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

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

2012 Bridgeport Tusler[5] RB Osseo South Dakota State

Bethel University (Minnesota)
2013 Jeffrey Jones[6] RB Washburn Minnesota
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 University of 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

References
  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.
  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. http://www.swnewsmedia.com/eden_prairie_news/news/eden-prairie-leader-tackles-mr-football-honors/article_7b99d5b8-1448-58f3-accb-ce39abe514c4.html
  11. https://www.postbulletin.com/sports/high_school/football/high-school-football-owatonna-s-williamson-named-mr-football/article_9d273512-01c6-11e9-89ef-1b0ebff62464.html
  12. Paulsen, Jim (December 8, 2019). "Jalen Suggs wins Mr. Football". MN Football Hub. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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