Walter Payton Award winners, 1987-2025
Beau Brungard won the 2025 Walter Payton Award.
Beau Brungard of the Youngstown State. Armanti Edwards and Jeremiah Briscoe, two times each. Two players have won it more than once.
Most wins
Most winners by team
Counted by franchise today: a club that moved keeps its winners, and a club that folded is listed under its own name.
Every winner
The Walter Payton Award goes to the best offensive player in FCS (Division I-AA until 2006) college football, voted by sports information directors, broadcasters and writers and presented the week before the FCS championship game. Team names are as they were at the time.
Questions
Who won the 2025 Walter Payton Award?
Beau Brungard of the Youngstown State.
Who has won the Walter Payton Award the most?
Armanti Edwards and Jeremiah Briscoe, two times each. Two players have won it more than once.
Which team has the most Walter Payton Award winners?
The Eastern Washington, with 4, counted by franchise.
Who won the first Walter Payton Award?
Kenny Gamble of the Colgate, in 1987.
What is the Walter Payton Award?
The Walter Payton Award goes to the best offensive player in FCS (Division I-AA until 2006) college football, voted by sports information directors, broadcasters and writers and presented the week before the FCS championship game.