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THE RUDY AWARDS HONOR DIVISION I FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY CHARACTER, COURAGE, CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT AS TEAM MEMBERS.

Drew Combs accepting the 2008 College Football Rudy Award. He is with Kelsey Patterson (wife of TCU head coach Gary Patterson) and Rudy Ruettiger. Read More
Award Finalists Dan Cafaro (left, with Pitt coaches) and Nic Harris (right, with Rudy) See More

Character, courage, contribution and commitment. These same traits were immortalized in the blockbuster film “RUDY” in 27 seconds and against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, enabling Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger to carve his name into college football history.

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger

"You're 5 foot nothin', 100 and nothin', and you have nearly a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football team in the land for 2 years. And you're getting a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself."

--Fortune (as played by Charles S. Dutton) in "Rudy."