Detmer to receive NCAA 2017 Silver Anniversary Award

Former BYU quarterback and current offensive coordinator Ty Detmer will be one of six former student-athletes to receive the prestigious NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for their collegiate and professional achievements at the 2017 NCAA Convention in January. 

The Silver Anniversary Award annually recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletics careers. Representatives of NCAA member schools and conferences, along with a panel of former student-athletes, select each year’s recipients. The 2017 recipients are Detmer, Alonzo Mourning, Susan Robinson Fruchtl, Heather Taggart, Tommy Vardell and Troy Vincent. The NCAA will recognize the honorees at the Honors Celebration during the 2017 NCAA Convention on Jan. 18 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Former Brigham Young University quarterback and three-time team captain Ty Detmer led his team to four straight bowl appearances and three conference titles. During his time in college, Detmer broke 59 NCAA football records, including completions, attempts, passing yards, touchdowns, pass efficiency and single-season passing yards. A two-time consensus All-American and two-time Davey O’Brien Award winner, he was awarded the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Trophy in 1990.

Detmer graduated in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation management, and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 1992 NFL Draft. He went on to play 14 seasons in the NFL. In 2002, Detmer was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. After he retired from the NFL in 2005, he began working as a high school football coach. In 2016, he was named the offensive coordinator at Brigham Young. In addition to coaching football, Detmer has volunteered with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, helping to raise funds for children’s hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children’s health issues. He founded the Ty Detmer Charitable Foundation and the Ty Detmer Youth Football League in New Mexico.

Detmer is the sixth former Cougar to receive the distinguished NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. The others are Larry Echohawk (football, 1995), Gifford Nielsen (football, 2003), Danny Ainge (basketball, 2006), Steve Young (football, 2009), and Dylann Duncan Certain (women’s volleyball, 2012).

Other 2017 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipients