2018 Nominees
| School | Class | Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | SR | Hunter Renfrow | WR | WINNER |
| California | SR | Patrick Laird | RB | Finalist |
| Wyoming | SR | Marcus Epps | FS | Finalist |
| Michigan State | JR | Kenny Willekes | DE | Semi-Finalist |
| Minnesota | SR | Blake Cashman | LB | Semi-Finalist |
| North Carolina | SR | Cole Holcomb | LB | Semi-Finalist |
| Oklahoma | JR | Lee Morris | WR | Semi-Finalist |
| Oklahoma State | SR | Taylor Cornelius | QB | Semi-Finalist |
| Utah State | SR | Quin Ficklin | OC | Semi-Finalist |
| Wisconsin | SR | Ryan Connelly | ILB | Semi-Finalist |
| Alabama | SR | Jamey Mosley | LB | |
| Appalachian State | JR | Noel Cook | OL | |
| Arkansas | JR | Connor Limpert | K | |
| Arkansas State | RS Fresh | Blake Grupe | K | |
| Auburn | SR | Tucker Brown | TE | |
| Ball State | JR | Riley Miller | WR | |
| Baylor | JR | Ross Matisick | LS | |
| Brigham Young | SR | Gavin Fowler | DB | |
| Coastal Carolina | JR | Ky'Jon Tyler | WR | |
| Colorado | SR | Kyle Evans | RB | |
| Colorado State | Soph | Adam Prentice | FB | |
| East Carolina | SR | Nate Harvey | DE | |
| Eastern Michigan | Soph | Freddie McGee III | DB | |
| Florida Atlantic | SR | Gerald Hearns | RB/ST | |
| Fresno State | SR | George Helmuth | LB | |
| Georgia State | JR | Brandon Wright | P/PK | |
| Hawaii | JR | Kaimana Padello | DL | |
| Houston | SR | Roman Brown | LB | |
| Indiana | SR | Luke Timian | WR | |
| Iowa | SR | Jake Gervase | FS | |
| Iowa State | JR | Braxton Lewis | S | |
| Kansas State | JR | Dalton Schoen | WR | |
| Kent State | SR | Matt Bahr | LB | |
| Kentucky | SR | David Bouvier | WR | |
| Marshall | JR | Malik Gant | S | |
| Massachusetts | SR | Joe Previte | DL | |
| Memphis | JR | Austin Hall | OLB | |
| Mississippi State | Soph | Jace Christmann | PK | |
| Nebraska | JR | Jacob Weinmaster | ILB | |
| Nevada | SR | Lucas Weber | LB | |
| New Mexico | JR | Aaron Overacker | TE | |
| New Mexico State | JR | Anthony Muse | WR | |
| Notre Dame | SR | Chris Finke | WR | |
| Ohio State | SR | Kevin Woidke | OL | |
| Old Dominion | JR | Blake LaRussa | QB | |
| Oregon | SR | Kaulana Apelu | LB | |
| Oregon State | Soph | Conor Blount | QB | |
| Penn State | JR | Jan Johnson | LB | |
| Pittsburgh | SR | Oluwaseun Idowu | LB | |
| San Diego State | JR | Kahale Warring | TE | |
| SMU | SR | Garrett Stotts | LS | |
| South Carolina | SR | Jacob August | TE | |
| Southern California | SR | Wyatt Schmidt | H/S | |
| Syracuse | RS Fresh | Andre Szmyt | K | |
| Temple | SR | Rob Ritrovato | FB | |
| Tennessee | SR | Paul Bain | DL | |
| Texas A&M | SR | Cullen Gillaspia | FB/ST | |
| Texas Tech | SR | Ja'Deion High | WR | |
| Toledo | SR | Ka'dar Hollman | CB | |
| Troy | SR | Hunter Reese | LB/DE | |
| Tulane | SR | Brian Newman | WR | |
| Tulsa | SR | Cole Neph | TE | |
| UCF | Soph | Greg McCrae | RB | |
| UCLA | SR | Christian Pabico | WR | |
| UTSA | Soph | Jared Sackett | PK | |
| Virginia | SR | Lester Coleman | P | |
| Wake Forest | JR | Jack Freudenthal | TE | |
| West Virginia | Soph | Evan Staley | K | |
| Western Kentucky | JR | Ben Holt | LB | |
| Western Michigan | SR | Odell Miller | TE |