| Year | Player | Yds | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | George Winn* | 1462 | Cincinnati |
| 2011 | Isaiah Pead* | 1578 | Cincinnati |
| 2010 | Jordan Todman* | 1789 | Connecticut |
| 2009 | Dion Lewis* | 1988 | Pittsburgh |
| 2008 | Donald Brown* | 2208 | Connecticut |
| 2007 | Ray Rice* | 2251 | Rutgers |
| 2006 | Steve Slaton* | 2104 | West Virginia |
| 2005 | Andre Hall* | 1695 | South Florida |
| 2004 | Cornell Brockington* | 1449 | Connecticut |
| 2003 | Derrick Knight* | 1948 | Boston College |
| 2002 | Willis McGahee* | 2108 | Miami (FL) |
| 2001 | William Green | 1819 | Boston College |
| 2000 | Antonio Bryant | 1302 | Pittsburgh |
| 1999 | Cedric Washington | 1300 | Boston College |
| 1998 | Mike Cloud | 1924 | Boston College |
| 1997 | Amos Zereoue* | 1720 | West Virginia |
| 1996 | Omari Walker | 1386 | Boston College |
| 1995 | Danyell Ferguson | 1317 | Miami (FL) |
| 1994 | Billy West | 1372 | Pittsburgh |
| 1993 | Curtis Martin | 1324 | Pittsburgh |
| 1992 | Chuckie Dukes | 1581 | Boston College |
| 1991 | David Walker | 1072 | Syracuse |