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

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

Legacy winners

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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
1999 Dante Hall Texas A&M
2000 Aaron Lockett Kansas State
2002 DeJuan Groce Nebraska
2006 Ted Ginn Jr. Ohio State[12]

References

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