TCU QB Max Duggan wins Davey O’Brien Award

FORT WORTH, Texas — In 1938, Davey O’Brien turned the primary and, up to now, solely TCU soccer participant to win the Heisman Trophy because the Horned Frogs ended the 12 months as nationwide champions.

Following his dying in 1977, the Davey O’Brien Award was established in his honor. The award is given yearly to the highest collegiate quarterback.

On Monday afternoon on the Fort Worth Club, 4 miles north from the place he performed on Saturdays, Max Duggan turned the primary TCU participant to win the Davey O’Brien Award.

“It’s pretty surreal,” Duggan mentioned throughout Monday’s press convention. “A year ago, I came here to have dinner with family friends. And I never would have thought I’d be here a year later winning the Davey O’Brien Award.”

Duggan joins some elite firm. Past winners embrace Pro Football Hall of Famers Troy Aikman (1988), Steve Young (1983) and Peyton Manning (1997).

Duggan’s season was nothing wanting exceptional, particularly when you think about he started the 12 months because the backup.

The 21-year-old from Council Bluffs, Iowa, led the Horned Frogs to the CFP National Championship in 2022, the place TCU misplaced to powerhouse Georgia, 65-7.

Like the title recreation, Duggan additionally completed runner-up in Heisman Trophy voting behind USC quarterback Caleb Williams. He was simply the fourth participant in TCU historical past to be a Heisman finalist.

In December, Duggan introduced he’ll forgo his remaining 12 months of school eligibility and enter the NFL Draft.

He has begun coaching in southern California with quarterback coach Jordan Palmer (brother of USC legend and 2002 Heisman winner Carson Palmer).

Since 2003, each recipient of the Davey O’Brien Award has been chosen within the first spherical of the NFL Draft — aside from Texas QB Colt McCoy in 2009, who was taken within the third spherical.

“There will be teams that really like me and there will be teams that don’t like me,” Duggan informed WFAA’s Jonah Javad.

Duggan, nevertheless, is projected to go on Day 3 (Round 4-7) which might be the newest an O’Brien Award winner has been chosen since Ohio State’s Troy Smith in 2006.

“I understand I’m not one of the top guys and where you go in the draft isn’t relatively important to me,” Duggan admitted. “Being able to have an opportunity to compete. Wherever you go, it’s about the right fit.”

TCU has been residence to some all-time greats like Sammy Baugh, Bob Lilly and LaDainian Tomlinson.

Max Duggan could not attain the Pro Football Hall of Fame, however what he completed at TCU will likely be remembered for many years to return.

At lengthy final, a TCU quarterback lifts the award named after one other TCU nice.