2013_Aaron Donald, Pittsburgh
2012_Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
2011_Luke Kuechly, Boston College
2010_Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson
2009_Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska
2008_Brian Orakpo, Texas
2007_Glenn Dorsey, LSU
2006_James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2005_Elvis Dumervil, Louisville
2004_Derrick Johnson, Texas
2003_Derrick Strait, Oklahoma
2002_Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
2001_Roy Williams, Oklahoma
2000_Dan Morgan, Miami
1999_Corey Moore, Virginia Tech
1998_Champ Bailey, Georgia
1997_Charles Woodson, Michigan
1996_Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
1995_Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
1994_Warren Sapp, Miami
1993_Rob Waldorf, Arizona
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