According to www.heisman.com, there have been only five winners of the Heisman Trophy whose primary position was not running back or QB:
1) 1936 - Larry Kelley, Yale, End
2) 1949 - Leon Hart, Notre Dame, End
3) 1987 - Tim Brown, Notre Dame, Wide Receiver
4) 1991 - Desmond Howard, Michigan, Wide Receiver
5) 1997 - Charles Woodson, Michigan, Cornerback
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I just did what you suggested, and I am more confused now.
In addition to the players you have listed above, Doc Blanchard ('45), Alan Ameche ('54), & Steve Owens ('69) are listed as FB, which I assume means fullback.
I then looked up 'fullback' in Ask.com, and found that the fullback position is not often recognized as a running back any longer.
In recent years the position has evolved to be more a blocker than a runner, with occasional pass-catching duties. The remaining prominent fullbacks in the http://www.answers.com/topic/national-football-league are typically employed for breaking through tight defensive alignments, often in short-yardage situations. As a result, fullbacks are typically less known for speed and agility than for muscularity and the ability to avoid being tackled by knocking down defenders.
Taking all this into consideration then....there would be a total of eight players on the above list....7 offensive, and 1 defensive!...Go figure!
Some of the more recent winners:
1) 2004 - Jason White, Oklahoma
2) 2002 - Eric Crouch, Nebraska
3) 1995 - Charlie Ward, Florida State
White and Crouch were in training camps but did not make the final roster. Ward went on to have a 12 season career in the NBA, primarily with the New York Knicks.
Doak Walker and Roger Staubach
Barry Sanders ... won the Heisman in 1988 and the NFL MVP in 1997.
Charles woodson
It has no monetary award, but it usually translates to a higher signing bonus when the player is drafted into the NFL.
Charlie Ward, Florida State, 1993
Paul Hornung, O.J. Simpson, Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, and Barry Sanders have each won the Heisman Trophy and an NFL MVP award.
Patrick Joseph Sullivan, born January 18, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 playing quarterback for the Auburn Tigers and then played in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.
I believe there have been four winners since the NFL-AFL merger. Barry Sanders was the last to win both. He won the Heisman in 1988 and shared the NFL MVP with Brett Favre in 1997. Marcus Allen won the Heisman in 1981 and the MVP in 1985. Earl Campbell won the Heisman in 1977 and the MVP in 1979. Finally, OJ Simpson won the Heisman in 1967 and the NFL MVP in 1973. Don't forget Paul Hornung -- the first to do it.
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.
Sims, who won the Heisman Trophy as a junior at Oklahoma in 1978, was a running back for the Detroit Lions from 1980 to 1984.
The Downtown Athletic Club of New York City created the award and presented it first in 1935. The award, in 1935, was known as the 'DAC Trophy'. It was renamed 'Heisman Trophy' for John Heisman, the DAC's first athletic director, when Heisman passed away in 1936.
Paul Hornung, Tony Dorsett, Roger Staubach and Marcus Allen