College football awards: Finalists announced for multiple top honors from 2024 season

The 2024 college football regular season is winding down and award winners are set to be announced in just a couple of weeks. Finalists for several college football awards, including the Maxwell Player of the Year Award, were announced on Tuesday.

The 2024 College Football Awards show will be held Thursday, Dec. 12 at 9 p.m. ET. Kevin Negandhi and Jen Lada are hosting the two-hour show from ESPN’s studios. They will be joined by analysts Booger McFarland and Andre Ware.

Here are the finalists for several of the top honors for the 2024 college football season:

Chuck Bednarik Award, Defensive Player of the Year
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Abdul Carter, Penn State
Caleb Downs, Ohio State

Biletnikoff Award, Outstanding Receiver
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
Nick Nash, San Jose State

Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, Outstanding Placekicker
Kenneth Almendares, Louisiana
Ryan Fitzgerald, Florida State
Alex Raynor, Kentucky

Ray Guy Award, Punter of the Year
Alex Mastromanno, Florida State
Brett Thorson, Georgia
Eddie Czaplicki, USC

Maxwell Award, Player of the Year
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Dillon Gabriel, Oregon

Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, Best Quarterback
Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
Cam Ward, Miami

Outland Trophy, Most Outstanding Interior Lineman
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Mason Graham, Michigan
Walter Nolen, Ole Miss

Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, Best Defensive Back
Jahdae Barron, Texas
Caleb Downs, Ohio State
Malaki Starks, Georgia

Doak Walker Award, Premier Running Back
Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Kaleb Johnson, Iowa

In addition to the college football awards mention above, other honors set to be given out include The Home Depot Coach of the Year, NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award, Disney Spirit Award, The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, William V. Campbell Trophy, John Mackey Award, Rimington Trophy, Walter Camp All-America Team & Player of the Year, Wuerffel Trophy, Broyles Award, Burlsworth Trophy, Butkus Award, and the Nagurski Trophy.

As you can see, Colorado two-way star and Heisman favorite Travis Hunter is well represented on the college football awards finalists list. Hunter is up for the Chuck Bednarik Award, Biletnikoff Award and Maxwell Award.

Other players who are finalists for multiple college football awards are Ohio State defensive back Caleb Downs, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty and Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel.