| Season | Player | Int | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Phillip Thomas* | 8 | Fresno State |
| 2011 | David Amerson* | 12 | North Carolina State |
| 2010 | Jayron Hosley* | 9 | Virginia Tech |
| 2009 | Rahim Moore* | 10 | UCLA |
| 2008 | Eric Berry | 7 | Tennessee |
| Ahmad Black* | 7 | Florida | |
| Morgan Burnett* | 7 | Georgia Tech | |
| Trimane Goddard* | 7 | North Carolina | |
| Darcel McBath* | 7 | Texas Tech | |
| Kevin Sanders | 7 | Alabama-Birmingham | |
| Alphonso Smith* | 7 | Wake Forest | |
| 2007 | Elbert Mack | 8 | Troy |
| William Moore* | 8 | Missouri | |
| Jamie Silva* | 8 | Boston College | |
| Alphonso Smith* | 8 | Wake Forest | |
| Deangelo Smith* | 8 | Cincinnati | |
| 2006 | Stanley Franks | 9 | Idaho |
| Dwight Lowery* | 9 | San Jose State | |
| 2005 | Aaron Gipson* | 7 | Oregon |
| 2004 | Charles Gordon | 7 | Kansas |
| Chris Harris | 7 | Louisiana-Monroe | |
| 2003 | Josh Bullocks* | 10 | Nebraska |
| Sean Taylor* | 10 | Miami (FL) | |
| 2002 | Jim Leonhard* | 11 | Wisconsin |
| 2001 | Ed Reed | 9 | Miami (FL) |
| 2000 | Anthony Floyd | 10 | Louisville |
| Dwight Smith | 10 | Akron |