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Mendoza Becomes Indiana’s Inaugural Davey O’Brien Award Winner

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Finalists Named for 2025 Davey O'Brien Award

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Carroll's Maile Farden Named Davey O'Brien High School Scholarship Award Recipient

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Mendoza Becomes Indiana’s Inaugural Davey O’Brien Award Winner * Finalists Named for 2025 Davey O'Brien Award * Carroll's Maile Farden Named Davey O'Brien High School Scholarship Award Recipient *

FERnando Mendoza Wins 2025 Davey O’Brien Award

Watch the announcement of the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award on ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show.

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Miami senior Cam Ward is the third Hurricane to hoist the nation’s oldest and most prestigious quarterback trophy, the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. On the year, Ward completed 305 of 454 pass attempts for 4,313 yards and 39 touchdowns.

LSU senior Jayden Daniels’ record-setting season made him the second LSU player to win the nation’s oldest and most prestigious quarterback trophy, joining Joe Burrow (2019).

Max Duggan finished 2022 as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and unanimous First-Team All-Big 12 selection. Duggan was ninth in the nation in passing efficiency with a 165.5 rating.

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On the 11th floor of The Fort Worth Club, football history comes alive in the Davey O’Brien Hall of Fame.

The late Lamar Hunt, former Davey O’Brien Foundation Trustee, created the Hall of Fame before the 1985 Awards Dinner to showcase the winners of the Davey O’Brien Memorial Trophy and Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award.

It houses one-of-a-kind memorabilia, including mementos from the careers of Davey O’Brien and more than 40 years of Davey O’Brien Award winners.

THIS IS BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL

Join us for a night of celebration to honor this year’s award winners

The purpose of the Davey O’Brien Foundation is to recognize outstanding
student-athletes for their achievements both on and off the field through the
foundation’s various awards programs, led by the annual National Quarterback Award.

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The all volunteer Board of Directors guide the Davey O’Brien Foundation’s program development and overall direction each year and set the long-term goals for the Foundation.

These men and women give their time each year to give back college football and the Dallas/Fort Worth Community and we wouldn’t be able to operate without their talents.

The Foundation’s Executive Director and Staff oversee the program execution and daily operations on behalf of the Board.

Board of Directors Officers

  • Paul Greenwell, President

  • Rusty Reid, First Vice President

  • Todd Blouin, Second Vice President

  • Jack Jackson, Treasurer

  • Joel Sharp, Secretary

  • Bobby McGee, Immediate Past President

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Honoring College Football’s Best since 1977

The purpose of the Davey O’Brien Foundation is to recognize outstanding student-athletes for their achievements both on and off the field through the Foundation’s various awards programs, led by the annual National Quarterback Award.

Since 1977, the Foundation has given away more than 1ドル.3 million in scholarships and university grants to help high school and college athletes transform leadership on the field into leadership in life.

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