The Paul Hornung Award

Honorees Accounted for 558 All-Purpose Yards, Six Tackles and One Interception

Louisville, Ky. – Nov. 1, 2021 – Marcus Jones (Houston), Will Shipley (Clemson) and Kyren Williams (Notre Dame) each scored what proved to be the winning touchdown in hard fought home wins to earn the Paul Hornung Weekly Honor Roll in week nine of the college football season.

The Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse, now in its 12th season, is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission to pay tribute to football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung, who passed away in Nov. 2020. The winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award dinner at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville on Mar. 8, 2022.

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Honorees Represent Big Ten, AAC, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, plus one Independent

Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 25, 2021 –Seven players combined for 13 touchdowns three different ways on offense and seven tackles, an interception and a pass deflection on defense to earn the Paul Hornung Weekly Honor Roll in week eight of the college football season.

Making the Honor Roll this week are Blake Corum from Michigan, Marcus Jones from Houston, Lew Nichols III from Central Michigan, Jordan Mims from Fresno State, Trayvon Rudolph from Northern Illinois, Chris Smith from Louisiana and Kyren Williams from Notre Dame.

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Honorees Represent Mountain West, MAC, Conference USA and Big 12 Conferences

Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 18, 2021 – Four players combined for six touchdowns on offense and four tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss on defense to lead their teams to wins and earn the Paul Hornung Weekly Honor Roll in week seven of the college football season.

Making the Honor Roll this week are Dillon Doyle of Baylor representing the Big 12; Justin Hall of Ball State representing the MAC; Jerreth Sterns of WKU representing Conference USA; and Deven Thompkins of Utah State representing the Mountain West.

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Honorees Represent Mountain West, MAC, Conference USA and Big 12 Conferences

Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 11, 2021 – Four players combined for six touchdowns on offense and four tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss on defense to lead their teams to wins and earn the Paul Hornung Weekly Honor Roll in week seven of the college football season.

Making the Honor Roll this week are Dillon Doyle of Baylor representing the Big 12; Justin Hall of Ball State representing the MAC; Jerreth Sterns of WKU representing Conference USA; and Deven Thompkins of Utah State representing the Mountain West.

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Honorees Combined for Eight Touchdowns Four Different Ways

Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 4, 2021 – Five players representing four conferences spread across the U.S. led their teams to wins this weekend to earn the Paul Hornung Weekly Honor Roll in week five of the college football season.

Jahan Dotson from Penn State and Jayden Reed from Michigan State represent the Big Ten; Justin Hall from Ball State represents the MAC; Kobe Pace from Clemson represents the ACC; and Calvin Turner Jr. from Hawaii represents the Mountain West.

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