NEW YORK – Yale football senior quarterback Kurt Rawlings capped his Ivy League career in grand fashion as he was announced as the winner of the 2019 Asa. A. Bushnell Cup, the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year award at a ceremony in conjunction with the National Football Foundation (NFF) and Tournament of Roses Parade.
 
Rawlings, the only unanimous All-Ivy League offensive player of the year in 2019, becomes the 11th ever Bulldog to earn the prestigious honor and the third in the past eight years under head coach Tony Reno, joining Tyler Varga in 2014 and Matthew Oplinger in 2017. Rawlings is the first Yale quarterback to earn the award since Kelly Ryan in 1987.
 
It is Rawlings' second player of the year nod this season as he was previously recognized as the New England Football Player of the Year by the New England Football Writers with the Gold Helmet Award. He was also tabbed by STATS as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, the FCS Offensive Player of the Year.

"Kurt has an amazing career on the field, but his biggest accomplishment was what he left in the the ocker room and what he left as a legacy at Yale," said Reno. "He is a guy who put his teammates first and himself last every day."
 
At the Hilton Midtown on Monday afternoon, it was the 10th-consecutive year that the Ivy League and NFF partnered to co-host the presentation of the Asa S. Bushnell Cup as part of the festivities surrounding the NFF Annual Awards Dinner in New York City. Rawlings was joined by Brown's EJ Perry as an offensive finalist.
 
Rawlings, a three-time All-Ivy League selection and only unanimous offensive selection this season, set every passing and total offense record at Yale.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR?

After an incredible senior season, Kurt Rawlings brings home the 2019 Asa S. Bushnell Cup. #ThisIsYale | #Team147 pic.twitter.com/4rDHKJUXGn

— Yale Football (@yalefootball) December 9, 2019

 
Rawlings capped his collegiate career in grand fashion as he orchestrated the greatest comeback in the history of "The Game" as Yale erased a two-touchdown deficit in the final 88 seconds to eventually win a share of the Ivy League Championship in double overtime against Harvard, 50-43.
 
The Bel Air, Md., native led the Ivy League in passing yards (3,002), touchdown passes (27), passing yards per game (300.2) and efficiency (163.5). He tied the Ivy League record with five Offensive Player of the Week awards in 2019. This season he ranks fourth nationally in points per game (21.2), fourth in total offense (331.6), fifth in passing yards per game (300.2), fifth in points responsible for (212), seventh in pass efficiency (163.5), seventh in yards per attempt (9.24),16th in touchdowns (27) and 16th in passing yards (3,002) despite only playing 10 games.
 
Rawlings led the Bulldogs to a No. 23/22 national ranking, a 9-1 overall record and his second Ivy League Championship in three years. He is 24-6 overall at quarterback for Yale.