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The following Heisman Trophy winners are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 1948 - Doak Walker
1956 - Paul Hornung
1963 - Roger Staubach
1968 - O.J. Simpson
1976 - Tony Dorsett
1977 - Earl Campbell
1981 - Marcus Allen
1988 - Barry Sanders
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Ezra1) Roger Staubach - Heisman winner in 1963, member of the Cowboys that won Super Bowls VI and XII, voted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.
2) Tony Dorsett - Heisman winner in 1976, member of the Cowboys that won Super Bowl XII, voted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.
3) Marcus Allen - Heisman winner in 1981, member of the Raiders that won Super Bowl XVIII, voted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. Paul Hornung was the Heisman winner in 1956, a member of the Packers that won Super Bowl I although he did not play in the game, and voted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.
Three Heisman Trophy winners were both No. 1 overall selections in the National Football League college draft and inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
The first player to accomplish the feat was running back O.J. Simpson, who won the 1968 Heisman Trophy at the University of Southern California. He was the first overall selection of the 1969 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills, and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
The second person to do it was running back Paul Hornung, the 1956 Heisman winner from Notre Dame. He was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1957 draft by the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
The last person to pull off the trifecta was Earl Campbell, who won the 1977 Heisman Trophy while playing for the University of Texas. He was the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Houston Oilers in 1978. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
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