Glenn Davis Award

The Glenn Davis Award is given annually since 1987 by the Los Angeles Times to the best high school football player in the Los Angeles area. It is named after Glenn Davis, the 1946 Heisman Trophy winner, who prepped at Bonita High School in La Verne, California and Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona, California. Davis led the Bonita Bearcats to a 39-6 win over Newport Harbor in the 1942 CIF Southern Section final by scoring five touchdowns.

1989 winner Kevin Copeland died of heart failure during a game on October 6, 1989, and won the Award posthumously.[1]

Past winners

Season Player Position High school College
1987 Russell White RB Crespi Carmelite California
1988 Derek Brown RB Servite Nebraska
1989 Kevin Copeland WR Dorsey
1990 John Walsh QB Carson BYU
1991 Billy Blanton QB Mater Dei San Diego State
1992 Travis Kirschke DT Esperanza UCLA
1993 Glenn Thompkins QB Eisenhower UCLA
1994 Daylon McCutcheon RB/DB Bishop Amat Memorial USC
1995 Chris Claiborne LB/RB John W. North USC
1996 Antoine Harris TE/DE Loyola USC
1997 DeShaun Foster RB/DB Tustin UCLA
1998 Chris Lewis QB Long Beach Polytechnic Stanford
1999 Matt Grootegoed RB/LB Mater Dei USC
2000 Tyler Ebell RB Ventura UCLA
2001 Hershel Dennis RB Long Beach Polytechnic USC
2002 Whitney Lewis WR St. Bonaventure USC
2003 Brigham Harwell DL/FB Los Altos UCLA
2004 DeSean Jackson WR Long Beach Polytechnic California
2005 Toby Gerhart RB Norco Stanford
2006 Aaron Corp QB Lutheran USC
2007 Matt Barkley QB Mater Dei USC
2008 Taylor Martinez QB Centennial Nebraska
2009 Cody Fajardo QB Servite Nevada
2010 De'Anthony Thomas RB/CB Crenshaw Oregon
2011 Su'a Cravens RB/WR/LB Vista Murrieta USC
2012 Thomas Duarte WR/LB Mater Dei UCLA
2013 Jaleel Wadood S St. John Bosco UCLA
2014 Josh Rosen QB St. John Bosco UCLA
2015 Mique Juarez LB North High[2] UCLA
2016 Wyatt Davis OL St. John Bosco Ohio State[3]
2017 J. T. Daniels QB Mater Dei USC/Georgia/West Virginia/Rice[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tests Didn't Let Copeland Know Danger He Faced" Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1989 (accessed April 24. 2015)
  2. ^ the Times' high school player of the year: Mique Juarez of North Torrance
  3. ^ Times player of the year: Wyatt Davis was the best kid on the block
  4. ^ Player of the year J.T. Daniels heads Times' 2017 prep football all-star team

External links

  • Glenn Davis Award winners Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2014 (accessed April 24. 2015)
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