344 carries & 3248 yards
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Sanders scored 39 touchdowns in his Heisman Trophy season of 1988. Sanders scored 39 touchdowns in his Heisman Trophy season of 1988.
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Barry Sanders ... won the Heisman in 1988 and the NFL MVP in 1997.
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Paul Hornung, O.J. Simpson, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders have each won the Heisman Trophy and an NFL MVP award.
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Barry Sanders, a running back for Oklahoma State University, was the winner of the 1988 Heisman Trophy. Sanders went on to a Hall of Fame career in the NFL playing 10 years with the Detroit Lions and finishing his career third in NFL all time rushing yardage with 15,269.
Billy Vessels was the first player from the University of Oklahoma to win the Hesiman Trophy.
In terms of winning consecutive Heisman Trophies, or even winning the award multiple times, 2012 Heisman recipient QB Johny Manziel is currently capable of matching Barry Sander's feat.
That was O.J. Simpson (1968 Heisman winner) and Roger Staubach (1963 Heisman winner) who were both elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. Since then, six other Heisman winners have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame ... Paul Hornung, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders. For the upcoming 2010 elections to the Hall, Tim Brown is the only Heisman winner on the list of electees.
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