Mr. Football Award (Minnesota)

The Minnesota Mr. Football Award is an honor given to the top high school football player in the state of Minnesota.

Award winners

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Professional teams listed are teams known.

Year Player Position(s) High School College Professional team(s)
2004 Nick Mertens QB/DB/K East Grand Forks North Dakota State
2005 Matt Carufel OL Cretin-Derham Hall Notre Dame
Minnesota
2006 Blake Sorensen LB/RB Eden Prairie Wisconsin Seattle Seahawks
2007 Michael Floyd WR Cretin-Derham Hall Notre Dame Arizona Cardinals
New England Patriots
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Washington Redskins
2008 Varmah Sonie[1] DB Apple Valley Northern Iowa Portland Thunder
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns
Orlando Predators
Baltimore Brigade
Albany Empire
2009 Zach Vraa[2] WR Rosemount North Dakota State
2010 Peter Westerhaus[3] LB/TE Holy Family Catholic Minnesota
2011 Philip Nelson[4] QB Mankato West Minnesota
Rutgers
East Carolina
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
San Diego Fleet
Dallas Renegades
Montreal Alouettes
2012 Bridgeport Tusler[5] RB Osseo South Dakota State
Bethel
2013 Jeffrey Jones[6] RB Washburn Minnesota
Waldorf
2014 Robbie Grimsley[7] RB Hutchinson North Dakota State
2015 J. D. Spielman[8] ATH Eden Prairie Nebraska
TCU
2016 Wade Sullivan[9] ATH Lakeville North Minnesota-Duluth
2017 Antonio Montero[10] OLB Eden Prairie Rice
2018 Jason Williamson[11] RB Owatonna Minnesota
2019 Jalen Suggs[12] QB Minnehaha Academy Gonzaga (Basketball) Orlando Magic (NBA)
2020 Jake Ratzlaff[13] SS/TE Rosemount Wisconsin
2021 Emmett Johnson[14] RB/SS Academy of Holy Angels Nebraska
2022 Cade Osterman[15] QB/DB/KR/PR Elk River Minnesota
2023 Maxwell Woods[16] RB/CB Chanhassen South Dakota State

References

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  1. ^ "Apple Valley's Sonie chosen Mr. Football". www.twincities.com. Pioneer Press. December 14, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  2. ^ John Millea (December 6, 2009). "Rosemount's Vraa is Mr. Football". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. ^ David Watkins (December 19, 2010). "Peter Westerhaus wins Mr. Football". www.kare11.com. NBC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Chad Courrier (December 11, 2011). "Mankato West's Philip Nelson named Mr. Football". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "2012 MR. FOOTBALL AWARD: BRIDGEPORT TUSLER". Mankato Free Press. December 18, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Washburn RB Jones wins Mr. Football award". www.startribune.com. Star Tribune. December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "2014 Mr. Football". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  8. ^ "Eden Prairie's JD Spielman wins Minnesota's Mr. Football award for 2015; played 4 positions". Star Tribune. Associated Press. November 22, 2015. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "Lakeville North's Wade Sullivan Named Mr. Football". www.minnesota.cbslocal.com. CBS Local Media. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "Eden Prairie leader tackles 2017 Mr. Football honors".
  11. ^ "High School Football: Owatonna's Williamson named Mr. Football". 17 December 2018.
  12. ^ Paulsen, Jim (December 8, 2019). "Jalen Suggs wins Mr. Football". MN Football Hub. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Rosemount's Ratzlaff Named Mr. Football 2020". www.mshsl.org. February 22, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "Emmett Johnson Named Mr. Football". mnfootballcoaches.com. December 6, 2021.
  15. ^ "Elk River's Cade Osterman wins 2022 MFCA Mr. Football award". kstp.com. December 18, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  16. ^ Tribune, Jim Paulsen Star. "Maxwell Woods of Chanhassen is Mr. Football, Minnesota's best high school senior". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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