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Gold Helmet winners
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| Year | Name | School | Pos. |
| 2025 | Elian Oliva | Northfield | LB/S |
| College: Air Force | |||
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| 2024 | Marcus Mozer | Fossil Ridge | WR |
| College: San Diego State | |||
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| 2023 | Josh Snyder | Columbine | RB/DB |
| College: Colorado School of Mines | |||
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| 2022 | Brayden Dorman | Vista Ridge | QB |
| College: Arizona | |||
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| 2021 | Gavin Sawchuk | Valor Christian | RB |
| College: Oklahoma | |||
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| 2020 | Alexisius “Q” Jones Jr. | Fountain-Fort Carson | RB |
| College: Dartmouth | |||
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| 2019 | Andrew Gentry | Columbine | OL |
| College: Virginia/Michigan | |||
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| 2018 | Barrett Miller | Eaglecrest | OT |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 2017 | Max Borghi | Pomona | RB |
| College: Washington State | |||
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| 2016 | Valor Christian | QB | |
| College: Michigan | |||
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| 2015 | Fairview | OLB | |
| College: Michigan | |||
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| 2014 | Cherry Creek | S | |
| College: Princeton | |||
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| 2013 | Valor Christian | RB | |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 2012 | Eaglecrest | S | |
| College: Wyoming | |||
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| 2011 | Grand Junction | QB | |
| College: Colorado Mesa | |||
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| 2010 | Pueblo West | TE-LB | |
| College: Air Force Academy, Denver, Colorado | |||
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| 2009 | Limon | QB | |
| College: Colorado School of Mines | |||
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| 2008 | Rocky Mountain | QB | |
| College: Nebraska | |||
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| 2007 | Douglas County | DB | |
| College: Boise State | |||
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| 2006 | Alamosa | QB | |
| College: Colorado School of Mines | |||
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| 2005 | Douglas County | OL | |
| College: Northern Colorado | |||
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| 2004 | Arapahoe | OL-DL | |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 2003 | Loveland | OL-DL | |
| College: USC | |||
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| 2002 | Arvada West | LB | |
| College: Cornell | |||
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| 2001 | Limon | WR | |
| College: Harvard | |||
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| 2000 | Woodland Park | WR-DB | |
| College: Princeton | |||
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| 1999 | Thomas Jefferson | RB | |
| College: Colorado, Colorado State | |||
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| 1998 | Thomas Jefferson | OL-DL | |
| College: Texas, Northern Colorado | |||
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| 1997 | Arvada West | SS | |
| College: Brown | |||
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| 1996 | Overland | OL-DL | |
| College: Air Force Academy | |||
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| 1995 | Golden | WR | |
| College: Air Force Academy | |||
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| 1994 | Bear Creek | OL | |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1993 | Mullen | QB | |
| College: Miami | |||
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| 1992 | Broomfield | OL-DL | |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1991 | J.F. Kennedy | DE | |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1990 | Manitou Springs | Back | |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 1989 | Fort Morgan | Back | |
| College: Iowa | |||
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| 1988 | Doug Musgrave | Grand Junction | Back |
| College: Oregon | |||
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| 1987 | Jerry Dunn | Mullen | Back |
| College: Colorado State | |||
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| 1986 | Lance French | Green Mountain | Back |
| College: Yale, Colorado | |||
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| 1985 | Bill Musgrave | Grand Junction | Back |
| College: Oregon | |||
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| 1984 | Maurice Frilot | Montbello | Guard |
| College: Harvard | |||
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| 1983 | David Gaines | Wasson | Center |
| College: Air Force Academy | |||
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| 1982 | Eric McCarty | Boulder | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1981 | Steve Markstrom | Rocky Mountain | Tackle |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1980 | Griff Wirth | Wheat Ridge | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1979 | Alvin Rubalcaba | Grand Junction | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1978 | Ellis Wood | Centaurus | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1977 | Tony Federico | Northglenn | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1976 | Greg Jaeger | Ranum | Back |
| College: Dartmouth | |||
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| 1975 | Mike Edwards | J.F. Kennedy | End |
| College: Colorado State | |||
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| 1974 | Pete Cyphers | Grand Junction | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1973 | Randy Strandberg | Arvada West | End |
| College: Colorado State | |||
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| 1972 | Tom Tesone | Cherry Creek | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1971 | Dave Logan | Wheat Ridge | End |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1970 | Doug Quimby | Grand Junction | Back |
| College: Harvard | |||
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| 1969 | Joe Duenas | La Junta | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1968 | Mike Boryla | Regis | Back |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 1967 | Paul Arendt | Thomas Jefferson | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1966 | Wheat Ridge | Back | |
| College: Texas | |||
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| 1965 | Bobby Anderson | Boulder | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1964 | Aurora Central | Back | |
| College: BYU | |||
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| 1963 | Lakewood | Tackle | |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1962 | Jim Blaschke | Denver East | Back |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 1961 | Tom Elliott | Lakewood | Back |
| College: Stanford | |||
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| 1960 | Gordon Rowley | Arvada | End |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1959 | Ted Somerville | Greeley | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1958 | Kent Hutcheson | Denver South | Back |
| College: Wheaton | |||
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| 1957 | Joe Romig | Lakewood | Back |
| College: Colorado | |||
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| 1956 | Kay McFarland | Englewood | End |
| College: Colorado State | |||
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| 1955 | Bob Erickson | Denver East | Guard-LB |
| College: Northwestern | |||
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| 1954 | Charles Inagaki | Denver North | Guard |
| College: Denver | |||
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| 1953 | Eloy Mares | Annunciation | Back |
| College: Denver | |||
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| 1952 | Ray Carlsen | Denver East | Back |
| College: Yale | |||
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| 1951 | Bill Faddis | Regis | Back |
| College: USC | |||
Updates may be provided to Joe Nguyen, digital sports strategist, jnguyen@denverpost.com
