National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame

Awards Presented at Annual Banquet

Past and Present Honorees

Note: Award years refer to football seasons. The awards are presented at the following spring's Banquet.

"Bonnie Sloan Courage Award"

  • 2009 - Bonnie Sloan - St Louis Cardinals (NFL)
  • 2010 - Keith Bulluck - Tennessee Titans (NFL)
  • 2011 - Mike Heimerdinger* - Tennessee Titans (NFL)
  • 2012 - Houston Ragan* - Madison Rams (old NIL)
  • 2013 - Preston Gilbreath - Austin Peay State University
  • 2014 - David Meador
  • 2015 - Darryl Hammond*
  • 2016 - Coach Kevin Downs, Sgt. U.S. Army (Ret)
  • 2017 - Tim Shaw
  • 2018 - Roc Batten
  • 2019 - Josh Poplar, Tennessee Tech
  • 2020 - Christion Abercrombie
  • 2021 - No honoree named
  • 2022 - Randall Boldin
  • 2023 - Coach Paul Wade
  • 2024 - Bob Hyde
  • 2025 - Carson Tinker

*Deceased