| Año | Ganador | Universidad | Posición | % de votos | Clase | Draft Pick # | Equipo NFL |
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| 1935 | Jay Berwanger* | Chicago | HB | 43.08% | Senior | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1936 | Larry Kelley | Yale | TE | 36.41% | Senior | 87 | Detroit Lions |
| 1937 | Clint Frank | Yale | HB | 32.89% | Senior | 106 | Detroit Lions |
| 1938 | Davey O’Brien | TCU | QB | 29.62% | Senior | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick | Iowa | HB/QB | 31.00% | Senior | 14 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon* | Michigan | HB | 54.29% | Senior | 1 | Chicago Bears |
| 1941 | Bruce Smith | Minnesota | HB | 49.99% | Senior | 119 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1942 | Frank Sinkwich* | Georgia | HB | 56.15% | Senior | 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 1943 | Angelo Bertelli* | Notre Dame | QB | 64.80% | Senior | 1 | Boston Yanks |
| 1944 | Les Horvath | Ohio State | HB/QB | 18.31% | Senior | 45 (1943) | Cleveland Rams |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard | Army | FB | 33.81% | Junior | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1946 | Glenn Davis | Army | HB | 79.20% | Senior | 2 | Detroit Lions |
| 1947 | Johnny Lujack | Notre Dame | QB | 74.20% | Senior | 4 (1946) | Chicago Bears |
| 1948 | Doak Walker | SMU | HB | 28.56% | Junior | 3 | New York Bulldogs |
| 1949 | Leon Hart* | Notre Dame | TE | 36.53% | Senior | 1 | Detroit Lions |
| 1950 | Vic Janowicz | Ohio State | HB/P | 22.03% | Junior | 79 (1952) | Washington Redskins |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier | Princeton | HB | 60.01% | Senior | 176 | Chicago Bears |
| 1952 | Billy Vessels | Oklahoma | HB | 14.32% | Senior | 2 | Baltimore Colts |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | HB | 49.14% | Senior | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Wisconsin | FB | 27.01% | Senior | 3 | Baltimore Colts |
| 1955 | Howard Cassady | Ohio State | HB | 55.87% | Senior | 3 | Detroit Lions |
| 1956 | Paul Hornung* | Notre Dame | QB | 26.96% | Senior | 1 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1957 | John David Crow | Texas A&M | HB | 31.12% | Senior | 2 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins | Army | HB | 39.01% | Senior | No Draft | |
| 1959 | Billy Cannon* | LSU | HB | 53.72% | Senior | 1 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy | HB | 52.89% | Senior | 146 (AFL) | Boston Patriots |
| 1961 | Ernie Davis* | Syracuse | HB/LB/FB | 25.18% | Senior | 1 | Washington Redskins |
| 1962 | Terry Baker* | Oregon State | QB | 21.25% | Senior | 1 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach | Navy | QB | 55.21% | Junior | 129 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1964 | John Huarte | Notre Dame | QB | 30.98% | Senior | 12 (AFL) | New York Jets |
| 1965 | Mike Garrett | USC | HB | 26.61% | Senior | 18 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | QB | 48.25% | Senior | 3 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA | QB | 63.50% | Senior | 30 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1968 | O. J. Simpson* | USC | HB | 80.64% | Senior | 1 | Buffalo Bills |
| 1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma | FB | 40.92% | Senior | 19 | Detroit Lions |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett* | Stanford | QB | 58.78% | Senior | 1 | Boston Patriots |
| 1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn | QB | 42.25% | Senior | 40 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1972 | Johnny Rodgers | Nebraska | WR/RB | 38.75% | Senior | 25 | San Diego Chargers |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti | Penn State | RB | 32.78% | Senior | 11 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1974 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | RB | 59.53% | Junior | 24 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | RB | 57.64% | Senior | 24 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh | RB | 74.97% | Senior | 2 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1977 | Earl Campbell* | Texas | RB | 49.11% | Senior | 1 | Houston Oilers |
| 1978 | Billy Sims* | Oklahoma | RB | 26.25% | Junior | 1 (1980) | Detroit Lions |
| 1979 | Charles White | USC | RB | 53.81% | Senior | 27 | Cleveland Browns |
