UNDATED (AP) — LSU quarterback Joe Burrow has just picked up postseason awards as easily as he picked apart opposing defenses this year.
Burrow is The Associated Press college football player of the year after completing 78% of his passes for 4,715 yards, 48 touchdowns and six interceptions for the top-ranked Tigers. Burrow was a runaway winner of the award, receiving 51 of 54 first-place votes and a total of 159 points from AP Top 25 poll voters.
Ohio State defensive end Chase Young was second with three first-place votes and 69 points, while Buckeyes quarterback Justin Fields was third with 43 points.
Burrow also has captured the Walter Camp Award as the top college football player of the year, the Davey O’Brien Award for the nation’s best quarterback and the Maxwell Award for the outstanding collegiate player.
Young hasn’t come away empty-handed. He was given the Bronko Nagurski Award as the nation’s top defensive player. Young has recorded 16 ½ sacks, 21 tackles for loss and seven forced fumbles in 11 games for OSU this year.
In other postseason college football awards:
— Jonathan Taylor took home the Doak Walker Award for the outstanding college running back.
— LSU’s Ja’Marr Chase was the recipient of the Fred Biletnikoff Award for the outstanding collegiate receiver.
— Purdue’s Tim Stratton was voted the top tight end in balloting for the John Mackey Award.
— Oregon’s Penei Sewell has come away with the Outland Trophy for the outstanding collegiate interior lineman.
— The top linebacker was Clemson’s Isaiah Simmons, who was given the Butkus Award.
— LSU standout Grant Delpit has received the Jim Thorpe Trophy for the nation’s best defensive back.
— The Lou Groza (GROH’-zah) Award went to Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenship as the nation’s No. 1 kicker.
— Kentucky’s Max Duffy picked up the Ray Guy Award as the top punter.
