2011 Nominees
| School | Year | Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Mississippi | SR | Austin Davis | QB | WINNER |
| Houston | SR | Patrick Edwards | WR | Finalist |
| Stanford | SR | Griff Whalen | WR | Finalist |
| Boise State | SR | Tyler Shoemaker | WR | Semi-Finalist |
| Hawaii | SR | Bryant Moniz | QB | Semi-Finalist |
| Kansas | SR | Steven Johnson | LB | Semi-Finalist |
| Michigan | JR | Jordan Kovacs | S | Semi-Finalist |
| Nebraska | SR | Mike Caputo | OL | Semi-Finalist |
| Oklahoma | JR | Dominique Whaley | RB | Semi-Finalist |
| Oregon State | SR | Mike Remmers | LT | Semi-Finalist |
| Alabama | JR | Will Lowery | DB | |
| Arizona | SR | John Bonano | K | |
| Arizona State | SR | Cameron Kastl | LS | |
| Arkansas | JR | Dylan Breeding | P | |
| BYU | SR | Jameson Frazier | OL | |
| Central Florida | SR | Ronnie Weaver | RB | |
| Clemson | SR | Phillip Price | OT | |
| Colorado | SR | Travis Sandersfeld | DB | |
| Colorado State | JR | James Skelton | LB | |
| Connecticut | JR | Johnny McEntee | QB | |
| Duke | SR | Alex King | P | |
| East Carolina | JR | Andrew Bodenheimer | OR | |
| Florida | SR | David Lerner | P | |
| Florida Atlantic | SR | Marcus Bartels | S | |
| Illinois | SR | Derek Dimke | K | |
| Iowa | SR | Tom Nardo | DT | |
| Kansas State | Fresh | B.J. Finney | C | |
| Kent State | SR | Lee Stalker | DL | |
| Kentucky | JR | Craig McIntosh | K | |
| Marshall | Soph | Jeremiah Taylor | DE | |
| Memphis | JR | Mitch Huelsing | S | |
| Middle Tennessee | JR | Anthony Amos | WR | |
| Mississippi State | JR | Brandon Wilson | LB | |
| Missouri | JR | Trey Barrow | P/PK | |
| Notre Dame | SR | David Ruffer | K | |
| Ohio State | SR | Nate Ebner | DB | |
| Ole Miss | JR | Bryson Rose | K | |
| Pittsburgh | SR | Chas Alecxih | DT | |
| Purdue | SR | Kevin Ballinger | LS | |
| Rice | SR | Matt Nordstrom | LB | |
| San Jose State | Soph | Chandler Jones | WR | |
| South Carolina | JR | Dalton Wilson | FB | |
| South Florida | SR | Gilbert "Chaz" Hine | C | |
| Texas A & M | JR | Caleb Russell | LB | |
| Toledo | JR | A.J. Lindeman | OL | |
| Tulsa | Soph | Trey Watts | RB | |
| UCLA | JR | Andrew Abbott | CB | |
| USC | SR | Ross Cumming | FB | |
| Utah State | SR | Eric Moats | WR | |
| UTEP | Fresj | Wesley Miller | S | |
| Wisconsin | Soph | Jared Abbrederis | WR |