UPI Lineman of the Year

The United Press International Lineman of the Year award was given annually by United Press International (UPI) to the lineman of the year in college football. With the demise of UPI in 1997, the award was discontinued. Offensive and defensive linemen were eligible, including offensive ends, with one, Howard Twilley, winning in 1965. Like all UPI college awards at the time, it was based on the votes of NCAA coaches. Ross Browner of Notre Dame was the only two-time winner.

UPI Lineman of the Year

Awarded for	most outstanding college football lineman
Country	United States
Presented by	United Press International
History
First award	1950
Final award	1996

Winners

Season	Player	School	Ref.
1950	Les Richter	California
1951	Bill McColl	Stanford
1952	Tom Catlin	Oklahoma
1953	J.D. Roberts	Oklahoma
1954	Jack Ellena	UCLA	[1]
1955	Bob Pellegrini	Maryland	[1]
1956	Jerry Tubbs	Oklahoma	[1]
1957	Alex Karras	Iowa	[1]
1958	Bob Harrison	Oklahoma	[1]
1959	Roger Davis	Syracuse	[1]
1960	Tom Brown	Minnesota	[1]
1961	Joe Romig	Colorado	[1]
1962	Bobby Bell	Minnesota	[1]
1963	Scott Appleton	Texas	[1]
1964	Dick Butkus	Illinois	[1][2]
1965	Howard Twilley	Tulsa	[1]
1966	Bubba Smith	Michigan State	[1]
1967	Granville Liggins	Oklahoma	[1]
1968	Ted Hendricks	Miami (FL)	[1]
1969	Mike McCoy	Notre Dame	[1]
1970	Jim Stillwagon	Ohio State	[1]
1971	Walt Patulski	Notre Dame	[1]
1972	Rich Glover	Nebraska	[1]
1973	John Hicks	Ohio State	[1][3]
1974	Randy White	Maryland	[1]
1975	Lee Roy Selmon	Oklahoma	[1]
1976	Ross Browner	Notre Dame	[1]
1977	Ross Browner	Notre Dame	[1]
1978	Greg Roberts	Oklahoma	[1]
1979	Brad Budde	USC	[1]
1980	Hugh Green	Pittsburgh	[1]
1981	Kenneth Sims	Texas	[1]
1982	Dave Rimington	Nebraska	[1]
1983	Dean Steinkuhler	Nebraska	[1]
1984	Bill Fralic	Pittsburgh
1985	Tony Casillas	Oklahoma
1986	Jerome Brown	Miami (FL)
1987	Chad Hennings	Air Force
1988	Tony Mandarich	Michigan State
1989	Chris Zorich	Notre Dame
1990	Russell Maryland	Miami (FL)	[4]
1991	Steve Emtman	Washington	[5]
1992	Eric Curry	Alabama
1993	Rob Waldrop	Arizona
1994	Zach Wiegert	Nebraska
1995	Jonathan Ogden	UCLA
1996	Orlando Pace	Ohio State