Year Name, School
2012 - Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2011 - Luke Kuechly, Boston College
2010 - Nick Fairley, Auburn
2009 - Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2008 - Brian Orapko, Texas
2007 - Glenn Dorsey, LSU
2006 - LaMarr Woodley, Michigan
2005 - A.J. Hawk, Ohio State
2004 - David Pollack, Georgia
2003 - Tommie Harris, Oklahoma
2002 - Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
2001 - Julius Peppers, North Carolina
2000 - Jamal Reynolds, Florida State
1999 - Corey Moore, Virginia Tech
1998 - Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M
1997 - Grant Wistrom, Nebraska
1996 - Orlando Pace, Ohio State
1995 - Orlando Pace, Ohio State
1994 - Warren Sapp, Miami
1993 - Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame
1992 - Marvin Jones, Florida State
1991 - Steve Emtman, Washington
1990 - Chris Zorich, Notre Dame
1989 - Percy Snow, Michigan State
1988 - Tracy Rocker, Auburn
1987 - Chris Spielman, Ohio State
1986 - Cornelius Bennett, Alabama
1985 - Tony Casillas, Oklahoma
1984 - Tony Degrate, Texas
1983 - Dean Steinkuhler, Nebraska
1982 - Dave Rimington, Nebraska
1981 - Kenneth Sims, Texas
1980 - Hugh Green, Pittsburgh
1979 - Brad Budde, USC
1978 - Bruce Clark, Penn State
1977 - Ross Browner, Notre Dame
1976 - Wilson Whitley, Houston
1975 - Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma
1974 - Randy White, Maryland
1973 - John Hicks, Ohio State
1972 - Rich Glover, Nebraska
1971 - Walt Patulski, Notre Dame
1970 - Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State