Jet Award

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Jet Award
Awarded for the top return specialist in college football
Country United States
First awarded 2011
Currently held by Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
Official website http://thejetaward.com/

The Jet Award, named in honor of 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers, is awarded to the top return specialist in college football beginning with the 2011 season.

Joe Adams was announced as the first winner on March 29, 2012.[1]

Beginning with the 2012 Award ceremony, in addition to being given to the annual award winner, the Rodgers Award will be presented retroactively one decade at a time, starting with the 1959–1969 winners.[2]

Winners

Year Winner School
2011 Joe Adams Arkansas
2012 Tavon Austin West Virginia[3]
2013 Ty Montgomery Stanford[4]
2014 Tyler Lockett Kansas State[5]
2015 Christian McCaffrey Stanford

Legacy winners

Year Winner School
1959 Billy Cannon LSU
1960 Pat Fischer Nebraska

References

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