2010 Nominees
| School | Class | Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | SR | Sean Bedford | C | WINNER |
| Army | SR | Josh McNary | DE | Finalist |
| Boise State | SR | Ryan Winterswyk | DE | Finalist |
| Oklahoma State | SR | Bryant Ward | FB | Finalist |
| Tennessee | SR | Nick Reveiz | LB | Finalist |
| Alabama | Soph | Will Lowery | DB | |
| Arkansas | Soph | Dylan Breeding | P | |
| Buffalo | SR | Justin Winters | ILB | |
| BYU | SR | Andrew Rich | S | |
| Colorado State | Soph | Broderick Sargent | DE | |
| Connecticut | SR | Derek Chard | LS | |
| Duke | JR | Will Snyderwine | K | |
| East Carolina | SR | Josh Smith | DL | |
| Florida | SR | John Fairbanks | C | |
| Florida Atlantic | JR | Marcus Bartels | FS | |
| Hawaii | JR | Bryant Moniz | QB | |
| Houston | SR | Matt Nicholson | LB | |
| Idaho | SR | Daniel Hardy | TE | |
| Illinois | SR | Anthony Santella | P | |
| Iowa | SR | Brett Greenwood | DB | |
| Iowa State | SR | Jake Williams | WR | |
| Kansas | JR | Steven Johnson | LB | |
| Kansas State | SR | William Powell | RB | |
| Louisiana Lafayette | SR | Bradley Spencer Ortego | P | |
| LSU | SR | Daniel Graff | DB | |
| Michigan | JR | Jordan Kovacs | S | |
| Missouri | JR | Grant Ressel | PK | |
| Nebraska | SR | Alex Henery | P | |
| Ohio | SR | Dak Notestine | DL | |
| Ohio State | SR | Devin Barclay | PK | |
| Oklahoma | SR | Trent Ratterree | TE | |
| Ole Miss | SR | George Helow | CB | |
| Oregon State | SR | Aaron Nichols | WR | |
| Purdue | SR | Logan Link | S | |
| Rice | JR | Travis Bradshaw | S | |
| Rutgers | SR | Howard Barbieri | C | |
| San Diego State | JR | Darryn Lewis | DB | |
| South Carolina | SR | Spencer Lanning | K | |
| Southern Mississippi | JR | Austin Davis | QB | |
| Syracuse | JR | Adam Haris | FB | |
| Temple | Soph | Matt Brown | TB | |
| Texas A & M | SR | Michael Hodges | LB | |
| Troy | SR | Tyler Clark | C | |
| UCLA | Soph | Andrew Abbott | CB | |
| Utah | SR | Joe Phillips | K | |
| Utah State | JR | Levi Koskan | DE | |
| Wisconsin | JR | Bradie Ewing | FB |