The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was created in 1994. The award is named for Fred Biletnikoff, who played college football at Florida State and professionally with the Oakland Raiders and Montreal Alouettes. Any NCAA Division I FBS player who catches the football through a forward pass is eligible to be selected as the award winner, though in practice, and as it has been awarded to a player at that position every year, it is considered a de facto honor for the sport's most outstanding wide receiver. The 2025 recipient of the award was University of Southern California’s Makai Lemon.
A national selection committee consisting of over 600 journalists, commentators, broadcasters, and former players selects the award winner. No member of the board of trustees of the foundation has a vote. The foundation's charitable mission is provision of scholarships to North Florida high school seniors who have overcome significant challenges to achieve at the highest levels, with 320 scholarships having been awarded through 2024 with total benefits of well over 5 million dollars.
In December 2022, founding trustee and chairman Walter Manley II and past chairman Mark Ryan announced a goal of $10 million in aggregate to be awarded by 2030.
Winners Year Winner Team Ref. 1994 Penn State 1995 Ohio State 1996 Wyoming 1997 Marshall 1998 Louisiana Tech 1999 Stanford 2000 Pittsburgh 2001 LSU 2002 Michigan State 2003 Pittsburgh 2004 Michigan 2005 Oregon State 2006 Georgia Tech 2007 Texas Tech 2008 (2) Texas Tech 2009 Notre Dame 2010 Oklahoma State 2011 (2) Oklahoma State 2012 USC 2013 Oregon State 2014 Alabama 2015 Baylor 2016 Oklahoma 2017 Oklahoma State 2018 Alabama 2019 LSU 2020 Alabama 2021 Pittsburgh 2022 Tennessee 2023 Ohio State 2024 Colorado 2025 USC
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Scholarships:https://biletnikoffaward.com/about-scholarships/ National Selection Committee: https://biletnikoffaward.com/voters/ Candidate Eligibility, Watch List Inclusion & Voting Criteria: https://biletnikoffaward.com/criteria/ 2019 Banquet: https://biletnikoffaward.com/2019-banquet-video/ 2021 Banquet: https://biletnikoffaward.com/2021-banquet-video/