2019 Joe Burrow
Quarterback, LSU Tigers

The 2019 Premier Player of College Football Trophy winner is LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. This should come as little surprise to anyone who has watched Burrow this season, a player who came into the year with relatively little fanfare, but who has blown up to be named as a unanimous First-Team All-American on account of his monster year.

Burrow led the LSU Tigers to an SEC Title win and a place in the College Football Playoff after he dismantled opposition defenses all season long. This will be the first CFP appearance for LSU and it just goes to show what a special season Burrow put together that he was able to get them over that hump – an Alabama shaped hump – and into a place to challenge for the National Championship.

Burrow’s numbers are so ridiculous that they look like something out of a video game. The Ohio State transfer passed for an astonishing 4,715 yards in 2019. He tossed 48 touchdown passes against just six interceptions and he finished the regular season completing an unheard of 77.9% of his passes. If he can keep that streak up through the playoffs then that would set a major college record for completion percentage over the course of a season.

Burrow doesn’t make many mistakes, but it is not because of a lack of willingness to challenge defenses. He has a cannon of an arm that he will unleash, but it is the stunning accuracy that comes with the deep shots that has amazed college coaches and NFL scouts alike. The presumptive No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Burrow has put together a scouting tape over the course of this season that rivals any quarterback that has ever moved on from the college game.

Perhaps the best aspect of Burrow, however, is his character. The Ames, Iowa native has a passion for the game that is shown by how he studies it. Yet, the fame of being the big man on campus has never managed to get past his down to earth persona. This is a leader, a champion, and a player who can always be counted on to come through in the clutch as he did against Alabama in the Tigers signature win of the year.