List of Heisman Trophy winners

Heisman Trophy
Awarded for	The outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work.
Location	PlayStation Theater, Times Square, Manhattan
Presented by	Downtown Athletic Club (1937–2001) Yale Club (2002–2003) The Heisman Trust (2004–current)
First awarded	December 9, 1935 to Jay Berwanger
Currently held by	Derrick Henry, Alabama
Official website	http://www.heisman.com/

The Heisman Trophy, one of the highest individual awards in American college football, has been awarded 81 times since its creation in 1935, including 79 unique winners and one two-time winner. The trophy is given annually to the most outstanding college football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and is awarded by the Heisman Trust, successors of the awards from the Downtown Athletic Club at an annual ceremony at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, Manhattan.

In 1935, the award, then known as the DAC Trophy, was created by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club to recognize the best college football player "east of the Mississippi River".^[1] In that inaugural year, the award went to Jay Berwanger from the University of Chicago. Berwanger was later drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League but declined to sign for them. He never played professional football for any team, instead choosing to pursue a career in business.^[2] In 1936, the club's athletic director, football pioneer John Heisman, died and the trophy was renamed in his honor. Larry Kelley, the second winner of the award, was the first to win it as the "Heisman Trophy".^[3] In addition to the name change, the award also became a nationwide achievement. With the new name, players west of the Mississippi became eligible, though the first player from the western United States was not selected until 1938.^[1] Only one player, Ohio State's Archie Griffin, has won the award twice.^[4]

On June 10, 2010, following several years of investigation, the NCAA announced that USC running back Reggie Bush, the 2005 Heisman trophy winner, received gifts from agents while still in college. The university received major sanctions,^[5][6] and there were reports that the Heisman Trophy Trust would strip his award.^[7] In September of that year, Bush voluntarily forfeited his title as the 2005 winner. The Heisman Trust decided to leave the award vacated with no new winner to be announced.^[8]

Between 1936 and 2001, the award was given at an annual gala ceremony at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City. The Downtown Athletic Club's facilities were damaged during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Due to financial difficulties stemming from the damage, the DAC declared bankruptcy in 2002, turning over its building to creditors. Following the club's bankruptcy and the loss of the original Downtown Athletic Club building,^[9] the Yale Club of New York City assumed presenting honors in 2002 and 2003.^[10] The ceremony was moved to the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square for the 2002, 2003, and 2004 presentations, but since 2005, the event has been held at the Best Buy Theater, also in Times Square.^[11] The move to the Best Buy Theater allowed the Downtown Athletic Club (and ultimately, the award's successor, The Heisman Trust) to resume full control of the event—the most prominent example of which was the return of the official portraits of past winners—despite the loss of the original presentation hall.^[12]

In terms of balloting, the fifty states of the U.S. are split into six regions (Far West, Mid Atlantic, Mid West, North East, South, South West), and six regional representatives are selected to appoint voters in their states.^[13] Each region has 145 media votes, for a total of 870 votes. In addition, all previous Heisman winners may vote, and one final vote is counted through public balloting. The Heisman ballots contain a 3-2-1 point system, in which each ballot ranks the voter's top three players and awards them three points for a first-place vote, two points for a second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The points are tabulated, and the player with the highest total of points across all ballots wins the Heisman Trophy.^[14]

Key

*	First overall draft pick in the NFL Draft
†	Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
‡	First overall draft pick and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

