< PreviousGoCards.com n @UofLFootball 8 ACC SUCCESS Since 2014 72 Wins 44 ACC Wins 2 7-1 League Seasons 2 Players of the Year 2 Offensive Players of the Year 1 Heisman Trophy Winner 8 Bowl Appearances 3 Ranked as High in the AP Poll9 F or many years, during the month of December, college football used that time to recognize the top players in the game. The award names like Heisman, Outland, Thorpe, Groza and Butkus are intertwined into the game as a tribute to the greatest players in the game. In 2016, the University of Louisville entered the annals when quarter- back Lamar Jackson became the first UofL player to have his name engraved on one of the most iconic trophies in the game. The Cardinals’ program and the Atlantic Coast Conference provides a national stage on which players can be seen. Jackson was the youngest player to secure the honor at just 19 years and 337 days old. He continued a recent trend of breakout stars winning the Heisman. He was the sixth player to win the award as either a redshirt freshman or sophomore, all since 2007, joining Johnny Manziel (redshirt freshman), Jameis Winston (redshirt freshman), Mark Ingram (sophomore), Sam Bradford (sophomore), and Tim Tebow (sophomore). Guiding the nation’s top scoring offense, Jackson finished the regular season holding ACC and school records with 51 touchdowns responsible for (30 passing, 21 rushing), rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,538, and rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 21. He tied an ACC mark with eight touchdowns in the season-opening win over Char- lotte, including matching a school mark with six touchdown passes. Named the ACC Player and Offensive Player of the Year, Jackson shattered Louisville’s single-season record for rushing yards in a sea- son, and his eight 100-yard rushing games also broke a school mark. HEISMAN Trophy 2016 GoCards.com n @UofLFootballGoCards.com n @UofLFootball 10 U niversity of Louisville football is a household name due to the overwhelming media attention that hovers around the Cardinals with their affiliation with the ACC and the ESPN networks. Writers and broadcasters representing the nation’s most recog- nized media outlets regularly interact with UofL play- ers and coaches. In 2023, all Louisville games were carried nationally or regionally on the ABC, ESPN family of networks. The Notre Dame-Louisville game was the third-highest watched game in Week 6 with 5.12 million viewers. NATI NAL Attention11 GoCards.com n @UofLFootball NATIONAL Awards Lamar Jackson earned the nation’s top prize by capturing the 2016 Heisman Trophy — becoming the youngest player in college football history to win the top award. Gerod Holliman set an NCAA record by recording 14 interceptions to win the 2014 Jim Thorpe Award for the nation’s top defensive back. Elvis Dumervil led the nation with 20.5 sacks to win the 2005 Bronco Nagurski Award.GoCards.com n @UofLFootball 12 Jamie Asher n Tutu Atwell n Caleb Chandler n Elvis Dumervil n Anthony Floyd n Ibn Green Lamar Jackson n Tom Jackson n Gerod Holliman n Lenny Lyles n Sam Madison n Roman Oben Marcus Smith n Ted Washington n Dewayne White n Otis Wilson AMERICANSERIC WOOD 13 GoCards.com n @UofLFootball MEKHI BECTON Year Rd Pick Player Pos Age Team 2020 1 11 Mekhi Becton OT 21 New York Jets 2018 1 18 Jaire Alexander CB 21 Green Bay Packers 2018 1 32 Lamar Jackson QB 21 Baltimore Ravens 2016 1 12 Sheldon Rankins DT 22 New Orleans Saints 2015 1 14 DeVante Parker WR 22 Miami Dolphins 2014 1 18 Calvin Pryor DB 22 New York Jets 2014 1 26 Marcus Smith LB 22 Philadelphia Eagles 2014 1 32 Teddy Bridgewater QB 21 Minnesota Vikings 2009 1 28 Eric Wood C 23 Buffalo Bills 2007 1 10 Amobi Okoye DT 20 Houston Texans 1994 1 13 Joe Johnson DE 22 New Orleans Saints 1991 1 25 Ted Washington NT 23 San Francisco 49ers 1987 1 23 Bruce Armstrong T 21 New England Patriots 1980 1 19 Otis Wilson LB 22 Chicago Bears 1964 1 9 Ken Kortas DT 22 St. Louis Cardinals 1958 1 11 Lenny Lyles DB 22 Baltimore Colts ROUND SELECTIONS ST JAIRE ALEXANDER DEVANTE PARKER LAMAR JACKSON SHELDON RANKINSTM to the GoCards.com n @UofLFootball 14 15 GoCards.com n @UofLFootballGoCards.com n @UofLFootball 16 STRENGTH & Conditioning17 GoCards.com n @UofLFootballNext >