There's only one award left for Manti Te'o to win. And it's the big one.

Notre Dame's star senior linebacker became the first player to win six national awards on Thursday, when he was named the winner of the Maxwell Award, given to the nation's most outstanding player. Earlier in the evening, Te'o won the Bednarik (top defensive player) and Walter Camp (player of the year) awards.

Previously this week, Te'o had won the Lombardi Award (top lineman/linebacker), Nagurski Award (top defensive player) and Butkus Award (top linebacker).

Michigan's Charles Woodson won five national awards in 1997, including the Heisman.

The Maxwell is a big one, the closest equivalent there is to the Heisman -- he beat out fellow Heisman finalists Johnny Manziel and Collin Klein for it -- which will be announced on Saturday. Te'o's win ended a nine-year streak of quarterbacks winning the Maxwell, and he's the first defensive winner since Pittsburgh's Hugh Green won in it 1980.

"I'm at a loss for words," Te'o said on ESPN (in his umpteenth interview of the week).