Conerly Trophy

Conerly Trophy
Awarded for	The best college football player in the state of Mississippi
Location	Mississippi
Country	United States
Presented by	Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
History
First award	1996
Most recent	Patrick Shegog, QB, Delta State
Website	Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Events

The C Spire Conerly Trophy is an award given annually to the best college football player in the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.^[1]

Voting

Sixty media representatives from across Mississippi determine the Trophy recipient. All players at Mississippi's four-year college football programs are eligible on the first ballot. Previously, the top three vote-getters were listed on a second and final ballot, but starting with the 2011 award, each of the four-year colleges and universities in Mississippi that field football teams are represented by one finalist.^[2] In 2013, fans were allowed to vote on the award for the first time. Fan voting accounted for 10 percent of the total vote.^[3]

Voters are instructed to evaluate a player's entire regular season performance and ignore post-season honors or professional potential.

The trophy

The Conerly Trophy is a bronze casting, 19" high x 11" long x 7.5" wide, weighing 18.5 lbs. (8.4 kg).^[4] The trophy was sculpted by Bruce Holmes Brady, a Brookhaven, Mississippi native and graduate of the University of Mississippi.^[5] The original trophy is on permanent display at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. A replica of the trophy is presented to the winner each year at the announcement dinner.^[4]

History

The award was begun in 1996 and has been sponsored by C Spire Wireless, formerly known as Cellular South, since 1998. Previous presentations have been held in Jackson, Clarksdale, Tunica and Biloxi. The namesake of the award is Mississippi-born Charlie Conerly who also starred as quarterback at the University of Mississippi, and was later a star for the New York Giants.^[4]

Winners and finalists

Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning won the Conerly Trophy in 2001 and 2003.

Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott won the Conerly Trophy in 2014 and 2015.

