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. All the winners so far have gone on to sign with a NCAA Division 1 football program.

Award winners

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
2008	Varmah Sonie^[1]	DB	Apple Valley	Northern Iowa	Portland Thunder Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cleveland Browns Orlando Predators
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
2012	Bridgeport Tusler^[5]	RB	Osseo	South Dakota State Bethel University (Minnesota)
2013	Jeffrey Jones^[6]	RB	Washburn	Minnesota Iowa Western Community College
2014	Robbie Grimsley^[7]	RB	Hutchinson	North Dakota State
2015	J. D. Speilman^[8]	ATH	Eden Prairie	Nebraska

References

↑ "Apple Valley's Sonie chosen Mr. Football". www.twincities.com. Pioneer Press. December 14, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
↑ John Millea (December 6, 2009). "Rosemount's Vraa is Mr. Football". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
↑ David Watkins (December 19, 2010). "Peter Westerhaus wins Mr. Football". www.kare11.com. NBC. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
↑ Chad Courrier (December 11, 2011). "Mankato West's Philip Nelson named Mr. Football". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
↑ "2012 MR. FOOTBALL AWARD: BRIDGEPORT TUSLER". Mankato Free Press. December 18, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
↑ "Washburn RB Jones wins Mr. Football award". www.startribune.com. Star Tribune. December 8, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
↑ "2014 Mr. Football".
↑ "Eden Prairie's JD Spielman wins Minnesota's Mr. Football award for 2015; played 4 positions". Star Tribune. Associated Press. November 22, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

External links

Minnesota Football Hub (list of past winners)

High School Mr. Football Awards by state

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

See also: Mr. Football USA

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