| Year, Winner | Players | School, Position |
|---|
| 1935, Jay Berwanger, Chicago | |
| 1936, Larry Kelley, Yale | |
| 1937, Clinton Frank, Yale | |
| 1938, Davey O'Brien, TCU | |
| 1939, Nile Kinnick, Iowa | |
| 1940, Tom Harmon, Michigan | |
| 1941, Bruce Smith, Minnesota | |
| 1942, Frank Sinkwich, Georgia | |
| 1943, Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame | |
| 1944, Les Horvath, Ohio State | |
| 1945, Doc Blanchard, Army | |
| 1946, Glenn Davis, Army | |
| 1947, Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame | |
| 1948, Doak Walker, SMU | |
| 1949, Leon Hart, Notre Dame | |
| 1950, Vic Janowicz, Ohio State | |
| 1951, Dick Kazmaier, Princeton | |
| 1952, Billy Vessels, Oklahoma | |
| 1953, Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame | |
| 1954, Alan Ameche, Wisconsin | |
| 1955, Hopalong Cassady, Ohio State | |
| 1956, Paul Hornung, Notre Dame | |
| 1957, John David Crow, Texas A&M | |
| 1958, Pete Dawkins, Army | |
| 1959, Billy Cannon, LSU | |
| | Year, Winner | Players | School, Position |
|---|
| 1960, Joe Bellino, Navy | |
| 1961, Ernie Davis, Syracuse | |
| 1962, Terry Baker, Oregon State | |
| 1963, Roger Staubach, Navy | |
| 1964, John Huarte, Notre Dame | |
| 1965, Mike Garrett, USC | |
| 1966, Steve Spurrier, Florida | |
| 1967, Gary Beban, UCLA | |
| 1968, O.J. Simpson, USC | |
| 1969, Steve Owens, Oklahoma | |
| 1970, Jim Plunkett, Stanford | |
| 1971, Pat Sullivan, Auburn | |
| 1972, Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska | |
| 1973, John Capelletti, Penn State | |
| 1974, Archie Griffin, Ohio State | |
| 1975, Archie Griffin, Ohio State | |
| 1976, Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh | |
| 1977, Earl Campbell, Texas | |
| 1978, Billy Sims, Oklahoma | |
| 1979, Charles White, USC | |
| 1980, George Rogers, South Carolina | |
| 1981, Marcus Allen, USC | |
| 1982, Hershel Walker, Georgia | |
| 1983, Mike Rozier, Nebraska | |
| 1984, Doug Flutie, Boston College | |
| | Year, Winner | Players | School, Position |
|---|
| 1985, Bo Jackson, Auburn | |
| 1986, Vinny Testaverde, Miami | |
| 1987, Tim Brown, Notre Dame | |
| 1988, Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State | |
| 1989, Andre Ware, Houston | |
| 1990, Ty Detmer, BYU | |
| 1991, Desmond Howard, Michigan | |
| 1992, Gino Torretta, Miami | |
| 1993, Charlie Ward, Florida State | |
| 1994, Rashaan Salaam, Colorado | |
| 1995, Eddie George, Ohio State | |
| 1996, Danny Wuerffel, Florida | |
| 1997, Charles Woodson, Michigan | |
| 1998, Rickey Williams, Texas | |
| 1999, Ron Dayne, Wisconsin | |
| 2000, Chris Weinke, Florida State | |
| 2001, Eric Crouch, Nebraska | |
| 2002, Carson Palmer, USC | |
| 2003, Jason White, Oklahoma | |
| 2004, Matt Leinart, USC | |
| 2005, Reggie Bush, USC | |
| 2006, Troy Smith, Ohio State | |
| 2007, Tim Tebow, Florida | |
| 2008, Sam Bradford, Oklahoma | |
| 2009, Mark Ingram, Alabama | |
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