Each year seemingly dozens of postseason awards are handed out to honor the best individual performances in college football. This year, a group of teammates will be honored for their play.
Monday morning the creation of the Joe Moore Award was announced, an honor that will recognize “the nation’s Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit.” The award is named in honor of Joe Moore, the former Notre Dame and Pittsburgh assistant who is widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in the history of college football.
The JMA will “annually recognize the offensive line unit that best displays toughness, effort, teamwork, physicality, tone setting and finishing,” and will be voted on by a committee comprised solely of individuals who either played or coached the position.
“I am honored to be a part of the committee charged with selecting the recipients of the Joe Moore Award,” said former Wisconsin head coach and current UW athletic director Barry Alvarez in a statement. “Joe was the best teacher of offensive linemen who I’ve ever been around and no one got more out of his players than Joe did. It is only right that this award honors Joe’s name and his legacy.”
Semifinalist for the first version of the award will be announced Nov. 16, with the five finalists being unveiled Nov. 30. It will serve as the only college football award to honor an entire unit rather than just an individual.