List of Heisman winners

Heisman Winners

Year	Image	Name	School	Position	Points	% of Points Possible[15]	Class
1935		Berwanger, JayJay Berwanger*	Chicago	Halfback	84	43.08%	Senior
1936		Kelley, LarryLarry Kelley	Yale	End	219	36.41%	Senior
1937		Frank, ClintClint Frank	Yale	Halfback	524	32.89%	Senior
1938		O'Brien, DaveyDavey O'Brien	TCU	Quarterback	519	29.62%	Senior
1939		Kinnick, NileNile Kinnick	Iowa	Halfback/Quarterback	651	31.00%	Senior
1940		Harmon, TomTom Harmon*	Michigan	Halfback	1,303	54.29%	Senior
1941		Smith, BruceBruce Smith	Minnesota	Halfback	554	49.99%	Senior
1942	—	Sinkwich, FrankFrank Sinkwich*	Georgia	Halfback	1,059	99.69%	Senior
1943		Bertelli, AngeloAngelo Bertelli*	Notre Dame	Quarterback	648	64.80%	Senior
1944		Horvath, LesLes Horvath	Ohio State	Quarterback/Halfback	412	18.31%	Senior
1945		Blanchard, DocDoc Blanchard	Army	Fullback	860	33.81%	Junior
1946		Davis, GlennGlenn Davis	Army	Halfback	792	79.20%	Senior
1947		Lujack, JohnnyJohnny Lujack	Notre Dame	Quarterback	742	74.20%	Senior
1948		Walker, DoakDoak Walker†	SMU	Halfback	778	28.56%	Junior
1949		Hart, LeonLeon Hart*	Notre Dame	End	995	36.53%	Senior
1950		Janowicz, VicVic Janowicz	Ohio State	Halfback/Punter	633	22.03%	Junior
1951	—	Kazmaier, DickDick Kazmaier	Princeton	Halfback	1,777	60.01%	Senior
1952		Vessels, BillyBilly Vessels	Oklahoma	Halfback	525	14.32%	Senior
1953		Lattner, JohnnyJohnny Lattner	Notre Dame	Halfback	1,850	49.14%	Senior
1954		Ameche, AlanAlan Ameche	Wisconsin	Fullback	1,068	27.01%	Senior
1955		Cassady, HowardHoward Cassady	Ohio State	Halfback	2,219	55.87%	Senior
1956	—	Hornung, PaulPaul Hornung‡	Notre Dame	Quarterback	1,066	26.96%	Senior
1957		Crow, John DavidJohn David Crow	Texas A&M	Halfback	1,183	31.12%	Senior
1958		Dawkins, PetePete Dawkins	Army	Halfback	1,394	39.01%	Senior
1959		Cannon, BillyBilly Cannon*	LSU	Halfback	1,929	53.72%	Senior
1960	—	Bellino, JoeJoe Bellino	Navy	Halfback	1,793	52.89%	Senior
1961		Davis, ErnieErnie Davis*	Syracuse	Halfback/Linebacker/Fullback	824	25.18%	Senior
1962	—	Baker, TerryTerry Baker*	Oregon State	Quarterback	707	21.25%	Senior
1963		Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach†	Navy	Quarterback	1,860	55.21%	Junior
1964		Huarte, JohnJohn Huarte	Notre Dame	Quarterback	1,026	30.98%	Senior
1965		Garrett, MikeMike Garrett	USC	Halfback	926	26.61%	Senior
1966		Spurrier, SteveSteve Spurrier	Florida	Quarterback	1,679	48.25%	Senior
1967	—	Beban, GaryGary Beban	UCLA	Quarterback	1,968	63.50%	Senior
1968		Simpson, O. J.O. J. Simpson‡	USC	Halfback	2,853	80.64%	Senior
1969	—	Owens, SteveSteve Owens	Oklahoma	Fullback	1,488	40.92%	Senior
1970		Plunkett, JimJim Plunkett*	Stanford	Quarterback	2,229	58.78%	Senior
1971	—	Sullivan, PatPat Sullivan	Auburn	Quarterback	1,597	42.25%	Senior
1972	—	Rodgers, JohnnyJohnny Rodgers	Nebraska	Wide Receiver/Running back	1,310	38.75%	Senior
1973	—	Cappelletti, JohnJohn Cappelletti	Penn State	Running back	1,057	32.78%	Senior
1974		Griffin, ArchieArchie Griffin	Ohio State	Running back	1,920	59.53%	Junior
1975		Griffin, ArchieArchie Griffin	Ohio State	Running back	1,800	57.64%	Senior
1976		Dorsett, TonyTony Dorsett†	Pittsburgh	Running back	2,357	74.97%	Senior
1977		Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell‡	Texas	Running back	1,547	49.11%	Senior
1978		Sims, BillyBilly Sims*	Oklahoma	Running back	1,896	26.25%	Junior
1979	—	White, CharlesCharles White	USC	Running back	1,695	53.81%	Senior
1980	—	Rogers, GeorgeGeorge Rogers*	South Carolina	Running back	1,128	35.81%	Senior
1981		Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen†	USC	Running back	1,797	57.05%	Senior
1982		Walker, HerschelHerschel Walker	Georgia	Running back	1,926	61.14%	Junior
1983	—	Rozier, MikeMike Rozier	Nebraska	Running back	1,801	57.17%	Senior
1984		Flutie, DougDoug Flutie	Boston College	Quarterback	2,240	71.11%	Senior
1985		Jackson, BoBo Jackson*	Auburn	Running back	1,509	47.90%	Senior
1986		Testaverde, VinnyVinny Testaverde*	Miami	Quarterback	2,213	70.25%	Senior
1987		Brown, TimTim Brown†	Notre Dame	Wide receiver	1,442	45.78%	Senior
1988		Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders†	Oklahoma State	Running back	1,878	68.27%	Junior
1989		Ware, AndreAndre Ware	Houston	Quarterback	1,073	38.96%	Junior
1990		Detmer, TyTy Detmer	BYU	Quarterback	1,482	53.87%	Junior
1991		Howard, DesmondDesmond Howard	Michigan	Wide receiver/Punt returner	2,077	75.50%	Junior
1992		Torretta, GinoGino Torretta	Miami	Quarterback	1,400	50.84%	Senior
1993		Ward, CharlieCharlie Ward	Florida State	Quarterback	2,310	83.79%	Senior
1994	—	Salaam, RashaanRashaan Salaam	Colorado	Running back	1,743	63.15%	Junior
1995		George, EddieEddie George	Ohio State	Running back	1,460	52.84%	Senior
1996		Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel	Florida	Quarterback	1,363	49.38%	Senior
1997		Woodson, CharlesCharles Woodson	Michigan	Cornerback/Punt returner	1,815	65.69%	Junior
1998		Williams, RickyRicky Williams	Texas	Running back	2,355	85.23%	Senior
1999		Dayne, RonRon Dayne	Wisconsin	Running back	2,042	73.83%	Senior
2000		Weinke, ChrisChris Weinke	Florida State	Quarterback	1,628	58.86%	Senior
2001	—	Crouch, EricEric Crouch	Nebraska	Quarterback	770	27.75%	Senior
2002		Palmer, CarsonCarson Palmer*	USC	Quarterback	1,328	48.01%	Senior
2003		White, JasonJason White	Oklahoma	Quarterback	1,481	53.54%	Junior
2004		Leinart, MattMatt Leinart	USC	Quarterback	1,325	47.85%	Junior
2005 (vacated)		Reggie Bush	USC	Running Back	2,541	91.77%	Junior
2006		Smith, TroyTroy Smith	Ohio State	Quarterback	2,540	91.63%	Senior
2007		Tebow, TimTim Tebow	Florida	Quarterback	1,957	70.52%	Sophomore
2008		Bradford, SamSam Bradford*	Oklahoma	Quarterback	1,726	62.13%	Sophomore
2009		Ingram, Jr., MarkMark Ingram, Jr.	Alabama	Running back	1,304	46.99%	Sophomore
2010		Newton, CamCam Newton*	Auburn	Quarterback	2,263	81.55%	Junior
2011		Griffin III, RobertRobert Griffin III	Baylor	Quarterback	1,687	60.66%	Junior
2012		Manziel, JohnnyJohnny Manziel	Texas A&M	Quarterback	2,029	72.88%	Freshman
2013		Winston, JameisJameis Winston*	Florida State	Quarterback	2,205	79.12%	Freshman
2014		Mariota, MarcusMarcus Mariota	Oregon	Quarterback	2,534	90.92%	Junior
2015		Henry, DerrickDerrick Henry	Alabama	Running back	1,832	65.73%	Junior