Year	Winner	Pos	School	Ref	Other Finalists
1996	Tregnel Thomas	RB	Delta State	^[6]	Marchant Kenney, LB, Southern Miss Kris Mangum, TE, Ole Miss
1997	Stewart Patridge	QB	Ole Miss	^[7]	John Avery, RB, Ole Miss Patrick Surtain, CB, Southern Miss
1998	J. J. Johnson	RB	Mississippi State	^[8]	Rufus French, TE, Ole Miss Sherrod Gideon, WR, Southern Miss
1999	Deuce McAllister	RB	Ole Miss	^[9]	Ashley Cooper, S, Mississippi State Adalius Thomas, LB, Southern Miss
2000	Josh Bright	QB	Delta State	^[10]	Dicenzo Miller, RB, Mississippi State Fred Smoot, CB, Mississippi State
2001	Eli Manning	QB	Ole Miss	^[11]	Robert Kent, QB, Jackson State T. C. Taylor, WR, Jackson State
2002	Rod Davis	LB	Southern Miss	^[12]^[13]	Robert Kent, QB, Jackson State Eli Manning, QB, Ole Miss
2003	Eli Manning	QB	Ole Miss	^[14]^[15]	Rod Davis, LB, Southern Miss Scott Eyster, QB, Delta State
2004	Michael Boley	LB	Southern Miss	^[16]	Scott Eyster, QB, Delta State Jerious Norwood, RB, Mississippi State
2005	Jerious Norwood	RB	Mississippi State	^[17]	Scott Eyster, QB, Delta State Patrick Willis, LB, Ole Miss
2006	Patrick Willis	LB	Ole Miss	^[18]	Scott Eyster, QB, Delta State Damion Fletcher, RB, Southern Miss
2007	Damion Fletcher	RB	Southern Miss	^[19]	Titus Brown, DE, Mississippi State Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi State
2008	Juan Joseph	QB	Millsaps	^[20]^[21]	Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss Michael Oher, OT Ole Miss
2009	Anthony Dixon	RB	Mississippi State	^[22]	Dexter McCluster, RB/WR, Ole Miss Adam Shaffer, QB, Mississippi College
2010	Chris White	LB	Mississippi State	^[23]^[24]	Austin Davis, QB, Southern Miss Casey Therriault, QB, Jackson State
2011	Austin Davis	QB	Southern Miss	^[25]^[26]	Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State Paul Cox, WR, Mississippi Valley State Jarrad Craine, CB, Mississippi College Micah Davis, QB, Delta State Justin Gaines, RB, Belhaven Terrence Lewis, WR/PR, Alcorn State Jason O'Rear, WR, Millsaps Charles Sawyer, S/CB, Ole Miss Casey Therriault, QB, Jackson State
2012	Bo Wallace	QB	Ole Miss	^[27]^[28]	Johnthan Banks, CB, Mississippi State Cornelius Brown, OT, Alcorn State Jamie Collins, DE, Southern Miss Kendall Hunter, OT, Delta State Garrett Pinciotti, QB, Millsaps Rico Richardson, WR, Jackson State Robert Simpson, DT, Mississippi Valley State Keith Villafranco, S, Mississippi College Isiah Wiley, CB/KR, Belhaven
2013	Gabe Jackson	G	Mississippi State	^[29]^[30]	Mike Barthelemy, RB, Millsaps Avery Boykin, CB, Mississippi Valley State Matt Hall, OT, Belhaven Ricky Hunt, WR, Delta State Clayton Moore, QB, Jackson State Jonathan Redd, QB, Mississippi College Khyri Thornton, DT, Southern Miss Arnold Walker, RB, Alcorn State Bo Wallace, QB, Ole Miss
2014	Dak Prescott	QB	Mississippi State	^[31]	Zach Bell, DE, Millsaps John Gibbs Jr., QB, Alcorn State Senquez Golson, CB, Ole Miss Dylan Klibert, S, Mississippi College Greg Livingston, WR, Belhaven Dasman McCullum, DE, Southern Miss Julian Stafford, WR, Mississippi Valley State Tyler Sullivan, QB, Delta State Daniel Williams, WR, Jackson State
2015	Dak Prescott	QB	Mississippi State	^[32]^[33]	Marquis Green, S, Mississippi Valley State Javancy Jones, DE, Jackson State Nick Mullens, QB, Southern Miss Marcel Newsome, WR, Mississippi College Darryan Ragsdale, RB, Alcorn State Hector Sandoval, LB, Millsaps Isaiah Swopes, CB, Belhaven Laquon Treadwell, WR, Ole Miss Jarvis York, WR, Delta State
2016	Evan Engram	TE	Ole Miss	^[34]	Darien Anderson, LB, Alcorn State Austin Bray, QB, Mississippi Valley State Alex Foust, DT, Millsaps Javancy Jones, DE, Jackson State Hunter McEachern, QB, Belhaven Marcel Newsome, WR, Mississippi College Chris Robinson, RB, Delta State Fred Ross, WR, Mississippi State Ito Smith, RB, Southern Miss
2017	A. J. Brown	WR	Ole Miss	^[35]	De'Lance Turner, RB, Alcorn State Shawn Bishop, LB, Jackson State Mark Pegues, DB, Mississippi Valley State Chris Robinson, RB, Delta State Hunter McEachern, QB, Belhaven Jacob Kendall, LB, Millsaps Chris Manning, DB, Mississippi College Nick Fitzgerald, QB, Mississippi State Ito Smith, RB, Southern Miss
2018	Jeffery Simmons	DL	Mississippi State	^[36]	Noah Johnson, QB, Alcorn State Christian Jacquemin, K, Jackson State Booker Chambers, WR, Mississippi Valley State Patrick Shegog, QB, Delta State Dennarrios Noel, LB, Belhaven Chandler Coleman, LB, Millsaps Tiberias Lampkin , RB, Mississippi College A. J. Brown, WR, Ole Miss Quez Watkins, WR, Southern Miss
2019	Kylin Hill	RB	Mississippi State	^[37]	Felix Harper, QB, Alcorn State Keonte Hampton, LB, Jackson State Tracy Thompkins, DB, Mississippi Valley State Junior Faulk, DB, Delta State Hunter McEachern, QB, Belhaven Liam Vincfora, DL, Millsaps Detric Hawthorn, QB, Mississippi College John Rhys Plumlee, QB, Ole Miss Jack Abraham, QB, Southern Miss
2020	Elijah Moore	WR	Ole Miss	^[38]	Daylen Baldwin, WR, Jackson State Jerry Garner, LB, Mississippi Valley State Brad Foley, RB, Belhaven Christian Roberts , DB, Millsaps Cole Fagan , RB, Mississippi College Emmanuel Forbes, CB, Mississippi State Arvin Fletcher, G, Southern Miss
2021	Matt Corral	QB	Ole Miss	^[39]^[40]	Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss Brad Foley, RB, Belhaven Caleb Johnson, RB, Mississippi Valley State Jonathan Jones, LB, Mississippi College Will Rogers, QB, Mississippi State Shedeur Sanders, QB, Jackson State Malik Shorts, CB, Southern Miss Juwan Taylor, S, Alcorn State Marvin Terry, LB, Delta State Moïse Tezzo, WR, Millsaps
2022	Quinshon Judkins	RB	Ole Miss	^[41]^[42]	Jarveon Howard, RB, Alcorn State Connor Fordham, LB, Belhaven Patrick Shegog, QB, Delta State Shedeur Sanders, QB, Jackson State Moïse Tezzo, WR/KR, Millsaps Marcus Williams, RB, Mississippi College Emmanuel Forbes, DB, Mississippi State Ronnie Thomas, DL, Mississippi Valley State Quinshon Judkins, RB, Ole Miss Jason Brownlee, WR, Southern Miss
2023	Patrick Shegog	QB	Delta State	^[43]^[44]	Aaron Allen, QB, Alcorn State Kolbe Blunt, RB, Belhaven Patrick Shegog, QB, Delta State Irv Mulligan, RB, Jackson State Ethan Klapatch, P, Millsaps Marcus Williams, RB, Mississippi College Nathaniel Watson, LB, Mississippi State Rondey Luckett, C, Mississippi Valley State Quinshon Judkins, RB, Ole Miss Frank Gore Jr., RB, Southern Miss

Kent Hull Trophy

Starting in 2013, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame began awarding a second award, the Kent Hull Trophy, for the best college offensive lineman in Mississippi.^[45]

Year	Winner	Pos	School	Ref
2013	Gabe Jackson	G	Mississippi State	^[46]
2014	Laremy Tunsil	T	Ole Miss	^[47]
2015	Fahn Cooper	T	Ole Miss	^[48]
2016	Justin Senior	T	Mississippi State	^[49]
2017	Martinas Rankin	T	Mississippi State	^[50]
2018	Elgton Jenkins	C	Mississippi State	^[51]
2019	Drake Dorbeck	T	Southern Miss	^[52]
2020	Royce Newman	G	Ole Miss	^[53]
2021	Charles Cross	T	Mississippi State	^[54]
2022	Nick Broeker	G	Ole Miss	^[55]
2023	Cole Smith	C	Mississippi State	^[56]

Trophies won by school

Conerly Trophy
Rank	School	Won
1	Ole Miss	10
2	Mississippi State	9
3	Southern Miss	4
4	Delta State	3
5	Millsaps	1

Hull Trophy
Rank	School	Hull
1	Mississippi State	6
2	Ole Miss	5
3	Southern Miss	1

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