Each year the Maxwell Football Club presents the Maxwell Award for the College Player of the Year. This award is presented in honor of Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell, legendary college player, official and sports columnist.
Ken Dorsey, 2001
Thanks in large part to Dorsey, this season's Miami team has been the highest scoring (478 points) in school history. Dorsey also became the school’s career leader with 58 touchdowns, 10 more than by Steve Walsh and Vinny Testaverde, the previous record-holders. Dorsey's 6,196 yards passing are second only to Gino Torretta's 7,690, a mark within reach next season.
But perhaps most impressive, Dorsey's 26-1 as a starter, including this season's 11-0 mark. Two other Miami quarterbacks, Testaverde in 1986 and Torretta in 1992, won the Heisman on undefeated teams that played for the national championship.
Gino
Torretta, 1992Quarterback Gino Torretta was honored as the 1992 recipient of the Maxwell Award as the College Football Player of the Year.
Torretta still ranks as Miami's all-time leader with 7,690 passing yards, 555 completions and 7,722 yards in total offense. He also had 123 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. Torretta had 310 first-place votes compared to Faulk's 164 and Hearst's 140.
Vinny Testaverde, 1986
Miami QB Vinny Testaverde won in 1986 on the 50th anniversary of the Maxwell Award.
Testaverde threw for 2,557 yards and 26 touchdowns with only nine interceptions while leading Miami to an undefeated regular season and the nation's number one ranking entering the Fiesta Bowl.
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