisville each claimed top awards during The Home Depot COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS hosted by Chris Fowler, and joined by Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Tom Rinaldi and Samantha Ponder on ESPN Thursday night live from the COLLEGE FOOTBALL Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience in Atlanta.

College Football Hall of Fame: Lamar Jackson of the University of Louisville Cardinals and the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year trophy during the 2016 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Awards

Jackson, a sophomore from Pompano Beach, Fla., became the first Louisville player to win the Maxwell Award. Watson, a junior from Gainesville, Ga., claimed the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award for the second straight year, joining BYU's Ty Detmer, Florida's Danny Wuerffel and Oklahoma's Jason White as the only two-time winners of the award. Each of the three previous winners also won the Heisman Trophy one of those seasons.

Jonathan Allen won the Chuck Bednarik Award for the college defensive player of the year; Dede Westbrook won the Biletnikoff Award for the outstanding receiver; Zane Gonzalez claimed the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award; Mitch Wishnowsky won the Ray Guy Award for college punter of the year; Cam Robinson won the Outland Trophy for the nation's most outstanding interior lineman; Adoree' Jackson won the Jim Thorpe Award for the nation's best defensive back; and D'Onta Foreman claimed the Doak Walker Award.

THE HOME DEPOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS WINNERS - (winner in bold)

Chuck Bednarik Award College Defensive Player of the Year	Jonathan Allen, Alabama (Sr.) - WINNER Myles Garrett, Texas A&M (So.) Jabrill Peppers, Michigan (Jr.)
Biletnikoff Award Outstanding Receiver	Austin Carr, Northwestern (Jr.) Zay Jones, East Carolina (Sr.) Dede Westbrook, Oklahoma (RS Sr.) - WINNER
Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Nation's Outstanding Placekicker	Daniel Carlson, Auburn (Jr.) Zane Gonzalez, Arizona State (Sr.) - WINNER Younghoe Koo, Georgia Southern (Sr.)
Ray Guy Award College Punter of the Year	Michael Dickson, Texas (So.) Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah, (So.) - WINNER Cameron Johnston, Ohio State, (GS)
Maxwell Award College Player of the Year	Lamar Jackson, Louisville (So.) - WINNER Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma (RS Jr.) Jabrill Peppers, Michigan (Jr.)
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Nation's Best Quarterback	Lamar Jackson, Louisville (So.) Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma (RS Jr.) Deshaun Watson, Clemson (Jr.)* - WINNER
Outland Trophy Nation's Most Outstanding Interior Lineman	Pat Elflein, Ohio State (Sr.) Cody O'Connell, Washington State (RS Jr.) Cam Robinson, Alabama - WINNER
Jim Thorpe Award Nation's Best Defensive Back	Adoree' Jackson, USC (Jr.) - WINNER Jourdan Lewis, Michigan (Sr.) Tre'Davious White, LSU (Sr.)
Doak Walker Award Nation's Premier Running Back	Dalvin Cook, Florida State (Jr.) D'Onta Foreman, Texas (Jr.) - WINNER Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State (Sr.)

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