2021 Nominees
| School | Class | Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | SR | Grant Morgan | LB | WINNER |
| Georgia | SR | Stetson Bennett | QB | Finalist |
| Troy | SR | Carlton Martial | LB | Finalist |
| Iowa State | SR | Derek Schweiger | OL | Semi-Finalist |
| Liberty | SR | Thomas Sargeant | OL | Semi-Finalist |
| Memphis | SR | Calvin Austin III | WR | Semi-Finalist |
| Northwestern | SR | Chris Bergin | LB | Semi-Finalist |
| Oregon | JR | Ryan Walk | RG/C | Semi-Finalist |
| UNC Charlotte | SR | Chris Reynolds | QB | Semi-Finalist |
| Wisconsin | SR | Matt Henningsen | DE | Semi-Finalist |
| Appalachian State | SR | Caleb Spurlin | DE/HB | |
| Arizona | JR | Stanley Berryhill III | WR | |
| Arizona State | JR | Case Hatch | FB/TE | |
| Arkansas State | JR | Blake Grupe | K | |
| Auburn | SR | Barton Lester | LB | |
| Ball State | SR | Cody Rudy | FB | |
| Bowling Green | SR | Nate Needham | PK | |
| Buffalo | SR | Jack Klenk | OL | |
| BYU | Soph | Tyler Allgeier | RB | |
| California | SR | Jake Tonges | TE | |
| Central Florida | SR | Anthony Montalvo | DT/DE | |
| Central Michigan | SR | Troy Hairston | DE | |
| Cincinnati | SR | Ryan Royer | LB | |
| Coastal Carolina | SR | CJ Schrimpf | LS | |
| Colorado | JR | Brady Russell | TE | |
| Colorado State | SR | Thomas Pannunzio | DB | |
| Duke | SR | Jackson Hubbard | H | |
| East Carolina | Soph | Tyler Snead | WR | |
| Eastern Michigan | JR | Hassan Beydoun | WR | |
| Florida | JR | Marco Ortiz | LS | |
| Florida Atlantic | RSF | Nicholas Marino | LS | |
| Florida State | RSF | Treshaun Ward | RB | |
| Fresno State | JR | Erik Brooks | WR | |
| Georgia State | SR | Tucker Gregg | RB | |
| Georgia Tech | SR | Djimon Brooks | DL | |
| Hawaii | JR | Eliki Tanuvasa | OL | |
| Illinois | SR | Donny Navarro III | WR | |
| Indiana | JR | Davion Ervin-Poindexter | RB | |
| Iowa | SR | Jack Koerner | S | |
| Kansas State | SR | Landry Weber | WR | |
| Kentucky | SR | Matthew Ruffolo | PK | |
| Louisiana | JR | Shane Vallot | C | |
| Louisiana Tech | SR | Ezekiel Barnett | LB | |
| Marshall | SR | Nazeeh Johnson | S | |
| Maryland | SR | Greg Rose | DL | |
| Michigan | SR | Andrew Vastardis | C | |
| Middle Tennessee State | JR | Chase Cunningham | QB | |
| Minnesota | SR | Jordan Howden | DB | |
| Mississippi | SR | Mark Robinson | LB | |
| Mississippi State | JR | Christian Ford | WR | |
| Missouri | SR | Barrett Banister | WR | |
| Nebraska | Soph | Luke Reimer | LB | |
| Nevada | SR | Sam Hammond | DE | |
| New Mexico | RSF | Cody Moon | LB | |
| North Carolina State | SR | Thayer Thomas | WR | |
| Northern Illinois | SR | Matt Ference | P | |
| Ohio State | SR | Mitch Rossi | TE | |
| Oklahoma | JR | Drake Stoops | WR | |
| Old Dominion | Soph | Leroy Thomas | RG | |
| Oregon State | JR | Jaydon Grant | DB | |
| Penn State | SR | Chris Stoll | LS | |
| Rice | JR | Campbell Riddle | LS | |
| Rutgers | SR | Billy Taylor | LS | |
| San Diego State | SR | Segun Olubi | LB | |
| San Jose State | SR | Trevor Robbins | OL | |
| SMU | JR | Derek Green | QB | |
| South Carolina | SR | Jaylan Foster | S | |
| Stanford | SR | Brycen Tremayne | WR | |
| Syracuse | SR | Andre Szymt | PK | |
| Tennessee | Soph | Dayne Davis | OL | |
| Texas | JR | Luke Brockermeyer | LB | |
| Texas A & M | JR | Connor Choate | DS | |
| Texas State | JR | Chandler Speights | WR | |
| Toledo | Soph | Devin Maddox | WR/PR | |
| Tulane | SR | Merek Glover | K | |
| Tulsa | SR | Zack Long (Zachary) | PK | |
| UAB | SR | Hayden Pittman | TE | |
| UCLA | JR | Greg Dulcich | TE | |
| UNLV | SR | Daniel Gutierrez | PK | |
| Utah | Fresh | Karene Reid | LB | |
| Utah State | SR | Nick Heninger | DE | |
| UTSA | SR | Hunter Duplessis | PK | |
| Virginia | JR | Brendan Farrell | PK | |
| Wake Forest | Fresh | Nick Andersen | DB | |
| Washington | SR | Race Porter | P | |
| Washington State | SR | Armani Marsh | N | |
| West Virginia | JR | Casey Legg | K | |
| Western Kentucky | JR | Joey Beljan | TE | |
| Wyoming | SR | Garrett Crall | DE |