The Paul Hornung Award

Award Presented by Texas Roadhouse to Most Versatile Player in Major College Football

Louisville, Ky. – Sept. 29, 2026 – Five players representing the SEC, Big Ten and the Pac 12 Conferences were named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for their performances in Week 4 of the college football season. Making the list are Ryan Coleman-Williams, Alabama; Dierre Hill, Jr., Oregon; Javen Jacobs, Utah State; Wayne Knight, UCLA; and Qua Moss, Tennessee.

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Louisville, Ky. – Sept. 22, 2026 – Five players representing the Big 12, Pac 12, Big Ten, C-USA and the Sun Belt Conferences were named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for their performances in Week 3 of the college football season. Making the list are Aiden Flora, Iowa State; Davian Jackson, Texas State; Wayne Knight, UCLA; Caleb Nix, Jacksonville State; and Keenan Phillips, South Alabama.

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Award Presented by Texas Roadhouse to Most Versatile Player in Major College Football

Louisville, Ky. – Sept. 9, 2026 – Five players representing the Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Notre Dame were named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for their performances in Week 1 of the college football season. Making the list are Wayne Knight, UCLA; Turbo Richard, Indiana; Tre Richardson, Louisville; Isaiah Sategna III, Oklahoma; and Aneyas Williams, Notre Dame.

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Presented by Texas Roadhouse, Award Given to Nation’s Most Versatile Player

Louisville, Ky. – August 10, 2026 – Thirty-nine players representing schools from nine Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences have been selected to the 2026 Paul Hornung Award Pre-Season Watch List.

Leading the way are 2025 Paul Hornung Award Finalists J’Koby Williams of Texas Tech and Wayne Knight of UCLA (a transfer from James Madison), along with nine players who earned a spot on the weekly Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll at least once in 2025: David Amador II (UTSA), Anthony Evans III (Mississippi State), Martel Hight (Vanderbilt), Quinton Jackson (Rice), Rayshon Luke (Fresno State), Koi Perich (Oregon), Cameron Pettaway (Iowa State), Rayshawn Pleasant (Auburn) and Sutton Smith (Arkansas). (See full list of Watch List players below.)

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Louisville, Ky. – August 6, 2026 – The Louisville Sports Commission congratulates Owen Marecic, the inaugural recipient of the Paul Hornung Award, on his selection to the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2026.

Presented annually by the Louisville Sports Commission, the Paul Hornung Award honors the most versatile player in major college football. Marecic embodied that versatility during his standout 2010 season at Stanford, excelling on offense, defense and special teams while becoming the first recipient of the award named after Louisville native and football legend Paul Hornung.

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