Votes are cast for the Heisman Trophy winner after the regular season of College Football is over and before the Bowl Games.
No.Johnny Majors attended the University of Tennessee and did not win the Heisman. He was second in the Heisman voting in 1956, losing out to Paul Hornung of Notre Dame by only 72 voting points.
John Elway
No. Sims won the Heisman as a junior in 1978. The following year he finished second in the Heisman voting behind Charles White of USC.
No. He finished 3rd in the voting in his senior year.
No. He was 4th in the Heisman voting in 1969 and 3rd in 1970.
David Palmer, who in 1993 finished 3rd in the voting.
Tebow received the most 1st place votes (309 to winner Sam Bradford's 300) and 3rd place votes (234) in the 2008 Heisman Trophy voting.
Tulsa wide receiver Howard Twilley finished second to USC running back Mike Garrett in the 1965 Heisman Trophy voting.
Jim Brown (Syracuse University) finished 5th in the Heisman voting in 1956 behind winner Paul Hornung of Notre Dame, second place Johnny Majors of Tennessee, third place Tommy McDonald of Oklahoma, and fourth place Jerry Tubbs of Oklahoma.
Baylor University has never had a Heisman Trophy winner. The best showing a Baylor player has had in the Heisman voting was quarterback Don Trull's fourth-place finish in 1963, the year Roger Staubach won it while at Naval Academy.
No. Young finished second in the voting to Nebraska RB Mike Rozier in 1983.
As a junior, the sensational Ole Miss quarterback finished fourth in the Heisman voting behind 1969 winner Steve Owens of Oklahoma. In his senior year, Manning finished a distant third to 1970 Heisman winner Jim Plunkett of Stanford.