The Walter Camp Man of the Year is one of seven awards given annually by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. The award is given to the "Man of the Year" in the world of college football. The criteria for the award are stated to include success, leadership, public service, integrity, and commitment to American heritage and Walter Camp's philosophy.

Yearly honorees

1967 — Hamilton Fish, Harvard 1968 — Ted Blair, Yale 1969 — Pete Rozelle, San Francisco 1970 — Harry Kipke, Michigan 1971 — Doc Blanchard, Army 1972 — Clinton Frank, Yale 1973 — Duffy Daugherty, Syracuse/Michigan State 1974 — Jake Gaither, Knoxville College/Florida A&M 1975 — Pete Dawkins, Army 1976 — Edward Krause, Notre Dame 1977 — Frederick Dunlap, Colgate 1978 — Floyd Little, Syracuse 1979 — Jack Kemp, Occidental 1980 — Gale Sayers, Kansas 1981 — Otto Graham, Northwestern 1982 — Merlin Olsen, Utah State 1983 — Roger Staubach, Navy 1984 — Don Shula, John Carroll 1985 — Rocky Bleier, Notre Dame 1986 — Willie Davis, Grambling 1987 — Levi Jackson, Yale 1988 — Andy Robustelli, Arnold 1989 — Paul Brown, Miami (Ohio) 1990 — Nick Buoniconti, Notre Dame 1991 — Mel Blount, Southern 1992 — Bob Griese, Purdue 1993 — Warren Moon, Washington 1994 — Dick Anderson, Colorado 1995 — Reggie Williams, Dartmouth 1996 — Lynn Swann, Southern California 1997 — Calvin Hill, Yale 1998 — Lou Holtz, Kent State University 1999 — Gil Brandt, Dallas Cowboys 2000 — Howie Long, Villanova 2001 — Mike Singletary, Baylor 2002 — Jim Kelly, Miami (Florida) 2003 — Ozzie Newsome, Alabama 2004 — Anthony Muñoz, Southern California 2005 — Dwight Stephenson, Alabama 2006 — Mike Utley, Washington State 2007 — Dick Butkus, Illinois 2008 — Morten Andersen, Michigan State 2009 — John Elway, Stanford 2010 — Will Shields, Nebraska 2011 — Harry Carson, South Carolina State 2012 — Herm Edwards, San Diego State 2013 — Matt Millen, Penn State 2014 — Jerome Bettis, Notre Dame 2015 — Fred Biletnikoff, Florida State and Joe Andruzzi, Southern Connecticut State University 2016 — Warrick Dunn, Florida State 2017 — Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech 2018 — Mike Golic, Notre Dame 2019 — Curtis Martin, Pitt 2021 — Drew Pearson, Tulsa 2022 — Tony Boselli, Southern California 2023 – Bruce Matthews, Southern California