Trophies won by school

This is a list of the colleges and universities who have had a player win a Heisman trophy: Ohio State and Notre Dame are tied for the most trophies at 7 each (USC's 2005 award having been voluntarily forfeited). Ohio State has the distinction of the only two time winner, Archie Griffin, leaving their total players to have won the trophy at six. In total, players from 39 different schools have won a Heisman Trophy, while 18 schools have more than one trophy.

School	Trophies held
Notre Dame	7
Ohio State	7
USC	6^†
Oklahoma	5
Army	3
Auburn	3
Florida	3
Florida State	3
Michigan	3
Nebraska	3
Alabama	2
Georgia	2
Miami	2
Navy	2
Texas	2
Texas A&M	2
Wisconsin	2
Yale	2
Baylor	1
BYU	1
Boston College	1
Colorado	1
Chicago	1
Houston	1
Iowa	1
LSU	1
Minnesota	1
Oklahoma State	1
Oregon	1
Oregon State	1
Penn State	1
Pittsburgh	1
Princeton	1
South Carolina	1
SMU	1
Stanford	1
Syracuse	1
TCU	1
UCLA	1

^† In 2010, Reggie Bush voluntarily forfeited his title as the 2005 winner.

References

1. Lighten up. (Heisman Trophy) Mark Purdy, The Sporting News, encyclopedia.com. December 5, 1994. Accessed March 8, 2008. (Site defunct prior to 9/10) Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Jay Berwanger, first winner of the Heisman Trophy, 1914–2002 Julia Morse, University of Chicago News Office. Chicago, Illinois. June 27, 2002. Accessed March 7, 2008.
3. "The Heisman Trophy". heisman.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
4. Archie Griffin Heisman.com. Accessed December 23, 2012.
5. USC punished with two-year football posteason ban. ESPN, 2010-06-11.
6. "NCAA infraction report" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-20.
7. "news: Heisman Trust leader denies decision to revoke Bush's trophy". NFL. September 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
8. "Reggie Bush's Heisman to stay vacated". ESPN. September 16, 2010. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012.
9. New York landmark's closing leaves Heisman homeless Wayne Drehs, ESPN.com. July 22, 2004. Accessed March 8, 2008.
10. 9-11 Forces Heisman to Move to Yale Club Christopher Hunt, New York Daily News. June 26, 2002. Accessed March 8, 2008.
11. "Downtown Athletic Club". nyc-architecture.com. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
12. Bush runs away with Heisman Trophy Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com. December 10, 2005. Accessed March 8, 2008.
13. Expanded Heisman Trophy Voting Results MSNBC.com. Accessed March 8, 2008.
14. "Heisman Trophy Balloting". heisman.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
15. Chisholm, Kari. "A plea to sportswriters for statistical accuracy". Stiff Arm Trophy. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

External links

• Heisman Trophy official website