National Football League

YEAR	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE	PRO TEAM
*1936	Jay Berwanger	hb	Chicago	Philadelphia Eagles
*1937	Sam Francis	fb	Nebraska	Philadelphia Eagles
*1938	Corbett Davis	fb	Indiana	Cleveland Rams
*1939	Ki Aldrich	c	Texas Christian	Chicago Cardinals
*1940	George Cafego	hb	Tennessee	Chicago Cardinals
*1941	Tom Harmon	hb	Michigan	Chicago Bears
*1942	Bill Dudley	hb	Virginia	Pittsburgh Steelers
*1943	Frank Sinkwich	hb	Georgia	Detroit Lions
*1944	Angelo Bertelli	qb	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks
*1945	Charley Trippi	hb	Georgia	Chicago Cardinals
*1946	Frank Dancewicz	qb	Notre Dame	Boston Yanks
*1947	Bob Fenimore	hb	Oklahoma State	Chicago Bears
*1948	Harry Gilmer	qb	Alabama	Washington Redskins
*1949	Chuck Bednarik	c/lb	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Eagles
*1950	Leon Hart	e	Notre Dame	Detroit Lions
*1951	Kyle Rote	hb	SMU	New York Giants
*1952	Bill Wade	qb	Vanderbilt	Los Angeles Rams
*1953	Harry Babcock	e	Georgia	San Francisco 49ers
*1954	Bobby Garrett	qb	Stanford	Cleveland Browns
*1955	George Shaw	qb	Oregon	Baltimore Colts
*1956	Gary Glick	db	Colorado A&M	Pittsburgh Steelers
*1957	Paul Hornung	hb	Notre Dame	Green Bay Packers
*1958	King Hill	qb	Rice	Chicago Cardinals
*1959	Randy Duncan	qb	Iowa	Green Bay Packers
*1960	Billy Cannon	rb	Louisiana State	LA Rams (Signed with Houston Oilers/American Football League )
*1961	Tommy Mason	rb	Tulane	Minnesota Vikings
*1962	Ernie Davis	rb	Syracuse	Washington Redskins
*1963	Terry Baker	qb	Oregon State	Los Angeles Rams
*1964	Dave Parks	wr	Texas Tech	San Francisco 49ers
*1965	Tucker Frederickson	rb	Auburn	New York Giants
*1966	Tommy Nobis	lb	Texas	Atlanta Falcons
*1967	Bubba Smith	de	Michigan State	Baltimore Colts
*1968	Ron Yary	ot	Southern Cal.	Minnesota Vikings
*1969	O.J. Simpson	rb	Southern Cal.	Buffalo Bills (American Football League}
*1970	Terry Bradshaw	qb	Louisiana Tech	Pittsburgh Steelers
*1971	Jim Plunkett	qb	Stanford	New England Patriots
*1972	Walt Patulski	dt	Notre Dame	Buffalo Bills
*1973	John Matuszak	de	Tampa	Houston Oilers
*1974	Ed Jones	de	Tennessee State	Dallas Cowboys
*1975	Steve Bartkowski	qb	California	Atlanta Falcons
*1976	Lee Roy Selmon	de	Oklahoma	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*1977	Ricky Bell	rb	Southern Cal	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*1978	Earl Campbell	rb	Texas	Houston Oilers
*1979	Tom Cousineau	lb	Ohio State	Buffalo Bills
*1980	Billy Sims	rb	Oklahoma	Detroit Lions
*1981	George Rogers	rb	South Carolina	New Orleans Saints
*1982	Kenneth Sims	dt	Texas	New England Patriots
*1983	John Elway	qb	Stanford	Baltimore Colts
*1984	Irving Fryar	wr	Nebraska	New England Patriots
*1985	Bruce Smith	de	Virginia Tech	Buffalo Bills
*1986	Bo Jackson	rb	Auburn	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*1987	Vinny Testaverde	qb	Miami, (Fla.)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
*1988	Aundray Bruce	lb	Auburn	Atlanta Falcons
*1989	Troy Aikman	qb	UCLA	Dallas Cowboys
*1990	Jeff George	qb	Illinois	Indianapolis Colts
*1991	Russell Maryland	dt	Miami, (Fla.)	Dallas Cowboys
*1992	Steve Emtman	dt	Washington	Indianapolis Colts
*1993	Drew Bledsoe	qb	Washington State	New England Patriots
*1994	Dan Wilkinson	dt	Ohio State	Cincinnati Bengals
*1995	Ki-Jana Carter	rb	Penn State	Cincinnati Bengals
*1996	Keyshawn Johnson	wr	Southern Cal.	New York Jets
*1997	Orlando Pace	ot	Ohio State	St. Louis Rams
*1998	Peyton Manning	qb	Tennessee	Indianapolis Colts
*1999	Tim Couch	qb	Kentucky	Cleveland Browns
*2000	Courtney Brown	de	Penn State	Cleveland Browns
*2001	Michael Vick	qb	Virginia Tech	Atlanta Falcons
*2002	David Carr	qb	Fresno State	Houston Texans
*2003	Carson Palmer	qb	Southern Cal.	Cincinnati Bengals
*2004	Eli Manning	qb	Mississippi	San Diego Chargers