Jet Award

The Jet Award, named in honor of 1972 Heisman Trophy Winner Johnny "the Jet" Rodgers, is awarded to the top return specialist in college football beginning with the 2011 season. Joe Adams was announced as the first winner on March 29, 2012.^[1] Beginning with the 2012 award ceremony, in addition to being given to the annual award winner, the Rodgers Award will be presented retroactively one decade at a time, starting with the 1959–1969 winners.^[2]

Jet Award

Awarded for	the top return specialist in college football
Country	United States
History
First award	2011
Most recent	Zachariah Branch, USC
Website	https://thejetaward.com/

Winners

Year	Winner	School
2011	Joe Adams	Arkansas
2012	Tavon Austin	West Virginia[3]
2013	Ty Montgomery	Stanford[4]
2014	Tyler Lockett	Kansas State[5]
2015	Christian McCaffrey	Stanford
2016	Adoree' Jackson	USC[6]
2017	Dante Pettis	Washington
2018	Savon Scarver	Utah State
2019	Joe Reed	Virginia[7]
2020	Avery Williams	Boise State[8]
2021	Marcus Jones	Houston[9]
2022	Derius Davis	TCU[10]
2023	Zachariah Branch	USC[11]

Legacy winners

Year	Winner	School
1959	Billy Cannon	LSU
1960	Pat Fischer	Nebraska
1961	Paul Allen	BYU
1965	Mike Garrett	USC
1970	Joe Washington	Oklahoma
1971	Cliff Branch	Colorado
1972	Terry Metcalf	Long Beach State
1974	Rick Upchurch	Minnesota
1975	Billy "White Shoes" Johnson	Widener
1983	Mel Gray	Purdue
1999	Dante Hall	Texas A&M
2006	Ted Ginn Jr.	Ohio State[12]
2000	Aaron Lockett	Kansas State
2002	DeJuan Groce	Nebraska

References

1. Kercheval, Ben (March 29, 2012). "Joe Adams comes away with Johnny Rodgers Award". NBC Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
2. Kaipust, Rich (March 27, 2012). "Johnny Rodgers introduces new award". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
3. "Another Award for Tavon". West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
4. AP (9 January 2014). "Ty Montgomery wins Jet Award". ESPN.com. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
5. Barnett, Zach (March 19, 2015). "K-State's Tyler Lockett wins Jet Award (What is the Jet Award?)". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
6. "TBL: In Omaha to receive Jet Award, Adoree Jackson reflects on USC career, looks forward to NFL draft". Omaha World-Herald. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
7. "Joe Reed Named Recipient of Jet Award as Nation's Top Return Specialist" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
8. "Avery Williams Named Jet Award Winner" (Press release). Boise State Broncos. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
9. "A celebration of football: Jet Award Gala saw the stars out in Omaha" (Press release). KETV. April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
10. "Davis Wins the Jet Award".
11. "USC's Zachariah Branch Wins Jet Award".
12. "PREVIOUS WINNERS – the Jet Award".