Jerry Rice Award

Jerry Rice Award

Awarded for	Most outstanding freshman player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
Country	United States
Presented by	Stats Perform
History
First award	2011
Most recent	Eli Gillman, Montana
Website	www.fcs.football

The Jerry Rice Award is awarded annually in the United States to the most outstanding freshman player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports information directors.

The trophy is named in honor of National Football League (NFL) hall of fame wide receiver Jerry Rice, who starred at Mississippi Valley State University.

Winners

Year	Player	School	Position
2011	Terrance West	Towson	RB
2012	John Robertson	Villanova	QB
2013	Cooper Kupp	Eastern Washington	WR
2014	Chase Edmonds	Fordham	RB
2015	Case Cookus	Northern Arizona	QB
2016	A. J. Hines	Duquesne	RB
2017	Bryson Armstrong	Kennesaw State	LB
2018	Josh Davis	Weber State	RB
2019	Trey Lance	North Dakota State	QB
2020	Cameron Ward	Incarnate Word	QB
2021	Shedeur Sanders	Jackson State	QB
2022	Gevani McCoy	Idaho	QB
2023	Eli Gillman	Montana	RB