| Year | Player | Lng | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jacoby Jones (28) | 108 | BAL |
| 2011 | Randall Cobb (21) | 108 | GNB |
| 2010 | Stefan Logan (29) | 105 | DET |
| 2009 | Brad Smith (26) | 106 | NYJ |
| 2008 | Allen Rossum (33) | 104 | SFO |
| 2007 | Ellis Hobbs (24) | 108 | NWE |
| 2006 | Justin Miller (22) | 103 | NYJ |
| 2005 | Terrence McGee (25) | 99 | BUF |
| Chris Johnson (26) | 99 | STL | |
| Jerome Mathis (22) | 99 | HOU | |
| 2004 | Terrence McGee (24) | 104 | BUF |
| 2003 | Dante Hall (25) | 100 | KAN |
| Rod Smart (26) | 100 | CAR | |
| Josh Scobey (24) | 100 | ARI | |
| 2002 | Reggie Swinton (27) | 100 | DAL |
| 2001 | Derrick Mason (27) | 101 | TEN |
| 2000 | Tony Horne (24) | 103 | STL |
| 1999 | Tony Horne (23) | 101 | STL |
| 1998 | Terry Fair (22) | 105 | DET |
| 1997 | Eric Guliford (28) | 102 | NOR |
| Eric Bieniemy (28) | 102 | CIN | |
| 1996 | Eric Moulds (23) | 97 | BUF |
| Derrick Witherspoon (25) | 97 | PHI | |
| Tamarick Vanover (22) | 97 | KAN | |
| 1995 | Tamarick Vanover (21) | 99 | KAN |
| 1994 | Mel J. Gray (33) | 102 | DET |
| 1993 | Tyrone Hughes (23) | 99 | NOR |
| 1992 | Jon Vaughn (22) | 100 | NWE |
| 1991 | Alexander Wright (24) | 102 | DAL |
| 1990 | Eric Metcalf (22) | 101 | CLE |
| 1989 | Joe P. Johnson (27) | 99 | WAS |
| Bobby Morse (24) | 99 | NOR | |
| 1988 | Stanford Jennings (26) | 98 | CIN |
| 1987 | Sylvester Stamps (26) | 97 | ATL |
| 1986 | Mel J. Gray (25) | 101 | NOR |
| 1985 | Willie Gault (25) | 99 | CHI |
| 1984 | Bobby Humphery (23) | 97 | NYJ |
| Del Rodgers (24) | 97 | GNB | |
| 1983 | Carl Roaches (30) | 97 | HOU |
| 1982 | Ricky Smith (22) | 98 | NWE |
| 1981 | Eddie Payton (30) | 99 | MIN |
| 1980 | James Owens (25) | 101 | SFO |
| 1979 | Roy Green (22) | 106 | STL |
| 1978 | Curtis Brown (24) | 102 | BUF |
| 1977 | Raymond Clayborn (22) | 101 | NWE |
| 1976 | Willie Shelby (23) | 97 | CIN |
| 1975 | Harold Hart (23) | 102 | OAK |
| 1974 | Larry Jones (23) | 102 | WAS |
| 1973 | Bob Gresham (25) | 103 | HOU |
| 1972 | Vic Washington (26) | 98 | SFO |