Question

Washington hosts Thursday night football tonight, and starting at quarterback they’ll have Taylor Heinicke. At Old Dominion in 2012, Heinicke won the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the most valuable player at the FBS level. What other three former winners of this award are currently on NFL rosters? Looking for two quarterbacks and a wide receiver.

Answer

The 49ers have two of them: Jimmy Garoppolo (Eastern Illinois) and Trey Lance (North Dakota State). Additionally, there’s Cooper Kupp of the Rams, who played his college football at Eastern Washington.