2017 Nominees
| School | Class | Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State | SR | Luke Falk | QB | WINNER |
| Memphis | SR | Anthony Miller | WR | Finalist |
| Oklahoma | SR | Baker Mayfield | QB | Finalist |
| Wisconsin | SR | Troy Fumagalli | TE | Finalist |
| Boise State | JR | Leighton Vander Esch | WLB | Semi-finalist |
| California | JR | Patrick Laird | RB | Semi-finalist |
| Georgia | SR | Aaron Davis | DB | Semi-finalist |
| Kansas State | SR | Trent Tanking | LB | Semi-finalist |
| Nevada | SR | Austin Corbett | OL | Semi-finalist |
| South Carolina | JR | Hayden Hurst | TE | Semi-finalist |
| Akron | SR | Andrew Hauser | LB | |
| Arizona | JR | Christian Boettcher | OL | |
| Arizona State | SR | Jacom Brimhall | RB | |
| Arkansas | SR | Kevin Richardson II | DB | |
| Arkansas State | SR | Johnston White | RB | |
| Auburn | JR | Will Hastings | WR | |
| Baylor | Soph | Connor Martin | K/P | |
| Bowling Green | JR | Jake Suder | K | |
| Brigham Young | JR | Brayden El-Bakri | FB | |
| Buffalo | SR | Demone Harris | DE | |
| Colorado | SR | Ryan Moeller | S/OLB | |
| Colorado State | Soph | Adam Prentice | FB | |
| Eastern Michigan | SR | Jaron Johnson | WR | |
| ECU | SR | Kiante Anderson | DE | |
| Florida Atlantic | SR | Antonyo Woods | OL | |
| Florida International | SR | Bryce Canady | DB | |
| Florida State | SR | Jared Jackson | WR | |
| Fresno State | Soph | Josh Hokit | RB | |
| Houston | SR | Linell Bonner | WR | |
| Indiana | JR | Luke Timian | WR | |
| Iowa | JR | Brandon Snyder | DB | |
| Kentucky | SR | Charles Walker | WR/PR | |
| Marshall | Soph | Malik Gant | S | |
| Miami | SR | Michael Badgley | K | |
| Minnesota | JR | Emmit Carpenter | K | |
| Mississippi | Soph | Dawson Knox | TE | |
| Mississippi State | RS Fresh | Jace Christmann | K | |
| Missouri | SR | Jordan Harold | DE | |
| Nebraska | SR | Chris Weber | LB | |
| New Mexico | SR | Jake Rothschiller | DB | |
| North Carolina | JR | Cole Holcomb | LB | |
| Ohio State | SR | Elijaah Goins | WR | |
| Oklahoma State | SR | Brad Lundblade | C | |
| Old Dominion | SR | Bunmi Rotimi | DE | |
| Rice | SR | Joe Ballard | LB | |
| Rutgers | SR | Darnell Davis | DL | |
| San Diego State | Soph | Kahale Warring | TE | |
| San Jose State | SR | Michael Carrizosa | P/KS | |
| South Alabama | JR | Sam Harris | WR | |
| Southern California | JR | Reid Budrovich | P | |
| Syracuse | SR | Cole Murphy | K | |
| Tennessee | SR | Trevor Daniel | P | |
| Toledo | SR | Jack Linch | LB | |
| Tulsa | SR | Evan Plagg | OT | |
| UAB | SR | Tevin Crews | LB | |
| UCLA | SR | Giovanni Gentosi | RB | |
| Utah State | SR | Braelon Roberts | WR | |
| UTSA | SR | Dalton Sturm | QB | |
| Virginia Tech | JR | Steven Peoples | RB | |
| Wake Forest | SR | Grant Dawson | ILB | |
| West Virginia | SR | Shane Commodore | S | |
| Western Kentucky | SR | Deon Yelder | TE | |
| Western Michigan | Soph | DeShawn Foster | DL |