Lombardi Award winners
The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded to the best lineman or linebacker. The Rotary Lombardi Award program is presented by the Rotary Club in Houston in 1970 shortly after the death of Vince Lombardi.
| Year | Winner | School |
| 2008 | Brian Orakpo, DT | Texas |
| 2007 | Glenn Dorsey, DT | LSU |
| 2006 | LaMarr Woodley, DE | Michigan |
| 2005 | A.J. Hawk, LB | Ohio State |
| 2004 | David Pollack, LB | Georgia |
| 2003 | Tommie Harris, DE | Oklahoma |
| 2002 | Terrel Suggs, DE | Arizona State |
| 2001 | Julius Peppers, DE | North Carolina |
| 2000 | Jamal Reynolds, DE | Florida State |
| 1999 | Corey Moore, DE | Virginia Tech |
| 1998 | Dat Nguyen, LB | Texas A&M |
| 1997 | Grant Winstron, DE | Nebraska |
| 1996 | Orlando Pace, T | Ohio State |
| 1995 | Orlando Pace, T | Ohio State |
| 1994 | Warren Sapp, DT | Miami, Fla. |
| 1993 | Aaron Taylor, T | Notre Dame |
| 1992 | Marvin Jones, LB | Florida State |
| 1991 | Steve Emtman, DT | Washington |
| 1990 | Chris Zorich, NT | Notre Dame |
| 1989 | Percy Snow, LB | Michigan State |
| 1988 | Tracy Rocker, DT | Auburn |
| 1987 | Chris Spielman, LB | Ohio State |
| 1986 | Cornelius Bennett, LB | Alabama |
| 1985 | Tony Casillas, NG | Oklahoma |
| 1984 | Tony Degrate, DT | Texas |
| 1983 | Dean Steinkuhler, G | Nebraska |
| 1982 | Dave Rimington, C | Nebraska |
| 1981 | Kenneth Sims, DT | Texas |
| 1980 | Hugh Green, DE | Pittsburgh |
| 1979 | Brad Budde, G | Southern California |
| 1978 | Bruce Clark, DT | Penn State |
| 1977 | Ross Browner, DE | Notre Dame |
| 1976 | Wilson Whitley, DT | Houston |
| 1975 | Lee Roy Selmon, DT | Oklahoma |
| 1974 | Randy White, DT | Maryland |
| 1973 | John Hicks, T | Ohio State |
| 1972 | Rich Glover, MG | Nebraska |
| 1971 | Walt Patulski, DE | Notre Dame |
| 1970 | Jim Stillwagon, MG | Ohio State |
