The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year
Winner: Danny Wuerffel, Florida, Quarterback (1363 points)
Two-time All-American fullback Bob Ferguson of Ohio State finished second in the 1961 Heisman balloting in one of the closest races ever. Syracuse running back Ernie Davis won the award 824 to 771, edging Ferguson by 53 votes. Davis became the first African-American athlete to win the Heisman Trophy.
Tulsa wide receiver Howard Twilley finished second to USC running back Mike Garrett in the 1965 Heisman Trophy voting.
No. Young finished second in the voting to Nebraska RB Mike Rozier in 1983.
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.
David Palmer, who in 1993 finished 3rd in the voting.
Rodgers did not win the Heisman trophy while playing for California (UC Berkeley).He finished with 67 votes, a very distant 9th. Where is Jason White today? Matt Lienart?PLAYERYR.SCHOOLPOS.1st2nd3rdTOTALMatt LienartJr.USCQB2672111021,325Adrian PetersonFr.OklahomaRB154180175997Jason WhiteSr.OklahomaQB171149146957Alex SmithSr.UtahQB98112117635Reggie BushSo.USCTB1188083597Cedric BensonSr.TexasRB124169187Jason CampbellSr.AuburnQB212451162J. J. ArringtonSr.CaliforniaRB103319115Aaron RodgersJr.CaliforniaQB8141567Braylon EdwardsSr.MichiganWR3132762
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.
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.
Carson Palmer, quarterback for the University of Southern California, won the Heisman Trophy the year Brad Banks came in second.
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.
Votes are cast for the Heisman Trophy winner after the regular season of college football is over and before the Bowl Games.
He started at quarterback for Ole Miss as a sophomore in 1968. As a junior in 1969, he finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting. As a senior in 1970, he finished third in the Heisman voting, despite being sidelined for part of the season with a broken arm.
No. He finished 3rd in the voting in his senior year.