Aaron Hernandez received the John Mackey Award in early 2010 after his 2009 season. Mackey died on July 6, 2011, roughly a year and a half after Hernandez won the award.

Aaron Hernandez's Rise and Fall: ... Hernandez had won the John Mackey Award, which is presented to college football’s best tight end. He was recognized as an All-American.

“Aaron walked around the campus and the town like he owned it,” Sears continues. “He had a swagger that made people notice him.” By his junior year, Hernandez had won the John Mackey Award ...

Hernandez was an important part of the Gators' 2008 national championship team, had developed into college football's best tight end (he won the John Mackey Award that year) and was spending time ...

2009: Hernandez becomes the first Gator to win the John Mackey Award, ... Aaron Hernandez,” a 10-episode series inspired by Hernandez’s life and based on The Globe’s “Gladiator” series.

A timeline of Aaron Hernandez’s rise from Bristol to college football star to Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots to his heinous crimes and eventual death.

Episode 3 of “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez,” which aired Tuesday on FX, ... Hernandez meets Mackey, who can barely speak or stand up — the result, we surmise, ...

October 30, 2018: Hernandez’s older brother, Jonathan “DJ” Hernandez, writes a memoir, “The Truth About Aaron,” revealing the brothers had been physically abused by their father and ...

October 30, 2018: Hernandez’s older brother, Jonathan “DJ” Hernandez, writes a memoir, “The Truth About Aaron,” revealing the brothers had been physically abused by their father and ...