Year	Player	School
1937	Clint Frank	Yale
1938	Davey O'Brien	Texas Christian
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan
1941	Bill Dudley	Virginia
1942	Paul Governali	Columbia
1943	Bob Odell	Penn
1944	Glenn Davis	Army
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army
1946	Charlie Trippi	Georgia
1947	Doak Walker	So. Methodist
1948	Chuck Bednarik	Penn
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame
1950	Francis "Reds" Bagnell	Penn
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton
1952	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame
1953	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame
1954	Ron Beagle	Navy
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State
1956	Tommy McDonald	Oklahoma
1957	Bob Reifsnyder	Navy
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army
1959	Richie Lucas	Penn St.
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy
1961	Bob Ferguson	Ohio St.
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy
1964	Glenn Ressler	Penn St.
1965	Tommy Nobis	Texas
1966	Jim Lynch	Notre Dame
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA
1968	O.J. Simpson	Southern Cal
1969	Mike Reid	Penn St.
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford
1971	Ed Marinaro	Cornell
1972	Brad Van Pelt	Michigan St.
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State
1974	Steve Joachim	Temple
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh
1977	Ross Browner	Notre Dame
1978	Chuck Fusina	Penn St.
1979	Charles White	Southern Cal
1980	Hugh Green	Pittsburgh
1981	Marcus Allen	Southern Cal
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State
1989	Anthony Thompson	Indiana
1990	Ty Detmer	Brigham Young
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Kerry Collins	Penn State
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees	Purdue
2001	Ken Dorsey	Miami