Year – Name, School, Position, Class, Points
1935 – Jay Berwanger, Chicago, RB, Sr., 84
1936 – Larry Kelley, Yale, END, Sr., 219
1937 – Clint Frank, Yale, QB, Sr., 524
1938 – Davey O’Brien, TCU, QB, Sr., 519
1939 – Nile Kinnick, Iowa, RB, Sr., 651
1940 – Tom Harmon, Michigan, RB, Sr., 1,303
1941 – Bruce Smith, Minnesota, RB, Sr., 554
1942 – Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, RB, Sr., 1,059
1943 – Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB, Sr., 648
1944 – Les Horvath, Ohio State, QB, Sr., 412
1945 – Doc Blanchard, Army, FB, Jr., 860
1946 – Glenn Davis, Army, RB, Sr., 792
1947 – John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB, Sr., 742
1948 – Doak Walker, Southern Methodist, RB, Jr., 778
1949 – Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E, Sr., 995
1950 – Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, RB, Jr., 633
1951 – Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, RB, Sr., 1,777
1952 – Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, RB, Sr., 525
1953 – John Lattner, Notre Dame, RB, Sr., 1,850
1954 – Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB, Sr., 1,068
1955 – Howard Cassady, Ohio State, RB, Sr., 2,219
1956 – Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB, Sr., 1,066
1957 – John David Crow, Texas A&M, RB, Sr., 1,183
1958 – Pete Dawkins, Army, RB, Sr., 1,394
1959 – Billy Cannon, Louisiana State, RB, Sr., 1,929
1960 – Joe Bellino, Navy, RB, Sr., 1,793
1961 – Ernie Davis, Syracuse, RB, Sr., 824
1962 – Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB, Sr., 707
1963 – Roger Staubach, Navy, QB, Jr., 1,860
1964 – John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB, Sr., 1,026
1965 – Mike Garrett, USC, RB, Sr., 926
1966 – Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB, Sr., 1,679
1967 – Gary Beban, UCLA, QB, Sr., 1,968
1968 – O.J. Simpson, USC, RB, Sr., 2,853
1969 – Steve Owens, Oklahoma, FB, Sr., 1,488
1970 – Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB, Sr., 2,229
1971 – Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB, Sr., 1,597
1972 – Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, RB, Sr., 1,310
1973 – John Cappelletti, Penn State, RB, Sr., 1,057
1974 – Archie Griffin, Ohio State, RB, Jr., 1,920
1975 – Archie Griffin, Ohio State, RB, Sr., 1,800
1976 – Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, RB, Sr., 2,357
1977 – Earl Campbell, Texas, RB, Sr., 1,547
1978 – Billy Sims, Oklahoma, RB, Jr., 827
1979 – Charles White, USC, RB, Sr., 1,695
1980 – George Rogers, South Carolina, RB, Sr., 1,128
1981 – Marcus Allen, USC, RB, Sr., 1,797
1982 – Herschel Walker, Georgia, RB, Jr., 1,926
1983 – Mike Rozier, Nebraska, RB, Sr., 1,801
1984 – Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB, Sr., 2,240
1985 – Bo Jackson, Auburn, RB, Sr., 1,509
1986 – Vinny Testaverde, Miami (Fla), QB, Sr., 2,213
1987 – Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR, Sr., 1,442
1988 – Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB, Jr., 1,878
1989 – Andre Ware, Houston, QB, Jr., 1,073
1990 – Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB, Jr., 1,482
1991 – Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR, Jr., 2,077
1992 – Gino Torretta, Miami (Fla), QB, Sr., 1,400
1993 – Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB, Sr., 2,310
1994 – Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB, Jr., 1,743
1995 – Eddie George, Ohio State, RB, Sr., 1,460
1996 – Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB, Sr., 1,363
1997 – Charles Woodson, Michigan, CB, Jr., 1,815
1998 – Ricky Williams, Texas, RB, Sr., 2,355
1999 – Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB, Sr., 2,042
2000 – Chris Weinke, Florida State, QB, Sr., 1,628
2001 – Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB, Sr., 770
2002 – Carson Palmer, USC, QB, Sr., 1,328
2003 – Jason White, Oklahoma, QB, Jr., 1,481
2004 – Matt Leinart, USC, QB, Jr., 1,325
2006 – Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB, Sr., 2,540
2007 – Tim Tebow, Florida, QB, Sop, 1,957
2008 – Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB, Sop, 1,726
2009 – Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB, Sop, 1,304
2010 – Cam Newton, Auburn, QB, Jr., 2,263
2011 – Robert Griffin III, Baylor University, QB, Jr., 1,687
2012 – TBD