| 1980 | George Rogers* | South Carolina | RB | 35.81% | Senior | 1 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen | USC | RB | 57.05% | Senior | 10 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB | 61.14% | Junior | 114 (1985) | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | RB | 57.17% | Senior | 1 (USFL) | Pittsburgh Maulers |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | QB | 71.11% | Senior | 286 | Los Angeles Rams |
| 1985 | Bo Jackson* | Auburn | RB | 47.90% | Senior | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde* | Miami | QB | 70.25% | Senior | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1987 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame | WR | 45.78% | Senior | 6 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State | RB | 68.27% | Junior | 3 | Detroit Lions |
| 1989 | Andre Ware | Houston | QB | 38.96% | Junior | 7 | Detroit Lions |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer | BYU | QB | 53.87% | Junior | 230 (1992) | Green Bay Packers |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan | WR/PR | 75.50% | Junior | 4 | Washington Redskins |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta | Miami | QB | 50.84% | Senior | 192 | Minnesota Vikings |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State | QB | 83.79% | Senior | No Draft | |
| 1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado | RB | 63.15% | Junior | 21 | Chicago Bears |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State | RB | 52.84% | Senior | 14 | Houston Oilers |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB | 49.38% | Senior | 136 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan | CB/PR | 65.69% | Junior | 4 | Oakland Raiders |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas | RB | 85.23% | Senior | 5 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | RB | 73.83% | Senior | 11 | New York Giants |
| 2000 | Chris Weinke | Florida State | QB | 58.86% | Senior | 106 | Carolina Panthers |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska | QB | 27.75% | Senior | 95 | St. Louis Rams |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer* | USC | QB | 48.01% | Senior | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 2003 | Jason White | Oklahoma | QB | 53.54% | Senior | No Draft (2005) | |
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | USC | QB | 47.85% | Junior | 10 (2006) | Arizona Cardinals |
| 2005 | Reggie Bush | USC | RB | 91.77% | Junior | 2 | New Orleans Saints |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State | QB | 91.63% | Senior | 174 | Baltimore Ravens |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB | 70.52% | Sophomore | 25 (2010) | Denver Broncos |
| 2008 | Sam Bradford* | Oklahoma | QB | 62.13% | Sophomore | 1 (2010) | St. Louis Rams |
| 2009 | Mark Ingram Jr. | Alabama | RB | 46.99% | Sophomore | 28 (2011) | New Orleans Saints |
| 2010 | Cam Newton* | Auburn | QB | 81.55% | Junior | 1 | Carolina Panthers |
| 2011 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor | QB | 60.66% | Junior | 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 2012 | Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M | QB | 72.88% | Freshman | 22 (2014) | Cleveland Browns |
| 2013 | Jameis Winston* | Florida State | QB | 79.12% | Freshman | 1 (2015) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota | Oregon | QB | 90.92% | Junior | 2 | Tennessee Titans |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama | RB | 65.73% | Junior | 45 | Tennessee Titans |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Louisville | QB | 79.50% | Sophomore | 32 (2018) | Baltimore Ravens |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield* | Oklahoma | QB | 86.00% | Senior | 1 | Cleveland Browns |
| 2018 | Kyler Murray* | Oklahoma | QB | 77.75% | Junior | 1 | Arizona Cardinals |
| 2019 | Joe Burrow* | LSU | QB | 93.80% | Senior | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals |
| 2020 | Devonta Smith | Alabama | WR | 66.73% | Senior | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 2021 | Bryce Young* | Alabama | QB | 83% | Sophomore | 1 (2023) | Carolina Panthers |
| 2022 | Caleb Williams | Southern California | QB | 77.37% | Sophomore | 1 (2024) | Chicago Bears |
| 2023 | Jayden Daniels | LSU | QB | 75.91% | Senior | 2 | Washington Redskins |
| 2024 | Travis Hunter | Colorado | CB/WR | 80.14% | Junior | 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 2025 | Fernando Mendoza | Indiana | QB | | | | |