The player was a physical presence. The player hits hard throughout the game in any or all facets of the game. The player must get 70% of all ballots to earn this recognition.
| 1966 None |
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| 1967 Russ Bonse (Defensive Line), John Lentz (Defensive Line), Win Stenseng (Defensive Line) |
| 1968 Ned Windmiller (Linebacker) |
| 1969 Larry Zieske (Defensive Line) |
| 1970 Gary Giel (Linebacker), Bob Nelson (Defensive Line) |
| 1971 Milan Horak (Defensive Line), Tim Nelson (Defensive Back) |
| 1972 Bill Barnett (Offensive Line), Rob Carlson (Defensive Back/ Wide Receiver) |
| 1973 Bill Barnett (Offensive Line), Bob Cooney (Defensive Back), John Feely (Defensive Line), Mike Schultz (Defensive Line) |
| 1974 Kevin Meinke (Defensive Back/ Wide Receiver) |
| 1975 Dale Beutel (Offensive Line), Tim Kumerow (Defensive Line), Mark Nelson (Defensive Line), Terry Richert (Running Back) |
| 1976 Tim Bischoff (Offensive Line), Keith Farnham (Defensive Back), Scott Hesse (Defensive Line), Mike Holsten (Linebacker), Mark Miller (Defensive Line) |
| 1977 Dave Bixby (Offensive Line), Scott Hesse (Defensive Line), Dean Kloeckner (Defensive Line), Lou Rogers (Linebacker), Gene Weitz (Linebacker) |
| 1978 Brad Ayers (Linebacker), Ed Bieging (Defensive Line), Jon LaCasse (Defensive Back), Perry Lynum (Offensive Line) |
| 1979 Bill Brochman (Defensive Line), Bill Schultz (Defensive Line), Mike Stratton (Defensive Line), Jon Weaver (Defensive Line) |
| 1980 Scott Nelson (Linebacker), Jon Weaver (Defensive Line) |
| 1981 Bryan Boucher (Defensive Line), Eric Dornfeld (Linebacker), Mark Reuter (Defensive Line), Doug Rock (Linebacker) |
| 1982 Bryan Boucher (Defensive Line), Matt Brine (Defensive Line), Troy Meinburg (Linebacker), Andy Weller (Linebacker) |
| 1983 Tony Grilz (Defensive Line), Mark Holsten (Linebacker), Bob Kronschnabel (Defensive Line), Brent Larson (Defensive Line), Toby Schifsky (Linebacker) |
| 1984 Kurt Koenig (Defensive Back), Brent Larson (Defensive Line), Jim Nelson (Defensive Line), Mike Schmitt (Offensive Line) |
| 1985 Dan Erickson (Linebacker), Troy Palmen (Defensive Line), Jim Schoenecker (Linebacker), John Schoenecker (Linebacker) |
| 1986 Paul Hoppe (Defensive Line), Eric Rhodenbaugh (Linebacker) |
| 1987 Steve Karr (Linebacker), Denis McDonough (Defensive Back), Jeff Nelson (Defensive Line), Nick Wohlers (Defensive Line) |
| 1988 Eric Larson (Defensive Line), Mike McGrorty (Defensive Line), Jason Miggler (Defensive Back), Jason Roettger (Offensive Line), Mike Swanson (Linebacker) |
| 1989 Cory Arkell (Linebacker), Jason Ligday (Defensive Line), Tom Oertel (Linebacker/ Offensive Line), Kregg Turnquist (Defensive Back) |
| 1990 Don Harvieux (Defensive Back), Eric St. Martin (Linebacker), Steve Walters (Linebacker) |
| 1991 Pat Larson (Defensive Line) |
| 1992 Mike Asmus (Defensive Back), Hans Erickson (Defensive Lineman), Chris Neurer (Defensive Line), Jonah Torseth (Defensive Line) |
| 1993 Mike Salmon (Defensive Line), Cayle Schultz (Linebacker), Joe Wieczorek (Linebacker), Ray Wilhelm (Running Back) |
| 1994 Brad Fesler (Linebacker) |
| 1995 Ben Beaudet (Offensive Line), Nate Dwyer (Defensive Line), Brad Fesler (Linebacker), Matt MacDonald (Linebacker), Eric Williams (Linebacker) |
| 1996 Nate Dwyer (Defensive Line), Kroy Johnson (Defensive Back), Matt MacDonald (Linebacker), Adam Runk (Defensive Back/ Wide Receiver), Pete Zoller (Linebacker) |
| 1997 Mal Johnson (Offensive Lineman), Matt Lange (Running Back), Dave Purcell (Defensive Lineman), Pete Zoller (Linebacker) |
| 1998 Ryan Bailey (Defensive Back), Paul Dexter (Linebacker) |
| 1999 Paul Dexter (Linebacker), Brian Eder (Offensive Line), Matt Janssen (Defensive Line), Adam Soine (Defensive Back) |
| 2000 None |
| 2001 Nick Asmus (Linebacker), Tim Fox (Running Back), Ryan Walker (Defensive Line/ Offensive Line) |
| 2002 Alex Cadwell (Defensive Line/ Offensive Line), Tyler Magill (Linebacker), Ryan Mondor (Linebacker) |
| 2003 Matt Jones (Linebacker), Josh Seipel (Defensive Line) |
| 2004 Jason Barvels (Linebacker), Darren Neal (Defensive Line) |
| 2005 Chris Aamodt (Linebacker), Ricky Belt (Linebacker) |
| 2006 Mark Kubacki (Linebacker) |
| 2007 Alex Floen (Defensive Back), Dan Houle (Linebacker) |
| 2008 Robby Belt (Defensive Line) |
| 2009 Jeremy Gillard (Linebacker) |
| 2010 Andrew Rose (Linebacker) |
| 2011 Zach Krenz (Linebacker) |
| 2012 Cody Floen (Linebacker) |
| 2013 Peter Palecek (Offensive Line) |
| 2014 Ian Weisbrod (Linebacker) |
| 2015 Charlie Boldt (Linebacker) |
| 2016 Ben Peterson (Defensive Back), Aidan Steeves (Linebacker) |
| 2018 Will Gleason (Defensive Line) |
| 2020 Nick Schlender (Running Back) |
| 2021 Charlie Gleason (Defensive Line / Tight End, Ryder Rogotzke (Linebacker), Mason Wilson (Defensive Line / Tight End) |
| 2022 Charlie Gleason (Defensive Line / Tight End), Bennett Peterson (Offensive Line), Bryce Rosewicz (Defensive Line) |
| 2023 Bryce Rosewicz (Defensive Line) |