2008 Matt Forte, Tulane
2007 Tony Hunt, Penn St
2006 Sinorice Moss, Miami Fla
2005 Charlie Frye, Akron
2004 Philip Rivers, No Carolina St
2003 Larry Johnson, Penn St 
2002 Antwaan Randle El, Michigan 
2001 LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU
2000 Chad Pennington, Marshall 
1999 Cade McNown, UCLA
1998 Dameyune Craig, Auburn 
1997 Pat Barnes, California 
1996 Bobby Hoying, Ohio St 
1995 Derrick Brooks, Florida St 
1994 Stan White, Auburn 
1993 Eric Hunter, Purdue 
1992 Tony Smith, Southern Mississippi 
1991 Alvin Harper, Tennessee
1990 Blair Thomas, Penn St
1989 Cleveland Gary, Miami Fla 
1988 Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma St 
1987 Don Smith, Mississippi St
1986 Napoleon McCallum, Navy 
1985 Paul Ott Carruth, Alabama 
1984 Walter Lewis, Alabama 
1983 Dan Marino, Pittsburgh 
1982 John Fourcade, Mississippi 
1981 Neil Lomax, Portland St
1980 Marc Wilson, BYU
1979 Willie Jones, Florida St
1978 James Lofton, Stanford 
1977 Tommy Kramer, Rice 
1976 Craig Penrose, San Diego St
1975 Steve Bartkowski, California
1974 Bill Kollar, Montana St
1973 Chuck Foreman, Miami Fla
1972 Pat Sullivan, Auburn 
1971 J.D. Hill, Arizona St
1970 Terry Bradshaw, Louisiana Tech
1969 Jerry Levias, SMU 
1968 Kimm Hammond, Florida St 
1967 Bubba Smith, Michigan St 
1966 Howard Twilley, Tulsa 
1965 Steve De Long, Tennessee
1964 Ode Burrell, Mississippi St 
1963 Glynn Griffing, Mississippi 
1962 R. Bull, Baylor and Earl Gros, LSU 
1961 Dick Norman, Stanford 
1960 Jack Lee, Cincinnati 
1959 T. Sapp, Georgia and N. Odyniec, Notre Dame 
1958 Jim Taylor, LSU 
1957 Don Bosseler, Miami Fla 
1956 Don Goss, SMU 
1955 Bobby Freeman, Auburn 
1954 Gene Filipski, Villanova 
1953 Harry Agganis, Boston University 
1952 Al Dorow, Michigan St
1951 Bucky Curtis, Vanderbilt
1950 Travis Tidwell, Auburn