Burrow, Delpit, Chase, Orgeron sweep national awards
ATLANTA — LSU senior quarterback Joe Burrow has won multiple national honors, safety Grant Delpit won the Thorpe Award, and Ja’Marr Chase won the Biletnikoff Award at the 2019 Home Depot College Football Awards Show at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
That’s A Sweep, Folks!#GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/CdmUnDsONP
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 13, 2019
Head coach Ed Orgeron received the Home Depot National Coach of the Year at the ceremony as well, while Burrow, Chase, Delpit and Derek Stingley Jr. were named Walter Camp All-Americans.
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Grant Delpit is the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/GiC7qGkvmo
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 13, 2019
The Best Receiver in the Country
Ja’Marr Chase is the winner of the 2019 Biletnikoff Award! pic.twitter.com/EYAeJIOB4G
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 13, 2019
The Best QB in the Country
Y’all know it’s Joey Burrow pic.twitter.com/IkHIcfFrpR
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 13, 2019
The Best Player in America
Joe Burrow is the Maxwell Award winner! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/Q4FLNHAGFS
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 13, 2019
Early on Thursday, Burrow became the first LSU Tiger to be named the AP National Player of the Year (awarded since 1998) and Orgeron was named Home Depot National Coach of the Year.
Ed Orgeron is the Home Depot College Coach of the Year! #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/DCGoqBSz1S
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) December 11, 2019
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