The Jon Cornish Trophy, also known as the Cornish Award, is an award given annually to the top Canadian player in NCAA football. The award is named after

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r (CFHOF)

Jon Cornish Jon Cornish (born November 5, 1984) is a former Canadian football running back who played nine seasons with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 13th overall in the 2006 CFL Draft after playing college foot ...

and has been presented since 2017, with the trophy debuting two years later on display at the CFHOF. It is awarded by a panel consisting of Canadian journalists, player personnel evaluators from the

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, former NCAA players with a connection to Canada, and panelists from '' Gridiron Nation''.

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and

John Metchie III John Metchie III (born July 18, 2000) is a Canadian gridiron football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, winning the Jon Cornish Trophy twice prior to being drafted ...

are the only two to have ever won it more than once.

History

The trophy was first awarded at the conclusion of the 2017 NCAA football season to honor the top Canadian player in American

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, where it was presented to Ohio Bobcats quarterback

from

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. The award is named after

, a former running back at the

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who would later play for the as a member of the Calgary Stampeders of the

, where he would win three Most Outstanding Canadian awards as well as the

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and

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in 2013 before being inducted into the

in 2019. Rourke would win the award again the following season before Oklahoma State running back and

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native

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was named the winner for the 2019–20 season. Alabama wide receiver and

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local

won the award for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. The patrons of the trophy are the Northern 8 group led by businessman L. David Dube and project partner and Football Canada president Jim Mullin. It is awarded by a panel consisting of Canadian journalists,

player personnel evaluators, former NCAA players with a connection to Canada, and panelists from '' Gridiron Nation''.

Winners

References

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