Walter Camp Award winners
The Walter Camp Award is given annually to the player of the year judged by a group of NCAA Division I-A head coaches and sports information directors.
| Year | Winner | School |
| 2008 | Colt McCoy | Texas |
| 2007 | Darren McFadden | Arkansas |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State |
| 2005 | Reggie Bush | Southern California |
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | Southern California |
| 2003 | Larry Fitzgerald | Pittsburgh |
| 2002 | Larry Johnson | Penn State |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska |
| 2000 | Josh Heupel | Oklahoma |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State |
| 1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State |
| 1992 | Gino Toretta | Miami |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan |
| 1990 | Raghib Ismail | Notre Dame |
| 1989 | Anthony Thompson | Indiana |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State |
| 1987 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde | Miami |
| 1985 | Bo Jackson | Auburn |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen | Southern California |
| 1980 | Hugh Green | Pittsburgh |
| 1979 | Charles White | Southern California |
| 1978 | Billy Sims | Oklahoma |
| 1977 | Ken MacAffe | Notre Dame |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State |
| 1974 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti | Penn State |
| 1972 | Johnny Rogers | Nebraska |
| 1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett | Stanford |
| 1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma |
| 1968 | O.J. Simpson | Southern California |
| 1967 | O.J. Simpson | Southern California |
