BYU is home to 63 All-America honorees, four College Football Hall of Fame members, a College Football Hall of Fame coach, the 1990 Heisman Trophy winner, the 2001 Doak Walker Award winner, four Davey O’Brien Award winners, two Outland Trophy winners, seven Sammy Baugh Trophy winners and a two-time National Coach of the Year winner. Off the field, the Cougars have also excelled. BYU has 13 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars and has had 25 Academic All-Americans who have earned a total of 29 Academic All-America citations. Truly, BYU is a place for winners.
DID YOU KNOW...- Steve Young, Jim McMahon, Marc Wilson and Gifford Nielsen are all members of the College Football Hall of Fame.
- LaVell Edwards is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Ty Detmer won the 1990 Heisman Trophy.
- Luke Staley won the 2001 Doak Walker Award.
- Jason Buck (1986) and Mohammed Elewonibi (1989) each won the Outland Trophy.
- Jim McMahon (1981), Steve Young (1983) and Ty Detmer (1990, 1991) each won the Davey O’Brien Award.
- Gary Sheide (1974), Marc Wilson (1979), Jim McMahon (1981), Steve Young (1983), Robbie Bosco (1984), Ty Detmer (1991) and Steve Sarkisian (1996) have each won the Sammy Baugh Trophy.
- Former BYU head coach LaVell Edwards ranks as the sixth all-time winningest football coach, posting a record of 257-101-3 over 29 seasons.
- BYU has had a top-10 finisher in the Heisman Trophy voting 12 different times.
- BYU has had 12 consensus All-Americans.
