Winners of The Times’ high school football player-of-the-year award, named after 1946 Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis from Army, who died in 2005. He starred at La Verne Bonita, leading the Bearcats to a 39-6 win over Newport Harbor in the 1942 Southern Section final by scoring five touchdowns:

‘07 Matt Barkley, Mater Dei

QB

‘06 Aaron Corp, Orange Lutheran

QB

‘05 Toby Gerhart, Norco

RB

‘04 DeSean Jackson, Long Beach Poly

WR/DB

‘03 Brigham Harwell, Los Altos

DL/FB

‘02 Whitney Lewis, St. Bonaventure

WR

‘01 Hershel Dennis, Long Beach Poly

RB

‘00 Tyler Ebell, Ventura

RB

‘99 Matt Grootegoed, Mater Dei

RB/LB

‘98 Chris Lewis, Long Beach Poly

QB

‘97 DeShaun Foster, Tustin

RB/DB

‘96 Antoine Harris, Loyola

TE/DE

‘95 Chris Claiborne, Riverside North

LB/RB

‘94 Daylon McCutcheon, Bishop Amat

RB/DB

‘93 Glenn Thompkins, Eisenhower

QB

‘92 Travis Kirschke, Esperanza

DL

‘91 Billy Blanton, Mater Dei

QB

‘90 John Walsh, Carson

QB

‘89 Kevin Copeland, Dorsey

WR

‘88 Derek Brown, Servite

RB

‘87 Russell White, Crespi

RB