Jet Award

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Jet Award
Awarded forthe top return specialist in college football
CountryUnited States
History
First award2011
Most recentKaden Wetjen, Iowa
Websitehttps://thejetaward.com/

The Jet Award, named in honor of 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny "the Jet" Rodgers, is awarded to the top return specialist in college football beginning with the 2011 season. Joe Adams was announced as the first winner on March 29, 2012.[1] Beginning with the 2012 award ceremony, in addition to being given to the annual award winner, the Rodgers Award will be presented retroactively one decade at a time, starting with the 1959–1969 winners.[2]

Winners

Year Winner School Ref.
2011 Joe Adams Arkansas [3]
2012 Tavon Austin West Virginia [4][5]
2013 Ty Montgomery Stanford [6]
2014 Tyler Lockett Kansas State [7]
2015 Christian McCaffrey Stanford [8]
2016 Adoree' Jackson USC [9][10]
2017 Dante Pettis Washington
2018 Savon Scarver Utah State [11]
2019 Joe Reed Virginia [12]
2020 Avery Williams Boise State [13]
2021 Marcus Jones Houston [14]
2022 Derius Davis TCU [15]
2023 Zachariah Branch USC [16]
2024 Kaden Wetjen Iowa [17]
2025 Kaden Wetjen (2) Iowa [18]

Legacy winners

Year Winner School
1959 Billy Cannon LSU
1960 Pat Fischer Nebraska
1961 Paul Allen BYU
1965 Mike Garrett USC
1970 Joe Washington Oklahoma
1971 Cliff Branch Colorado
1972 Terry Metcalf Long Beach State
1974 Rick Upchurch Minnesota
1975 Billy "White Shoes" Johnson Widener
1983 Mel Gray Purdue
1985 Erroll Tucker Utah
1997 Tim Dwight Iowa
1999 Dante Hall Texas A&M
2000 Aaron Lockett Kansas State
2002 DeJuan Groce Nebraska
2006 Ted Ginn Jr. Ohio State[19]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kercheval, Ben (March 29, 2012). "Joe Adams comes away with Johnny Rodgers Award". NBC Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaipust, Rich (March 27, 2012). "Johnny Rodgers introduces new award". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 30 March 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jones, Matt (March 29, 2012). "Adams named Rodgers Award winner". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tavon Austin wins Jet Return Specialist Award". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. January 16, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Another Award for Tavon". wvusports.com. West Virginia University. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ty Montgomery wins Jet Award". ESPN.com. ESPN. January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barnett, Zach (March 19, 2015). "K-State's Tyler Lockett wins Jet Award (What is the Jet Award?)". collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Christian McCaffrey wins Jet Award as top return specialist". ESPN.com. ESPN. January 28, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adoree' Jackson Drafted By Titans In NFL First Round". usctrojans.com. University of Southern California. April 27, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2026. Last season, he won the Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back and Jet Award as the nation's top punt returner
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TBL: In Omaha to receive Jet Award, Adoree Jackson reflects on USC career, looks forward to NFL draft". Omaha World-Herald. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Utah State's Savon Scarver Heading to Nebraska To Receive Jet Award". utahstateaggies.com. Utah State University. April 10, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Joe Reed Named Recipient of Jet Award as Nation's Top Return Specialist". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. January 8, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Avery Williams Named Jet Award Winner". broncosports.com. Boise State University. January 27, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A celebration of football: Jet Award Gala saw the stars out in Omaha". ketv.com. KETV. April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Davis Wins the Jet Award". gofrogs.com. Texas Christian University. January 26, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."USC's Zachariah Branch Wins Jet Award". usctrojans.com. University of Southern California. January 11, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wetjen Named 2024 Jet Award Winner". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa. January 7, 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wetjen Becomes First Jet Award Repeat Winner". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa. January 5, 2026. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PREVIOUS WINNERS – the Jet Award".

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