Year Name, School
2012 - Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2011 - Andrew Luck, Stanford
2010 - Cam Newton, Auburn
2009 - Colt McCoy, Florida
2008 - Tim Tebow, Florida
2007 - Tim Tebow, Florida
2006 - Brady Quinn, Notre Dame
2005 - Vince Young, Texas
2004 - Jason White, Oklahoma
2003 - Eli Manning, Ole Miss
2002 - Larry Johnson, Penn State
2001 - Ken Dorsey, Miami
2000 - Drew Brees, Purdue
1999 - Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
1998 - Ricky Williams, Texas
1997 - Peyton Manning, Tennessee
1996 - Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1995 - Eddie George, Ohio State
1994 - Kerry Collins, Penn State
1993 - Charlie Ward, Florida State
1992 - Gino Torretta, Miami
1991 - Desmond Howard, Michigan
1990 - Ty Detmer, BYU
1989 - Anthony Thompson, Indiana
1988 - Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State
1987 - Don McPherson, Syracuse
1986 - Vinny Testaverde, Miami
1985 - Chuck Long, Iowa
1984 - Doug Flutie, Boston College
1983 - Mike Rozier, Nebraska
1982 - Herschel Walker, Georgia
1981 - Marcus Allen, USC
1980 - Hugh Green, Pittsburgh
1979 - Charles White, USC
1978 - Chuck Fusina, Penn State
1977 - Ross Browner, Notre Dame
1976 - Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh
1975 - Archie Griffin, Ohio State
1974 - Steve Joachim, Temple
1973 - John Cappelletti, Penn State
1972 - Brad VanPelt, Michigan State
1971 - Ed Marinaro, Cornell
1970 - Jim Plunkett, Stanford
1969 - Mike Reid, Penn State
1968 - O.J. Simpson, USC
1967 - Gary Beban, UCLA
1966 - Jim Lynch, Notre Dame
1965 - Tommy Nobis, Texas
1964 - Glenn Ressler, Penn State
1963 - Roger Staubach, Navy
1962 - Terry Baker, Oregon State
1961 - Bob Ferguson, Ohio State
1960 - Joe Bellino, Navy
1959 - Rich Lucas, Penn State
1958 - Pete Dawkins, Army
1957 - Bob Reifsnyder, Navy
1956 - Tommy McDonald, Oklahoma
1955 - Howard Cassady, Ohio State
1954 - Ron Beagle, Navy
1953 - Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame
1952 - Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame
1951 - Dick Kazmaier, Princeton
1950 - Reds Bagnell, Penn
1949 - Leon Hart, Notre Dame
1948 - Chuck Bednarik, Penn
1947 - Doak Walker, SMU
1946 - Charley Trippi, Georgia
1945 - Doc Blanchard, Army
1944 - Glenn Davis, Army
1943 - Bob Odell, Penn
1942 - Paul Governali, Columbia
1941 - Bill Dudley, Virginia
1940 - Tom Harmon, Michigan
1939 - Nile Kinnick, Iowa
1938 - Davey O'Brien, TCU
1937 - Clint Frank, Yale