The winners were chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), a panel of Associated Press football writers and the Fiesta Bowl Organization.“I could imagine this because football was one of the things that kept me motivated,” Horsey, a third-year sophomore, told AP.Last year Kentucky linebacker Josh Paschal was the Bowl Subdivision winner of the Comeback Player of the Year award.
The first winner was Kent State receiver Antwan Dixon in 2018.Usually winners are selected from lower divisions of college football, too, but since the pandemic postponed those seasons three winners were selected in major college football.