1950—Les Richter, California 1951—Bill McColl, Stanford 1952—Tom Catlin, Oklahoma 1953—J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma 1954—Jack Ellena, UCLA 1955—Bob Pellegrini, Maryland 1956—Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma 1957—Alex Karras, Iowa 1958—Bob Harrison, Oklahoma 1959—Roger Davis, Syracuse 1960—Tom Brown, Minnesota 1961—Joe Romig, Colorado 1962—Bobby Bell, Minnesota 1963—Scott Appleton, Texas 1964—Dick Butkus, Illinois 1965—Howard Twilley, Tulsa 1966—Bubba Smith, Michigan State 1967—Granville Liggins, Oklahoma 1968—Ted Hendricks, Miami, (Fl) 1969—Mike McCoy, Notre Dame 1970—Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State 1971—Walt Patulski, Notre Dame 1972—Rich Glover, Nebraska 1973—John Hicks, Ohio State 1974—Randy White, Maryland 1975—Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma 1976—Ross Browner, Notre Dame 1977—Ross Browner