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| 2013 | Johnny Manziel and Dustin Harris, Texas A&M |
| 2012 | Tyler Wilson and Jake Bequette, Arkansas |
| 2011 | Terrence Toliver and Tyrann Mathieu, LSU |
| 2010 | Dexter McCluster, Ole Miss; Andre Sexton, Oklahoma State |
| 2009 | Dexter McCluster and Marshay Green, Ole Miss |
| 2008 | Tony Temple and William Moore, Missouri |
| 2007 | Courtney Taylor and Will Herring, Auburn |
| 2006 | Brodie Croyle and DeMeco Ryans, Alabama |
| 2005 | Rick Clausen and Justin Harrell, Tennessee |
| 2003 | Eli Manning and Josh Cooper, Ole Miss |
| 2003 | Roy Williams and Cory Redding, Texas |
| 2002 | Roy Williams and Quentin Griffin, Oklahoma |
| 2001 | Jonathan Beasley and Chris Johnson, Kansas State |
| 2000 | Cedric Cobbs and D.J. Cooper, Arkansas |
| 1999 | Ricky Williams and Aaron Babino, Texas |
| 1998 | Cade McNown, UCLA; Dat Nguyen, Texas A&M |
| 1997 | Steve Sarkisian, Shay Muirbrook, BYU; Kevin Lockett, Kansas State |
| 1996 | Herchell Troutman and Marcus Washington, Colorado |
| 1995 | Keyshawn Johnson and John Herpin, Southern California |
| 1994 | Lee Becton, Notre Dame; Antonio Shorter, Texas A&M |
| 1993 | Rick Mirer and Devon McDonald, Notre Dame |
| 1992 | Sean Jackson, Florida State; Chris Crooms, Texas A&M |
| 1991 | Craig Erickson and Russell Maryland, Miami-Florida |
| 1990 | Carl Pickens and Chuck Webb, Tennessee |
| 1989 | LaSalle Harper, Arkansas; Troy Aikman, UCLA |
| 1988 | Adam Bob and Bucky Richardson, Texas A&M |
| 1987 | Chris Spielman, Ohio State; Roger Vick, Texas A&M |
| 1986 | Domingo Bryant, Texas A&M; Bo Jackson, Auburn |
| 1985 | Bill Romanowski and Steve Strachan, Boston College |
| 1984 | Jeff Leiding, Texas; John Lastinger, Georgia |
| 1983 | Wes Hopkins and Lance McIlhenny, SMU |
| 1982 | Robert Brewer, Texas; Robbie Jones, Alabama |
| 1981 | Warren Lyles and Major Ogilvie, Alabama |
| 1980 | Terry Elston and David Hodge, Houston |
| 1979 | David Hodge, Houston; Joe Montana, Notre Dame |
| 1978 | Vagas Ferguson and Bob Golic, Notre Dame |
| 1977 | Alois Blackwell and Mark Mohr, Houston |
| 1976 | Ike Forte and Hal McAfee, Arkansas |
| 1975 | Ken Quesenberry, Baylor; Tom Shuman, Penn State |
| 1974 | Wade Johnston, Texas; Tony Davis, Nebraska |
| 1973 | Randy Braband and Alan Lowry, Texas |
| 1972 | Bruce Bannon and Lydell Mitchell, Penn State |
| 1971 | Eddie Phillips, Texas; Clarence Ellis, Notre Dame |
| 1970 | Steve Worster, Texas; Bob Olson, Notre Dame |
| 1969 | Tom Campbell, Charles Speyrer and James Street, Texas |
| 1968 | Grady Allen, Edd Hargett and Bill Hobbs, Texas A&M |
| 1966 | Kent Lawrence and George Patton, Georgia |
| 1966 | Joe Labruzzo and David McCormick, LSU |
| 1965 | Ronnie Caveness and Fred Marshall, Arkansas |
| 1964 | Scott Appleton and Duke Carlisle, Texas |
| 1963 | Johnny Treadwell, Texas; Lynn Amedee, LSU |
| 1962 | Mike Cotten and Bob Moser, Texas |
| 1961 | Lance Alworth, Arkansas; Dwight Bumgarner, Duke |
| 1960 | Maurice Doke, Texas; Ernie Davis, Syracuse |
| 1959 | Jack Spikes, TCU; Dave Phillips, Air Force |
| 1958 | Tom Forrestal and Tony Stremic, Navy |
| 1957 | Norman Hamilton, TCU; Jim Brown, Syracuse |
| 1956 | Buddy Alliston and Eagle Day, Ole Miss |
| 1955 | Bud Brooks, Arkansas; George Humphreys, Georgia Tech |
| 1954 | Richard Chapman, DanwHart, Dicky Maegle, Rice |
| 1953 | Richard Ochoa, Harley Sewell, Texas; Bob Griesbach, Tennessee |
| 1952 | K.Flowers, TCU; E.Clark, R.Correll, V.Parilli, Kentucky |
| 1951 | Bud McFadin, Texas; A.Kozar, H.Lauricella, H.Sherrod, Tennessee |
| 1950 | Billy Burkhalter, Joe Watson, James Williams, Rice |
| 1949 | Kyle Rote, Doak Walker, SMU; B.Ecklund, N.Van Brocklin, Oregon |
| 1948 | Doak Walker, SMU; Steve Suhey, Penn State |
| 1947 | Alton Baldwin, Arkansas; Y.A. Tittle, LSU |
| 1946 | Hub Bechtol, Bobby Layne, Texas; Jim Kekeris, Missouri |
| 1945 | Neil Armstrong, Bob Fenimore, Ralph Foster, Oklahoma State |
| 1944 | Joe Parker, Texas; Martin Ruby, Glenn Dobbs, Randolph Field |
| 1943 | Jack Freeman, Roy McKay, Stanley Mauldin, Texas; |
| Harvey Hardy, Jack Marshall, Georgia Tech |
| 1942 | Martin Ruby, Texas A&M; J.Nelson, H.Rast, D.Whitmire, Alabama |
| 1941 | Charles Henke, John Kimbrough, Chip Routt, Texas A&M; |
| Lou DeFilippo, Joe Ungerer, Fordham |
| 1940 | Banks McFadden, Clemson |
| 1939 | Jerry Dowd, St. Mary's (TX); Elmer Tarbox, Texas Tech |
| 1938 | Ernie Lain, Rice; Byron White, Colorado |
| 1937 | Ki Aldrich, Sammy Baugh and L.D. Meyer, TCU |
