John Mackey Award

The John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end. Established in 2000 by the Nassau County Sports Commission,^[1] the award is given annually to the tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey.

John Mackey Award

Awarded for	College football's most outstanding tight end
Country	United States
History
First award	2000
Most recent	Brock Bowers, Georgia
Website	http://www.johnmackeyaward.com

The winner is chosen by a selection committee comprising sportswriters and former players, including Lee Corso, Phil Steele, Charles Arbuckle, and former John Mackey Award winners Tim Stratton, Dallas Clark, and D. J. Williams, among others.^[2] The award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association, which encompasses college football's most prestigious awards.^[3] Former Florida State tight end Nick O'Leary called the award one which "all tight ends dream of winning".^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	School	Ref
2000	Tim Stratton	Purdue	[1]
2001	Daniel Graham	Colorado	[5]
2002	Dallas Clark	Iowa	[6]
2003	Kellen Winslow II	Miami (FL)	[7]
2004	Heath Miller	Virginia	[8]
2005	Marcedes Lewis	UCLA	[9]
2006	Matt Spaeth	Minnesota	[10]
2007	Fred Davis	USC	[11]
2008	Chase Coffman	Missouri	[12]
2009	Aaron Hernandez	Florida	[13]
2010	D. J. Williams	Arkansas	[14]
2011	Dwayne Allen	Clemson	[15]
2012	Tyler Eifert	Notre Dame	[16]
2013	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	Washington	[17]
2014	Nick O'Leary	Florida State	[4]
2015	Hunter Henry	Arkansas (2)	[18]
2016	Jake Butt	Michigan	[19]
2017	Mark Andrews	Oklahoma	[20]
2018	T. J. Hockenson	Iowa (2)	[21]
2019	Harrison Bryant	Florida Atlantic	[22]
2020	Kyle Pitts	Florida (2)	[23]
2021	Trey McBride	Colorado State	[24]
2022	Brock Bowers	Georgia	[25]
2023	Brock Bowers (2)	Georgia (2)	[26]

References

General

• "John Mackey Award Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 27, 2017.

Footnotes

1. "Stratton wins John Mackey Award". United Press International. December 4, 2000. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
2. "John Mackey Award Selection Committee". johnmackeyaward.com. Friends of John Mackey. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
3. "College football: 2016 Outland Trophy watch list announced". NCAA.com. July 8, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
4. Hinnen, Jerry (December 10, 2014). "Florida State's Nick O'Leary wins Mackey Award as top tight end". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
5. Kruck, Ron (December 12, 2001). "Daniel Graham Wins Mackey Award". Scout.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
6. "Brief: Iowa tight end Clark wins Mackey Award". Amarillo Globe-News. Associated Press. December 12, 2002. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
7. "Miami's Winslow wins Mackey Award". Athens Banner-Herald. December 11, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
8. "Mackey Award goes to Virginia tight end". United Press International. December 9, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
9. "UCLAs Lewis wins Mackey Award". The Orange County Register. December 6, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
10. "Spaeth wins Mackey Award". St. Paul Pioneer Press. December 8, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
11. "Rogers grad Davis wins Mackey Award". Toledo Blade. December 7, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
12. Matter, Dave (December 12, 2008). "Coffman wins Mackey". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
13. "Florida Gators Maurkice Pouncey and Aaron Hernandez win national awards". Miami Herald. December 12, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
14. Low, Chris (December 9, 2010). "Hogs' D.J. Williams wins Mackey Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
15. "Clemson's Allen wins John Mackey Award". Fox News. December 8, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
16. "Notre Dame's Tyler Eifert wins Mackey Award". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. December 5, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
17. Jude, Adam (December 11, 2013). "UW's Austin Seferian-Jenkins wins John Mackey Award as nation's top tight end". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
18. "Hunter Henry wins Mackey Award given to the nation's best TE". Fox Sports. December 9, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
19. Snyder, Mark (December 7, 2016). "Wolverines' Jake Butt wins Mackey Award as top tight end". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
20. Stacy, Kelli (December 7, 2017). "Oklahoma football: Mark Andrews wins John Mackey". OU Daily. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
21. Elchlepp, Kimberly. "Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly Winner of The Home Depot Coach of The Year Award; Iowa's T.J. Hockenson Named the 2018 John Mackey Award Recipient".
22. Elman, Jake (December 11, 2019). "FAU football: Tight end Harrison Bryant named Mackey Award winner". Palm Beach Post.
23. "Bama players take home several major awards". 8 January 2021.
24. "CSU's Trey McBride wins Mackey Award for best tight end in college football". December 9, 2021.
25. "Georgia's Brock Bowers Wins John Mackey Award". December 8, 2022.
26. "Georgia's Brock Bowers Wins Second Consecutive John Mackey Award". December 8, 2023.

External links

• Official website