1935 — Jay Berwanger, Chicago, HB 1936 — Larry
Kelley, Yale, E 1937 — Clint Frank, Yale, HB 1938 — Davey O'Brien,
Texas Christian, QB 1939 — Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB 1940 — Tom Harmon,
Michigan, HB 1941 — Bruce Smith, Minnesota, HB 1942 — Frank Sinkwich,
Georgia, HB 1943 — Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB 1944 — Les Horvath,
Ohio State, QB 1945 — Doc Blanchard, Army, HB 1946 — Glenn Davis,
Army, HB 1947 — John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB 1948 — Doak Walker, SMU,
HB 1949 — Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E 1950 — Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, HB
1951 — Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB 1952 — Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, HB
1953 — John Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1954 — Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB
1955 — Howard Cassady, Ohio State, HB 1956 — Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB
1957 — John David Crow, Texas A&M, HB 1958 — Pete Dawkins, Army, HB
1959 — Billy Cannon, LSU, HB 1960 — Joe Bellino, Navy, HB 1961 — Ernie
Davis, Syracuse, HB 1962 — Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB 1963 — Roger
Staubach, Navy, QB 1964 — John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB 1965 — Mike
Garrett, Southern California, TB 1966 — Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB
1967 — Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1968 — O.J. Simpson, Southern California, TB
1969 — Steve Owens, Oklahoma, HB 1970 — Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB
1971 — Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB 1972 — Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, FL
1973 — John Cappelletti, Penn State, HB 1974 — Archie Griffin, Ohio
State, HB 1975 — Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1976 — Tony Dorsett,
Pittsburgh, HB 1977 — Earl Campbell, Texas, FB 1978 — Billy Sims,
Oklahoma, HB 1979 — Charles White, Southern California, TB 1980 —
George Rogers, South Carolina, HB 1981 — Marcus Allen, Southern
California, TB 1982 — Herschel Walker, Georgia, HB 1983 — Mike Rozier,
Nebraska, TB 1984 — Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB 1985 — Bo Jackson,
Auburn, TB 1986 — Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB 1987 — Tim Brown, Notre
Dame, WR 1988 — Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1989 — Andre Ware,
Houston, QB 1990 — Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB 1991 — Desmond Howard,
Michigan, WR 1992 — Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1993 — Charlie Ward,
Florida State, QB 1994 — Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB 1995 — Eddie
George, Ohio State, TB 1996 — Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1997 —
Charles Woodson, Michigan, CB 1998 — Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1999 —
Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 2000 — Chris Weinke, Florida State, QB 2001 —
Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2002 — Carson Palmer, Southern California, QB
2003 — Jason White, Oklahoma, QB 2004 — Matt Leinart, Southern
California, QB 2005 — Reggie Bush, Southern California, RB
2006 — Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB 2007 — Tim Tebow, Florida, QB
2008 — Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB
2009 — Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB
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