The nominees are announced later this morning
Yes
Teams do not win the Heisman trophy; it's an individual award. You can, however, find a list of all the players who have won the award, along with the teams they were playing for at the time, on the Heisman trophy website.
Tom Harmon, Heisman trophy winner and All-American out of the University of Michigan.
No. The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually to the best college player in the nation. But the Bills have had two Heisman winners on their all-time roster: running back O.J. Simpson (1969-1977) and quarterback Doug Flutie (1998-2000).
Tom Harmon, Heisman trophy winner and All-American out of the University of Michigan.
You have to be a great all-around student-athlete on and off the field. The off the field part doesn't really matter, though. Basically, it goes to the best player in all of college football. There are a certain number of Heisman voters who determine who wins the trophy.
Auburn University has produced three Heisman Trophy winners. Pat Sullivan (1971), Bo Jackson (1985), and Cam Newton (2010).
There have been 6 players who played for Ohio State and won the Heisman Trophy. They were Les Horvath (1944), Vic Janowicz (1950), Howard Cassady (1955), Archie Griffin (1974 & 1975), Eddie George (1995), and Troy Smith (2006). Archie Griffin is the only player to ever win the Heisman Trophy twice.
Three: Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow (all quarterbacks)
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.
Oklahoma Sooner Billy Sims was both an All-American and Big Eight Player of the Year in 1978 and 1979.