The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of fifty “players to watch” for its 2024 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade, and presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven. The 2024 watch list includes 41 offensive players (20 quarterbacks, 11 running backs, five receivers/tight ends and […]
2024 will mark the 135th edition of the nation’s oldest college football All-America team A Little History Walter Camp is the nation’s oldest college football All-America team. Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited […]
Recently retired University of Iowa associate athletic director of athletic communications Steve Roe will be honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation at its 57th annual National Awards Dinner on March 16. The Walter Camp Sports Communicator award is named in memory of Bill Keish, who was a longtime Foundation member and chairman of the […]
University at Albany’s Greg Gattuso has been selected as Walter Camp’s 2023 Football Championship Subdivision Coach of the Year. This is the first year the Walter Camp Foundation has given this award. Under Gattuso’s leadership, UAlbany’s 2023 season was the best in program history. The Great Danes finished with an 11-4 overall record, going 7-1 […]
Former St. Joseph High School and Monmouth University running back Jaden Shirden (West Haven, CT) has been selected as Walter Camp’s 2023 Football Championship Subdivision Player of the Year. This is the first year the Walter Camp Foundation has given this award. Shirden, the two-time Colonial Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Year, finished the […]
Two former Suffield Academy products – defensive back Justin Barron and quarterback Tyler Van Dyke – have been selected as Walter Camp’s 2023 Connecticut Players of the Year. The award is presented to the top college football player who is a resident and/or played scholastically in the state of Connecticut. The award is voted on […]
In preparation for its 57th National Awards Dinner, presented by 777 Partners, the Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Major Award recipients. The “Head Ball Coach” Steve Spurrier (Florida ’67) will receive the Distinguished American award. The Walter Camp “Distinguished American” award is presented each year to an individual who has utilized his or […]
The Walter Camp Football Foundation will host its 16th Connecticut High School “Breakfast of Champions,” on Saturday, March 16 at The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased online (https://waltercamp.eventchamp.com/). The members of the 2023 All-Connecticut First and Second Teams will be recognized as will the six Connecticut high […]
Each week during the 2023 regular-season, the Walter Camp Foundation recognized a National Football Bowl Subdivision Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley. In all, players from seven different conferences were recognized with the Pac-12 Conference having the most with eight total, led by Washington’s four honorees. […]
Kalen DeBoer, head coach of the University of Washington Huskies, is the Walter Camp 2023 Football Bowl Subdivision Coach of Year. The Walter Camp Coach of Year is selected by the nation’s 131 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. DeBoer is the first coach from Washington and the fifth from the Pac-12 […]
