Silver Football

Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Award details
Given for	Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
Presented by	Chicago Tribune
History
First award	1924
Most recent	J.T. Barrett, Ohio State and Saquon Barkley, Penn State
Website	http://www.chicagotribune.com

The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the best player from the Big Ten Conference. The award has been presented annually since 1924, when Red Grange of Illinois was the award's first recipient.

The winner of the Silver Football is determined by a vote of Big Ten head football coaches. Each coach submits a two-player ballot with a first and second choice, and coaches cannot vote for players on their own team. The first-place vote receives two points and the second-place vote receives one point.

Coaches and media of the Big Ten also make annual selections for additional individual honors.

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