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VIRGINIA FOOTBALL I 149 2020 UVA FOOTBALL CAVALIER MAJOR AWARD WINNERS Maxwell Award 1941 Maxwell Award as the country’s outstanding player • Consensus All-American as a 19-year old senior • Led nation in scoring (134 points), touchdowns (18) and all- purpose yards (1674) • Second nationally in rushing (968) and total offense (1824), and fourth in punt returns (481 yards) BILL DUDLEY BILL DUDLEY GEORGE WELSH GEORGE WELSH HEATH MILLER HEATH MILLER CHRIS LONG CHRIS LONG Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year 1991 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award • Directed a young squad that had to replace 15 starters from the previous season to an 8-3-1 record • Team was unbeaten in last eight games of regular season to earn Gator Bowl bid • Virginia led the ACC in scoring offense and scoring defense Mackey Award 2004 Mackey Award as the nation’s outstanding tight end • Unanimous first-team All-American as a junior • Caught 41 passes for 541 yards and five touchdowns • Tremendous blocker who helped UVA lead the ACC in rushing and total offense Ted Hendricks Award 2007 Hendricks Award as the best defensive end in the country • Unanimous first-team All-American • Third in the country with 14 sacks and 14th in tackles for loss • Led the team with 23 quarterback pressures and nine pass break-ups UVA AND THE HEISMAN TROPHY Year Name Place in Voting 1941 Bill Dudley Fifth 1990 Shawn Moore Fourth 1990 Herman Moore Sixth 1999 Thomas Jones Eighth 2007 Chris Long 10th JOE REED JOE REED Jet Award Award 2019 Jet Award as return specialist in the country • First-team All-American by Walter Camp, FWAA, CBS and Phi Steele as a kick returner • No. 1 in the nation in kick return average with a 33.2 yard per return average • Only player in the nation with 2,700+ career return yards and a career return average of 28+ yards per return

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VIRGINIA FOOTBALL I 149

2020

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CAVALIER MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

Maxwell Award 1941 Maxwell Award as the country’s outstanding player• Consensus All-American as a 19-year old senior• Led nation in scoring (134 points), touchdowns (18) and all-purpose yards (1674)• Second nationally in rushing (968) and total offense (1824), and fourth in punt returns (481 yards)

BILL DUDLEYBILL DUDLEY GEORGE WELSHGEORGE WELSH

HEATH MILLERHEATH MILLER

CHRIS LONGCHRIS LONG

Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year1991 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award• Directed a young squad that had to replace 15 starters from the previous season to an 8-3-1 record • Team was unbeaten in last eight games of regular season to earn Gator Bowl bid• Virginia led the ACC in scoring offense and scoring defense

Mackey Award2004 Mackey Award as the nation’s outstanding tight end• Unanimous first-team All-American as a junior• Caught 41 passes for 541 yards and five touchdowns • Tremendous blocker who helped UVA lead the ACC in rushing and total offense

Ted Hendricks Award2007 Hendricks Award as the best defensive end in the country• Unanimous first-team All-American • Third in the country with 14 sacks and 14th in tackles for loss• Led the team with 23 quarterback pressures and nine pass break-ups

UVA AND THE HEISMAN TROPHYYear Name Place in Voting1941 Bill Dudley Fifth1990 Shawn Moore Fourth1990 Herman Moore Sixth1999 Thomas Jones Eighth2007 Chris Long 10th

JOE REEDJOE REEDJet Award Award2019 Jet Award as return specialist in the country• First-team All-American by Walter Camp, FWAA, CBS and Phi Steele as a kick returner• No. 1 in the nation in kick return average with a 33.2 yard per return average• Only player in the nation with 2,700+ career return yards and a career return average of 28+ yards per return