List of Heisman Trophy winners

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 PlayStation Theater in Times Square, Manhattan.

Heisman Trophy
Given forThe 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.
LocationPlayStation Theater,
Times Square, Manhattan
Presented byDowntown Athletic Club (1937–2001)
Yale Club (2002–2003)
The Heisman Trust (2004–current)
History
First awardDecember 9, 1935 to Jay Berwanger
Most recentJoe Burrow,
Louisiana State University
Websitehttp://www.heisman.com/

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; the first player from the western United States was selected in 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][11] 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 venue now known as PlayStation Theater, also in Times Square.[12] The move to the PlayStation 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.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

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 Trophy winners
Heisman Winners
Year Image Name School Position Points % of points possible[16] Class
1935
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 Jay Berwanger* Chicago HB 84 43.08% Senior
1936
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 Larry Kelley Yale End 219 36.41% Senior
1937
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 Clint Frank Yale HB 524 32.89% Senior
1938 Davey O'Brien TCU QB 519 29.62% Senior
1939 Nile Kinnick Iowa HB/QB 651 31.00% Senior
1940 Tom Harmon* Michigan HB 1,303 54.29% Senior
1941
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 Bruce Smith Minnesota HB 554 49.99% Senior
1942 Frank Sinkwich* Georgia HB 1,059 56.15% Senior
1943
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 Angelo Bertelli* Notre Dame QB 648 64.80% Senior
1944
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 Les Horvath Ohio State HB/QB 412 18.31% Senior
1945 Doc Blanchard Army FB 860 33.81% Junior
1946 Glenn Davis Army HB 792 79.20% Senior
1947 Johnny Lujack Notre Dame QB 742 74.20% Senior
1948 Doak Walker† SMU HB 778 28.56% Junior
1949
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 Leon Hart* Notre Dame End 995 36.53% Senior
1950
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 Vic Janowicz Ohio State HB/P 633 22.03% Junior
1951 Dick Kazmaier Princeton HB 1,777 60.01% Senior
1952 Billy Vessels Oklahoma HB 525 14.32% Senior
1953 Johnny Lattner Notre Dame HB 1,850 49.14% Senior
1954 Alan Ameche Wisconsin FB 1,068 27.01% Senior
1955 Howard Cassady Ohio State HB 2,219 55.87% Senior
1956 Paul Hornung‡ Notre Dame QB 1,066 26.96% Senior
1957 John David Crow Texas A&M HB 1,183 31.12% Senior
1958 Pete Dawkins Army HB 1,394 39.01% Senior
1959 Billy Cannon* LSU HB 1,929 53.72% Senior
1960 Joe Bellino Navy HB 1,793 52.89% Senior
1961 Ernie Davis* Syracuse HB/LB/FB 824 25.18% Senior
1962
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 Terry Baker* Oregon State QB 707 21.25% Senior
1963 Roger Staubach† Navy QB 1,860 55.21% Junior
1964
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 John Huarte Notre Dame QB 1,026 30.98% Senior
1965 Mike Garrett USC HB 926 26.61% Senior
1966 Steve Spurrier Florida QB 1,679 48.25% Senior
1967
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 Gary Beban UCLA QB 1,968 63.50% Senior
1968 O. J. Simpson‡ USC HB 2,853 80.64% Senior
1969
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 Steve Owens Oklahoma FB 1,488 40.92% Senior
1970 Jim Plunkett* Stanford QB 2,229 58.78% Senior
1971
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 Pat Sullivan Auburn QB 1,597 42.25% Senior
1972
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 Johnny Rodgers Nebraska WR/RB 1,310 38.75% Senior
1973 John Cappelletti Penn State RB 1,057 32.78% Senior
1974 Archie Griffin Ohio State RB 1,920 59.53% Junior
1975 1,800 57.64% Senior
1976 Tony Dorsett† Pittsburgh RB 2,357 74.97% Senior
1977 Earl Campbell‡ Texas RB 1,547 49.11% Senior
1978 Billy Sims* Oklahoma RB 827 26.25% Junior
1979
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 Charles White USC RB 1,695 53.81% Senior
1980 George Rogers* South Carolina RB 1,128 35.81% Senior
1981 Marcus Allen† USC RB 1,797 57.05% Senior
1982 Herschel Walker Georgia RB 1,926 61.14% Junior
1983 Mike Rozier Nebraska RB 1,801 57.17% Senior
1984 Doug Flutie Boston College QB 2,240 71.11% Senior
1985 Bo Jackson* Auburn RB 1,509 47.90% Senior
1986 Vinny Testaverde* Miami QB 2,213 70.25% Senior
1987 Tim Brown† Notre Dame WR 1,442 45.78% Senior
1988 Barry Sanders† Oklahoma State RB 1,878 68.27% Junior
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB 1,073 38.96% Junior
1990 Ty Detmer BYU QB 1,482 53.87% Junior
1991 Desmond Howard Michigan WR/PR 2,077 75.50% Junior
1992 Gino Torretta Miami QB 1,400 50.84% Senior
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB 2,310 83.79% Senior
1994
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 Rashaan Salaam Colorado RB 1,743 63.15% Junior
1995 Eddie George Ohio State RB 1,460 52.84% Senior
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB 1,363 49.38% Senior
1997 Charles Woodson Michigan CB/PR 1,815 65.69% Junior
1998 Ricky Williams Texas RB 2,355 85.23% Senior
1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin RB 2,042 73.83% Senior
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB 1,628 58.86% Senior
2001
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 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB 770 27.75% Senior
2002 Carson Palmer* USC QB 1,328 48.01% Senior
2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB 1,481 53.54% Senior
2004 Matt Leinart USC QB 1,325 47.85% Junior
2005
(vacated)
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 Reggie Bush USC RB 2,541 91.77% Junior
2006 Troy Smith Ohio State QB 2,540 91.63% Senior
2007 Tim Tebow Florida QB 1,957 70.52% Sophomore
2008 Sam Bradford* Oklahoma QB 1,726 62.13% Sophomore
2009 Mark Ingram Jr. Alabama RB 1,304 46.99% Sophomore
2010 Cam Newton* Auburn QB 2,263 81.55% Junior
2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor QB 1,687 60.66% Junior
2012 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M QB 2,029 72.88% Freshman
2013 Jameis Winston* Florida State QB 2,205 79.12% Freshman
2014 Marcus Mariota Oregon QB 2,534 90.92% Junior
2015 Derrick Henry Alabama RB 1,832 65.73% Junior
2016 Lamar Jackson Louisville QB 2,144 79.50% Sophomore
2017 Baker Mayfield* Oklahoma QB 2,398 86.00% Senior
2018 Kyler Murray* Oklahoma QB 2,167 77.75% Junior
2019 Joe Burrow* LSU QB 2,608 93.80% Senior

Trophies won by school

This is a list of the colleges and universities who have had a player win a Heisman trophy: Ohio State, Oklahoma, 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 40 different schools have won a Heisman Trophy, while 18 schools have more than one trophy.

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