The Boyd Epley Lifter of the Year is an award given annually to Husker player in recognition of his dedication, work ethic and commitment in the weight room.
All-Time Lifters of the Year
1974 - Rik Bonness, C
1975 - Rik Bonness, C
1976 - Rod Horn, DT
1977 - Lawrence Cooley, OG
I.M. Hipp, IB
1978 - Kelvin Clark, OT
1979 - Bill Barnett, DT
John Havekost, OG
1980 - Russell Gary, DB
1981 - Dave Rimington, C
1982 - Mitch Krenk, TE
1983 - Mike Tranmer, MG
1984 - Jeff Smith, IB
1985 - Jim Skow, DT
1986 - Danny Noonan, MG
Chris Spachman, DT
1987 - Neil Smith, DT
1988 - Andy Keeler, OG
1989 - Mike Murray, MG
1990 - Curtis Cotton, SS
1991 - Mike Anderson, LB
1992 - John Parrella, DT
1993 - Cory Schlesinger, FB
Donta Jones, OLB
1994 - Donta Jones, OLB
1995 - Mark Gilman, TE
1996 - Jared Tomich, RE
1997 - Dan Alexander, IB
1998 - Chad Kelsay, RE
1999 - Kyle Vanden Bosch, RE
2000 - Kyle Vanden Bosch, RE
2001 - Jon Dawson, OG
2002 - Demoine Adams, RE
2003 - Trevor Johnson, RE
2004 - Adam Carriker, DE
2005 - Seppo Evwaraye, OL
2006 - Brandon Rigoni, DB
2007 - Ty Steinkuhler, DT
2008 - Matt Slauson, OG
Ndamukong Suh, DT
2009 - Jared Crick, DT
2010 - Rex Burkhead, IB
2011 - Rex Burkhead, IB
Lavonte David, LB
2012 - Ameer Abdullah, IB
Justin Jackson, C
2013 - Ameer Abdullah, IB
2014 - Jack Gangwish, DE
2015 - Andy Janovich, FB
2016 - Luke McNitt, FB
2017 - Carlos Davis, DL
2018 - Devine Ozigbo, RB
2019 - Cam Taylor-Britt, DB
2021 - Cam Jurgens, C
Travis Vokolek, TE