Kirk Herbstreit's 2015 Herbie Awards and College Football Playoff picks – ESPN
Here are the candidates and winners of the 2015 Herbie Awards, plus my picks for the College Football Playoff.
The Enforcer
Nominees: Jamal Adams, LSU; Nate Andrews, Florida State; Su’a Cravens, USC; Darron Lee, Ohio State; Ryan Simmons, Oklahoma State
And the Herbie goes to … Lee.
Best Pass-Rusher
Nominees: Joey Bosa, Ohio State; Kamalei Correa, Boise State; Myles Garrett, Texas A&M; Curt Maggitt, Tennessee; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
And the Herbie goes to … Bosa.
Welcome to the Party
Nominees: Mike Bercovici, Arizona State; Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama; Jeremy Johnson, Auburn; Jabrill Peppers, Michigan; Malik Zaire, Notre Dame
And the Herbie goes to … Johnson.
Throwback Player
Nominees: Joey Bosa, Ohio State; Nick Chubb, Georgia; Myles Jack, UCLA; Bronson Kaufusi, BYU; Scooby Wright III, Arizona
And the Herbie goes to … Bosa.
Top Cover Men
Nominees: Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech; Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida; Jalen Ramsey, Florida State; KeiVarae Russell, Notre Dame; Tre’Davious White, LSU
And the Herbie goes to … Fuller.
Best-Kept Secret
Nominees: Jeremy Cash, Duke; Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky; O.J. Howard, Alabama; Kolby Listenbee, TCU; Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
And the Herbie goes to … Doughty.
Ultimate Game-Changer
Nominees: Corey Coleman, Baylor; Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State; Leonard Fournette, LSU; Samaje Perine, Oklahoma; Deshaun Watson, Clemson
And the Herbie goes to … Elliott.
Ultimate Herbie
Nominees: D.J. Foster, Arizona State; Joshua Perry, Ohio State; Joe Schmidt, Notre Dame; Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma; Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss
And the Herbie goes to … Schmidt.
Breakout Star
Nominees: Corey Clement, Wisconsin; Jalen Hurd, Tennessee; Raekwon McMillan, Ohio State; Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State; Seth Russell, Baylor
And the Herbie goes to … Russell.
Unsung Warrior
Nominees: Kendell Beckwith, LSU; Glenn Gronkowski, Kansas State; Karl Joseph, West Virginia; Ryan Kelly, Alabama; Derek Watt, Wisconsin
And the Herbie goes to … Joseph.
Most Exciting Player
Nominees: Corey Coleman, Baylor; D.J. Foster, Arizona State; Braxton Miller, Ohio State; Justin Thomas, Georgia Tech; JuJu Smith-Schuster, USC
And the Herbie goes to … Thomas.
Looks the Part
Nominees: Leonard Fournette, LSU; Myles Jack, UCLA ; Darron Lee, Ohio State; Marquez North, Tennessee ; Shawn Oakman, Baylor
And the Herbie goes to … Oakman.
Conference Winners
Big Ten: Ohio State Buckeyes over Wisconsin Badgers
Big 12: Oklahoma Sooners
SEC: LSU Tigers over Tennessee Volunteers
ACC: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets over Florida State Seminoles
Pac-12: Arizona State Sun Devils over Stanford Cardinal
College Football Playoff Teams
Ohio State Buckeyes
LSU Tigers
Oklahoma Sooners
Arizona State Sun Devils
National Champion
Ohio State Buckeyes
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