Max Duggan Named 2022-23 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year

 

Former TCU quarterback Max Duggan has been named the 2022-23 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year.

Duggan, now with the Los Angeles Chargers, is the first Horned Frog, male or female, to receive the award in TCU's 11 years in the conference. Voting was done by a media panel.

Earlier this month, Duggan was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Big 12's Bob Bowlsby Award. Named in recognition of the conference's former commissioner, the award is the Big 12's most prestigious individual accolade. 
 
In leading TCU during the 2002 football season to the College Football Playoff (CFP), a semifinal win over Michigan and a trip to the 2023 CFP National Championship Game, Duggan won the Davey O'Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award while being the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. He was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and a unanimous First-Team All-Big 12 selection. He tied for the national lead with 17 touchdown passes of at least 20 yards and led the Big 12 in touchdown passes (32), passing efficiency (159.2), passing yards (3,698), yards per attempt (8.9) and yards per completion (13.9). He accounted for three or more touchdowns in nine games. His 32 touchdown passes on the season were one shy of the TCU record, while his 41 touchdowns (32 passing, 9 rushing) responsible for were also second-most at TCU.

A Council Bluffs, Iowa, native, Duggan was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 recipient and a member of the 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. He earned his degree in marketing in December 2022 from TCU's prestigious Neeley School of Business.