College Football Awards - Dick Butkus Award
| Dick Butkus Award | ||
| YEAR | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 2012 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | Luke Kuechly | Boston College |
| 2010 | Von Miller | Texas A&M |
| 2009 | Rolando McClain | Alabama |
| 2008 | Aaron Curry | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | James Laurinaitis | Ohio St |
| 2006 | Patrick Willis | Ole Miss |
| 2005 | Paul Posluszny | Penn St |
| 2004 | Derrick Johnson | Texas |
| 2003 | Teddy Lehman | Oklahoma |
| 2002 | EJ Henderson | Maryland |
| 2001 | Rocky Calmus | Oklahoma |
| 2000 | Dan Morgan | Miami (FL) |
| 1999 | LaVar Arrington | Penn St |
| 1998 | Chris Claiborne | USC |
| 1997 | Andy Katzenmoyer | Ohio St |
| 1996 | Matt Russell | Colorado |
| 1995 | Kevin Hardy | Illinois |
| 1994 | Dana Howard | Illinois |
| 1993 | Trev Alberts | Nebraska |
| 1992 | Marvin Jones | Florida St |
| 1991 | Erick Anderson | Michigan |
| 1990 | Alfred Williams | Colorado |
| 1989 | Percy Snow | Michigan St |
| 1988 | Derrick Thomas | Alabama |
| 1987 | Paul McGowan | Florida St |
| 1986 | Brian Bosworth | Oklahoma |
| 1985 | Brian Bosworth | Oklahoma |
