Blaine quarterback Sam Shaughnessy (16), shown in 2023, is a finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Football award, which goes to the top senior football player in the state. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
MN high school football 2024 Mr. Football
The Minnesota Football Coaches Association this week released the names of its 10 finalists for its Mr. Football award, meant to recognize the coaches choice for the top senior football player in Minnesota.
The award, which launched in 2004, will be announced at the Mr. Football banquet Sunday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton Park Place Hotel in St. Louis Park.
Past recipients include Cretin-Derham Hall’s Michael Floyd (2007), Eden Prairie’s JD Spielman (2015), SMB’s Jalen Suggs (2019) and Rosemount’s Jake Ratzlaff (2020). Chanhassen running back Maxwell Woods won the award in 2023. The first winner of the award was East Grand Forks quarterback Nick Mertens.
The 2024 nominees:
Nolan Ginskey, Owatonna, WR/DB
Camden Hungerholt, LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-Pacelli, QB
Mr. Football winners
| Year | Player | School | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Maxwell Woods | Chanhassen | RB |
| 2022 | Cade Osterman | Elk River | QB |
| 2021 | Emmett Johnson | Holy Angels | RB/S |
| 2020 | Jake Ratzlaff | Rosemount | TE/LB |
| 2019 | Jalen Suggs | SMB | QB/DB |
| 2018 | Jason Williamson | Owatonna | RB/FS |
| 2017 | Antonio Montero | Eden Prairie | LB/RB/PK/P |
| 2016 | Wade Sullivan | Lakeville North | RB |
| 2015 | J.D. Spielman | Eden Prairie | RB/WR/DB |
| 2014 | Robbie Grimsley | Hutchinson | RB |
| 2013 | Jeffery Jones | Minneapolis Washburn | RB |
| 2012 | Bridgeport Tusler | Osseo | RB |
| 2011 | Philip Nelson | Mankato West | QB |
| 2010 | Peter Westerhaus | Holy Family Catholic | TE/LB |
| 2009 | Zach Vraa | Rosemount | WR |
| 2008 | Varmah Sonie | Apple Valley | DB |
| 2007 | Michael Floyd | Cretin-Derham Hall | WR |
| 2006 | Blake Sorensen | Eden Prairie | LB |
| 2005 | Matt Carufel | Cretin-Derham Hall | OL |
| 2004 | Nick Mertens | East Grand Forks | QB |
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