CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Awards Committee chairman Tim Whelan announced that Boston College defensive end Zach Allen and running back AJ Dillon were the winners of the 79th annual George "Bulger" Lowe Award, "New England's Heisman Trophy" and one of America's oldest college football accolades.
The Bulger Lowe Award recognizes the New England's best offensive and defensive players in the NCAA Bowl Subdivision/Football Championship Subdivision (FBS/FCS). Allen and Dillon head an all-star slate of players, coaches and officials to be honored at the club's annual Bob Whelan College Football Awards Night on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Marriott Hotel in Burlington, Mass.