No.
Typically only offensive players that handle the ball (quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers) are considered for the award, despite all positions being eligible. Only one player that was primarily a defensive player has won: Charles Woodson in 1997 from Michigan, a corner back.
The full list of winners:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Heisman_Trophy_winners
The 2009 heisman trophy was presented to Mark Ingram of Alabama.
He was never a Heisman finalists.
Cam Newton
Joey Harrington
In 1973. He was the only player out of Penn State to win the Heisman. His father, Gino Cappelletti was a kicker for Boston in the NFL.
No.
No player from the Vanderbuilt Commodores has ever won a Heisman Trophy.
Not yet.
Nobody from Purdue has ever one a Heisman Trophy, but they have had many nominees.
Steve Haushka
Yes, in 1971.
That man was Jim Plunkett, in 1970.