Awarded for | The collegiate American football player adjudged to be the most versatile of all NCAA players |
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Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Louisville Sports Commission |
History | |
First award | 2010 |
Most recent | Travis Hunter, Colorado |
Website | louisvillesports |
The Paul Hornung Award is a college football award that was created in January 2010 by the Louisville Sports Commission in Louisville, Kentucky, with the support of Paul Hornung, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The mission of the award is to recognize and reward versatile, high-level performers in major college football; to help preserve the legacy of Hornung, one of Louisville's native sons and sports icons; and to promote Louisville as a great sports town.[1]