Heisman Winners Last 10 Years List

Heisman Winners since 2000 are Tim Tebow, Eric Crouch, Jason White, and Matt Leinart. Johnny Manziel was the first freshman to win in 2012.

LSU Joe Burrow broke voting records in 2019 after obtaining first-place votes of 90.7%. This was the first time a victory was achieved with a huge margin. Jalen Hurts was a second-place finalist who was left in the dust by 1,846 points.

The youngest person to win the award is Lamar Jackson at 19. While Jackson is the youngest to cinch the trophy, Chris Weinke is the oldest at age 28. FSU has only had three victors.

After Charlie Ward bagged the prize in 1993, Weinke was the FSU’s second Heisman winner in 2000. He became the seventh athlete to have his jersey retired in 2021.

However, the Seminole remembered as one of the greatest FSU products is QB Jameis Winston. Winston was the first redshirt freshman to win a Heisman and a national title in the same season. 

Other records worth mentioning are:

• Baker Mayfield became the first former walk-on player in 2017 to receive the reward.
• Tim Tebow was the first Sophomore to secure the honor in 2007.

Heisman trophy winners by school are 7 for four colleges and three for six universities. Only 11 colleges have won the Heisman Trophy.

Six colleges with three wins are Auburn, Army, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, and Nebraska.

Five schools have had back-to-back winners. It would have been six had USC not been forced to forfeit 14 wins from the game Reggie Bush played in during the 2004-05 season. 

The feat was first accomplished by Yale in 1936 and 1937, followed by Army in 1945 and 1946. The recent back-to-back win was in 2020 and 2021 by Alabama.

Back-to-back winners are:

Yale – 1936 and 1937
Army – 1945 and 1946
Ohio State – 1974 and 1975
USC – 2004 and 2005
Oklahoma  – 2017 and 2018
Alabama – 2020 and 2021

Alabama Heisman Winners List 

University of Alabama Heisman trophy winners are Mark Ingram Jr., Derrick Henry, Devonta Smith, and Bryce Young. It won its first trophy in 2009.

Alabama ranks fifth with a total of four trophies. 

• RB Mark Ingram Jr – 2009
• RB Derrick Henry – 2015
• WR Devonta Smith – 2020
• QB Bryce Young – 2021

Ohio State Heisman Winners

Heisman trophy winners from Ohio State are Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Howard Cassady. Its only back-to-back win was won by same player.

• Les Horvath – 1944
• Vic Janowicz – 1950
• Howard Cassady – 1955
• Archie Griffin – 1974  and 1975
• Eddie George – 1995
• Troy Smith – 2006

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Heisman winners comprise names Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, and Jason White. It won its last trophy in 2018.

• Billy Vessels – 1952
• Steve Owens – 1969
• Billy Sims – 1978
• Jason White – 2003
• Sam Bradford – 2008
• Baker Mayfield – 2017
• Kyler Murray – 2018

Oklahoma had two consecutive wins in 2017 and 2018 won by quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray. Mayfield was selected first overall in the 2018 NFL draft by Cleveland Browns and Murray was selected first overall in 2019 by Arizona Cardinals.

USC

USC Heisman winners list includes seven names after excluding 2005 winner Reggie Bush. Mike Garrett was the first champion of the school.

• Mike Garrett – 1965
• O. J. Simpson – 1968
• Charles White – 1979
• Marcus Allen – 1981
• Carson Palmer – 2002
• Matt Leinart – 2004
• Reggie Bush – 2005 (vacated due to NCAA violations)
• Caleb Williams – 2022

Notre Dame

Notre Dame Heisman winners are John Huarte, John Lujack, Leon Hart, and John Lattner. It has not won since Tim Brown took the award in 1987.

• Angelo Bertelli – 1943
• John Lujack – 1947
• Leon Hart – 1949
• John Lattner – 1953
• Paul Hornung – 1956
• John Huarte – 1964
• Tim Brown – 1987

School with most Heisman winners is a four-way tie among Ohio State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Southern California with seven trophies.

Top colleges that have churned out candidates in the top four of the voting list but have not once won the Heisman are Clemson, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Michigan State, and Purdue among others.

Colleges that have not won Heisman but were in the top four finalists:

• Arkansas – 2006 and 2007
• Arizona State – 1996
• Boise State – 2010
• California – 1948 and 1954
• Clemson – 2015, 2016, and 2020
• Georgia Tech – 1942, 1963, and 1999
• Hawaii – 2007
• Illinois – 1959, 1964, and 1965
• Iowa State – 1996
• Kansas – 1973
• Kansas State – 1998, 2012
• Kentucky – 1950, 1951, 1957 and 1998
• Maryland – 1952 and 1953
• Michigan State – 155, 1957, 1985, 1987, 1963
• Ole Miss – 1947, 1960, 1969, 2970 and 2003
• Tennessee – 1951, 1956, 1993 and 1997
• Virginia – 1990
• Virginia Tech – 1999
• Washington State – 1997

Since 1935, only Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin has won Heisman twice.