College Football 2012 Awards Roundtable

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The Heisman remains college football’s biggest prize, but players from every position will walk away with hardware Thursday night as part of the college football awards show (ESPN, 7:30 p.m. Eastern).

Athlon has chimed in all year with our picks for frontrunners for each award, and now the time has come for our staff to pick our winners.

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Awards and finalists	David Fox	Braden Gall	Steven Lassan	Mitch Light	Winner
MAXWELL Player of the year Collin Klein, Kansas State Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M Manti Te’o, Notre Dame	Klein	Klein	Te'o	Manziel	Te'o
WALTER CAMP Player of the year Kenjon Barner, Oregon Collin Klein, Kansas State Marqise Lee, USC Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M Manti Te’o, Notre Dame	Klein	Klein	Te'o	Manziel	Te'o
DAVEY O’BRIEN Quarterback Collin Klein, Kansas State Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M Braxton Miller, Ohio State	Klein	Klein	Manziel	Manziel	Manziel
DOAK WALKER Running back Montee Ball, Wisconsin Kenjon Barner, Oregon Johnathan Franklin, UCLA	Ball	Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona	Ball	Franklin	Ball
BILETNIKOFF Wide receiver Stedman Bailey, West Virginia Marqise Lee, USC Terrance Williams, Baylor	Lee	Lee	Lee	Lee	Lee
MACKEY Tight end Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame Zach Ertz, Stanford Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington	Seferian-Jenkins	Seferian-Jenkins	Ertz	Eifert	Eifert
OUTLAND Interior lineman Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina Barrett Jones, Alabama Luke Joeckel, North Carolina	Jones	Joeckel	Jones	Jones	Joeckel
RIMINGTON Center Mario Benavides, Louisville Braxston Cave, Notre Dame Dalton Freeman, Clemson Khaled Holmes, USC Barrett Jones, Alabama Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State	Jones	Jones	Jones	Jones	Jones
BEDNARIK Defensive player Jadeveon Clowney, South Carolina Jarvis Jones, Georgia Manti Te’o, Notre Dame	Te'o	Te'o	Te'o	Te'o	Te'o
THORPE Defensive back Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State Dee Milliner, Alabama Phillip Thomas, Fresno State	Thomas	Banks	Milliner	Milliner	Banks
LOU GROZA Kicker Dustin Hopkins, Florida State Cairo Santos, Tulane Caleb Sturgis, Florida	Santos	Hopkins	Hopkins	Hopkins	Santos
RAY GUY Punter Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech Kyle Christy, Florida Scott Kovanda, Ball State	Allen	Christy	Allen	Allen	Allen
EDDIE ROBINSON AWARD Coach of the year Gary Andersen, Utah State Dave Doeren, Northern Illinois Brian Kelly, Notre Dame Urban Meyer, Ohio State Will Muschamp, Florida Bill O’Brien, Penn State David Shaw, Stanford Bill Snyder, Kansas State Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M	Kelly	Kelly	Kelly	Kelly

Other honors already awarded:
Nagurski (defensive player): Te’o, Notre Dame
Lombardi (lineman or linebacker): Te'o, Notre Dame
Butkus (linebacker): Te’o, Notre Dame
Broyles (assistant coach): Bob Diaco, Notre Dame defensive coordinator