Lombardi Award
From Varsity Pride
The Lombardi Award is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding defensive lineman or linebacker as determined by the Rotary Club of Houston.
| 1970 | Jim Stillwagon | Ohio State |
| 1971 | Walt Patulski | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | Rich Glover | Nebraska |
| 1973 | John Hicks | Ohio State |
| 1974 | Randy White | Maryland |
| 1975 | Lee Roy Selmon | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | Wilson Whitley | Houston |
| 1977 | Ross Browner | Notre Dame |
| 1978 | Bruce Clark | Penn State |
| 1979 | Brad Budde | Southern California |
| 1980 | Hugh Green | Pittsburgh |
| 1981 | Kenneth Sims | Texas |
| 1982 | Dave Rimington | Nebraska |
| 1983 | Dean Steinkuhler | Nebraska |
| 1984 | Tony Degrate | Texas |
| 1985 | Tony Casillas | Oklahoma |
| 1986 | Cornelius Bennett | Alabama |
| 1987 | Chris Spielman | Ohio State |
| 1988 | Tracy Rocker | Auburn |
| 1989 | Percy Snow | Michigan State |
| 1990 | Chris Zorich | Notre Dame |
| 1991 | Steve Emtman | Washington |
| 1992 | Marvin Jones | Florida State |
| 1993 | Aaron Taylor | Notre Dame |
| 1994 | Warren Sapp | Miami (FL) |
| 1995 | Orlando Pace | Ohio State |
| 1996 | Orlando Pace (2) | Ohio State |
| 1997 | Grant Wistrom | Nebraska |
| 1998 | Dat Nguyen | Texas A&M |
| 1999 | Corey Moore | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | Jamal Reynolds | Florida State |
| 2001 | Julius Peppers | North Carolina |
| 2002 | Terrell Suggs | Arizona State |
| 2003 | Tommie Harris | Oklahoma |
| 2004 | David Pollack | Georgia |
| 2005 | A. J. Hawk | Ohio State |
| 2006 | LaMarr Woodley | Michigan |
| 2007 | Glenn Dorsey | Louisiana State |
| 2008 | Brian Orakpo | Texas |
| 2009 | Ndamukong Suh | Nebraska |
| 2010 | Nick Fairley | Auburn |
| 2011 | Luke Kuechly | Boston College |
| 2012 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | Aaron Donald | Pittsburgh |
| 2014 | Scooby Wright III | Arizona |
