| 2008 |
Rey Maualuga University of Southern California |
| 2007 |
Dan Connor Pennsylvania State University |
| 2006 |
Paul Posluszny Pennsylvania State University |
| 2005 |
Paul Posluszny Pennsylvania State University |
| 2004 |
David Pollack University of Georgia |
| 2003 |
Teddy Lehman University of Oklahoma |
| 2002 |
E.J. Henderson University of Maryland |
| 2001 |
Julius Peppers
University of North Carolina |
| 2000 |
Dan Morgan
Miami University |
| 1999 |
LaVar
Arrington Pennsylvania State University |
| 1998 |
Dat Nguyen Texas A & M University |
| 1997 | Charles Woodsen University of Michigan |
| 1996 | Pat Fitzgerald Northwestern University |
| 1995 | Pat Fitzgerald Northwestern University
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