 Calvin Johnson's 2006 Biletnikoff Award | |
| Awarded for | America's top college football receiver |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. |
| History | |
| First award | 1994 |
| Most recent | Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State |
| Website | http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/ |
The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was created in 1994.[1] The award is named for Fred Biletnikoff, who played college football at Florida State and professionally with the Oakland Raiders and Montreal Alouettes.[2] Any NCAA Division I FBS player who catches the football through a forward pass is eligible to be selected as the award winner, though in practice, and as it has been awarded to a player at that position every year, it is considered a de facto honor for the sport's most outstanding wide receiver. Tight end Kyle Pitts of the University of Florida was one of 3 Biletnikoff Award finalists in 2020.
A national selection committee consisting of over 600 journalists, commentators, broadcasters, and former players selects the award winner. No member of the board of trustees of the foundation has a vote. The foundation's charitable mission is provision of scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest levels, with 320 scholarships having been awarded through 2024 with total benefits of well over 5 million dollars.
In December 2022, founding trustee and chairman Walter Manley II and past chairman Mark Ryan announced a goal of $10 million in aggregate to be awarded by 2030. [3] [4]
- ^ "About the Biletnikoff Award « Biletnikoff Award". biletnikoffaward.com. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ Pino, Mark (April 17, 1994). "A Raiders move would hurt Bucs". Ocala Star-Banner. p. 1C. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ "All-America Marvin Harrison Jr. Wins the 2023 Biletnikoff Award!".
- ^ Biletnikoff Award [@biletnikoffawrd] (December 8, 2022). "Bilenikoff Award Founding Trustee and former chairman Walter Manley II & Chairman Mark Ryan unveil goal: $10 million in North Florida scholarship awards through year 2030. At $4.6M in giving to date, we are almost halfway there. https://t.co/ZRkmY6KnRH" (Tweet). Retrieved December 15, 2022 – via Twitter.