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The Indiana Mr. Football Award is an award given to the top high school
American football player in the state of
Indiana , presented annually by
The Indianapolis Star .
[1]
Winners
Rex Grossman was 1998's Mr. Football from
Bloomington South .
Clayton Richard was 2002's Mr. Football from
McCutcheon .
Gunner Kiel was 2011's Mr. Football from
Columbus East .
Jaylon Smith was 2012's Mr. Football from
Bishop Luers .
Professional teams listed are teams known.
Year
Player
High School
College
NFL Draft
1992
Alex Smith, RB
[2]
Franklin County
Indiana
1993
Bo Barzilauskas, OL/DL
Bloomington South
Indiana
1994
Josh Martini, RB
East Central
1995
Earl Haniford, QB
Martinsville
Indiana
1996
Israel Thompson, RB
Martinsville
Ball State
1997
DuJuan Daniels, RB
Bishop Chatard
Boston College
1998
Rex Grossman , QB
Bloomington South
Florida
2003 NFL Draft : 1st round, 22nd overall by the
Chicago Bears
1999
Derrick Ellis, RB
Indianapolis Arlington
2000
Otis Shannon, RB
Indianapolis Cathedral
Harper College
2001
James Banks, QB/DB
[3]
Ben Davis
Tennessee
Carson–Newman
2002
Clayton Richard , QB
McCutcheon
Michigan
2003
Desmond Tardy, QB
Warren Central
Purdue
2004
Jason Werner, WR/S
Roncalli
Purdue
2005
Dexter Taylor, QB
Warren Central
Tulsa
Western Kentucky
Marian
2006
Darren Evans , RB
Warren Central
Virginia Tech
Indianapolis Colts ,
Tennessee Titans
2007
Paul McIntosh, QB
Evansville Reitz
Army
Southern Illinois
2008
Morgan Newton , QB
Carmel
Kentucky
2009
Dan Wodicka , QB
[4]
West Lafayette
Johns Hopkins University
2010
Tre Roberson , QB
[5]
Lawrence Central
Indiana
Illinois State
2011
Gunner Kiel , QB
Columbus East
Notre Dame
Cincinnati
2012
Jaylon Smith , RB/LB
[1]
Bishop Luers
Notre Dame
2016 NFL Draft : 2nd round, 34th overall by the
Dallas Cowboys
2013
Terry McLaurin , WR
[6]
Cathedral
Ohio State
2019 NFL Draft : 3rd round, 76th overall by the
Washington Redskins
2014
Markell Jones , RB
[7]
Columbus East
Purdue
2015
Brandon Peters , QB
[8]
Avon
Michigan
Illinois
2016
Hunter Johnson , QB
[9]
Brownsburg
Clemson
Northwestern
2017
Reese Taylor, QB
[10]
Ben Davis
Indiana
2018
Jack Kiser, QB
[11]
Pioneer
Notre Dame
2019
Charlie Spegal, RB
[12]
New Palestine
Indiana
2020
Carson Steele , RB
[13]
Center Grove
Ball State
2021
Brady Allen, QB
[14]
Gibson Southern
Purdue
2022
Drayk Bowen, LB
[15]
Andrean
Notre Dame
2023
Josh Ringer
[16]
East Central High School
Miami (OH)
Schools with multiple winners
References
^
a
b Kyle Neddenriep (December 6, 2012).
"2012 Indiana Mr. Football: Ft. Wayne Luers' Jaylon Smith" . www.indystar.com . Gannett. Retrieved January 31, 2014 .
^ Dick Jerardi (November 2, 1994).
"Hellacious Hoosier Indiana's Smith Running Up Dazzling Freshman Numbers" . www.philly.com . The Inquirer. Retrieved January 31, 2014 .
^
"Former Mr. Football charged with felony OWI" . www.wthr.com . December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
^
"Daniel Wodicka wins Mr. Football" . Archived from
the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011 .
^ Kyle Neddenriep (December 14, 2010).
"Meet Indiana Mr. Football: Lawrence Central's Tre Roberson" . www.indystar.com . Gannett. Retrieved January 31, 2014 .
^
"Cathedral's Terry McLaurin wins IndyStar Indiana Mr. Football" . Indy Star . USA Today. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .
^ Jay Heater (December 12, 2014).
"East's Markell Jones named Indiana Mr. Football" . www.therepublic.com . The Republic. Archived from
the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014 .
^ Kyle Neddenriep (December 10, 2015).
"Avon QB Brandon Peters named 2015 IndyStar Mr. Football" . www.indystar.com . Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 31, 2015 .
^ Kyle Neddenriep (December 7, 2016).
"2016 IndyStar Mr. Football: Hunter Johnson's decision to stay home for senior year pays off" . www.indystar.com . Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
^
"On Mr. Football Reese Taylor: 'He's not an athlete playing quarterback — he's a great quarterback' " . Indianapolis Star . Retrieved December 6, 2017 .
^
"Notre Dame commit Jack Kiser becomes first Class A player to win IndyStar Mr. Football" . Indianapolis Star . Retrieved January 30, 2019 .
^
"New Palestine RB Charlie Spegal wins 2019 IndyStar Mr. Football in a runaway" . Indianapolis Star . Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
^
"Center Grove's Carson Steele wins Indiana's Mr. Football Award" . December 23, 2020.
^
"Purdue-bound, record-breaking Gibson Southern QB Brady Allen is 2021 Indiana Mr. Football" .
^ Driskell, Bryan (December 16, 2022).
"Notre Dame Commit Drayk Bowen Named Indiana Mr. Football" . si.com .
^ Neddenriep, Kyle (December 14, 2023).
"East Central RB Josh Ringer wins 2023 Indiana Mr. Football: 'A great surprise.' " . Indy Star . Retrieved December 14, 2023 .
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