The Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday its 2016 Maxwell Award Watch
List and University of Wyoming junior running back Brian Hill is one of
the individual student-athletes named to this year’s list. The 2016
season will mark the 80th year that the Maxwell Award will be presented to the
Collegiate Player of the Year.
Hill returns in 2016 as one of the nation’s
top returning players. He finished the 2015 season ranked No. 8 in the
nation in average rushing yards per game (135.9), No. 9 in total rushing yards
(1,631) and No. 13 in average all-purpose yards per game (146.9). He set
a new University of Wyoming single-season rushing record, with his 1,631
yards. Hill enters his junior season ranked fifth in school history in
career rushing yards (2,427). He needs 537 yards in 2016 to break the UW
career rushing record of 2,963 yards set by Devin Moore from 2005-08.
The Maxwell Football Club has presented the
Maxwell Award for the College Player of the Year each year since 1937. The
award is presented in honor of Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell, legendary college
player, official and sports columnist. The Maxwell College Awards are
voted on by Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA head football coaches and
sportswriters and sports broadcasters from around the nation.
