|
|
Year
|
Player
|
School
|
1946
|
George Connor
|
Notre Dame
|
1947
|
Joe Steffy
|
Army
|
1948
|
Bill Fischer
|
Notre Dame
|
1949
|
Ed Bagdon
|
Michigan State
|
1950
|
Bob Gain
|
Kentucky
|
1951
|
Jim Weatherall
|
Oklahoma
|
1952
|
Dick Modzelewski
|
Maryland
|
1953
|
J.D. Roberts
|
Oklahoma
|
1954
|
Bill Brooks
|
Arkansas
|
1955
|
Calvin Jones
|
Iowa
|
1956
|
Jim Parker
|
Ohio State
|
1957
|
Alex Karras
|
Iowa
|
1958
|
Zeke Smith
|
Auburn
|
1959
|
Mike McGee
|
Duke
|
1960
|
Tom Brown
|
Minnesota
|
1961
|
Merlin Olsen
|
Utah State
|
1962
|
Bobby Bell
|
Minnesota
|
1963
|
Scott Appleton
|
Texas
|
1964
|
Steve DeLong
|
Tennessee
|
1965
|
Tommy Nobis
|
Texas
|
1966
|
Loyd Phillips
|
Arkansas
|
1967
|
Ron Yary
|
Southern Cal
|
1968
|
Bill Stanfill
|
Georgia
|
1969
|
Mike Reid
|
Penn State
|
1970
|
Jim Stillwagon
|
Ohio State
|
1971
|
Larry Jacobsen
|
Nebraska
|
1972
|
Rich Glover
|
Nebraska
|
1973
|
John Hicks
|
Ohio State
|
1974
|
Randy White
|
Maryland
|
1975
|
Lee Roy Selmon
|
Oklahoma
|
1976
|
Ross Browner
|
Notre Dame
|
1977
|
Brad Shearer
|
Texas
|
1978
|
Greg Roberts
|
Oklahoma
|
1979
|
Jim Ritcher
|
North Carolina State
|
1980
|
Mark May
|
Pittsburgh
|
1981
|
Dave Rimington
|
Nebraska
|
1982
|
Dave Rimington
|
Nebraska
|
1983
|
Dean Steinkuhler
|
Nebraska
|
1984
|
Bruce Smith
|
Virginia Tech
|
1985
|
Mike Ruth
|
Boston College
|
1986
|
Jason Buck
|
Brigham Young
|
1987
|
Chad Hennings
|
Air Force
|
1988
|
Tracy Rocker
|
Auburn
|
1989
|
Mohammed Elewonibi
|
Brigham Young
|
1990
|
Russell Maryland
|
Miami
|
1991
|
Steve Emtman
|
Washington
|
1992
|
Will Shields
|
Nebraska
|
1993
|
Rob Waldrop
|
Arizona
|
1994
|
Zach Weigert
|
Nebraska
|
1995
|
Jonathen Ogden
|
UCLA
|
1996
|
Orlando Pace
|
Ohio State
|
1997
|
Aaron Taylor
|
Nebraska
|
1998
|
Kris Farris
|
UCLA
|
|
1999
|
Chris Samuels
|
Alabama
|
|
2000
|
John Henderson
|
Tennessee
|
|
2001
|
Bryant McKinnie
|
Miami
|
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