BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1935 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19351201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19361201 DESCRIPTION:John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19\, 1914 – June 26\, 2002) was an American college football player. In 1935\, Berwanger was the firs t recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy\, renamed the Heisman Tro phy the following year. At its inception\, the award was given to "the mos t valuable player east of the Mississippi." In 1936\, Berwanger became th e first player drafted into the National Football League in its inaugural 1936 NFL draft\, although he did not play professionally due to a salary d ispute.\n\n1935 Heisman Trophy · Chicago · HB/LB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Jay_Berwanger SUMMARY:Jay Berwanger · Chicago END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1936 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19361201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19371201 DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Morgan Kelley (May 30\, 1915 – June 27\, 2000) was a n American football end who played for the Yale Bulldogs football program from 1934 to 1936. He was the captain of the 1936 Yale Bulldogs football t eam that compiled a 7–1 record and was ranked No. 12 in the final AP Pol l. He was selected as a unanimous first-team All-American and won the Heis man Trophy as the best player in college football.\n\nKelley rejected offe rs to play professional football\, baseball\, and basketball and instead b ecame a high school teacher and coach. He was inducted into the College Fo otball Hall of Fame in 1969. In 1999\, he sold his Heisman Trophy at aucti on for $328\,110. He died by suicide six months later at the age of 85.\n\ n1936 Heisman Trophy · Yale · E\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_K elley SUMMARY:Larry Kelley · Yale END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1937 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19371201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19381201 DESCRIPTION:Clinton E. Frank (September 13\, 1915 – July 7\, 1992) was an American football player and advertising executive. He played as a halfba ck for the Yale Bulldogs\, where he won both the Heisman Trophy and the Ma xwell Award in 1937. In 1954\, he founded the Clinton E. Frank\, Inc. adve rtising agency.\n\n1937 Heisman Trophy · Yale · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Clint_Frank SUMMARY:Clint Frank · Yale END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1938 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19381201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19391201 DESCRIPTION:Robert David O'Brien (June 22\, 1917 – November 18\, 1977) wa s an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the Na tional Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for two seasons. He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs\, where he won the He isman Trophy and the Maxwell Award in 1938\, the first quarterback to win either. He was the fourth overall pick of the 1939 NFL draft. O'Brien was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.\n\nSince 1981\, t he Davey O'Brien Award is given annually to the best quarterback in colleg e football.\n\n1938 Heisman Trophy · TCU · QB/DB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien SUMMARY:Davey O'Brien · TCU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1939 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19391201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19401201 DESCRIPTION:Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. (July 9\, 1918 – June 2\, 1943) was a n American naval aviator\, law student\, and college football player for t he Iowa Hawkeyes. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-A merican. He died during a training flight while serving as a United States Navy aviator in World War II. Kinnick was inducted into the College Footb all Hall of Fame in 1951\, and the University of Iowa renamed its football stadium Kinnick Stadium in his honor in 1972.\n\n1939 Heisman Trophy · I owa · HB/QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Kinnick SUMMARY:Nile Kinnick · Iowa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1940 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19401201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19411201 DESCRIPTION:Thomas Dudley Harmon (September 28\, 1919 – March 15\, 1990)\ , nicknamed "Old 98"\, was an American football player\, military pilot\, actor\, and sports broadcaster.\n\nHarmon played college football as a hal fback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. He led the nation in scoring and was a consensus All-America in both 1939 and 1940 and won the Heisman Trophy\, the Maxwell Award\, and the AP Athlete of the Year award in 1940. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.\n \nDuring World War II\, Harmon served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forc es. In April 1943\, he was the sole survivor of the crash of a bomber he p iloted in South America en route to North Africa. Six months later\, while flying a P-38 Lightning\, he was shot down in a dogfight with Japanese Ze ros near Jiujiang in China.\n\nAfter the war\, Harmon played two seasons o f professional football for the Los Angeles Rams and had the longest run f rom scrimmage during the 1946 NFL season. He later pursued a career in spo rts broadcasting and was the play-by-play announcer for the first televise d Rose Bowl in the late 1940s and worked for CBS from 1950 to 1962. He lat er hosted a 10-minute daily sports show on the ABC radio network in the 19 60s and worked as the sports anchor on the KTLA nightly news from 1958 to 1964. He also handled play-by-play responsibility on broadcasts of the UCL A Bruins football games in the 1960s and 1970s.\n\n1940 Heisman Trophy · Michigan · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon SUMMARY:Tom Harmon · Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1941 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19411201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19421201 DESCRIPTION:Bruce Phillip Smith (February 8\, 1920 – August 28\, 1967)\, nicknamed "Boo"\, was an American professional football halfback. He playe d college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers\, where he won the Hei sman Trophy in 1941.\n\n1941 Heisman Trophy · Minnesota · HB\n\nhttps:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith_%28halfback%29 SUMMARY:Bruce Smith · Minnesota END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1942 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19421201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19431201 DESCRIPTION:Frank Francis Sinkwich Sr. (October 10\, 1920 – October 22\, 1990) was a Croatian American football player and coach. He won the Heisma n Trophy in 1942 while playing for the Georgia Bulldogs\, making him the f irst recipient from the Southeastern Conference. In the course of a brief but celebrated career in professional football\, Sinkwich was selected for the National Football League Most Valuable Player Award. He coached the E rie (PA) Vets semi-professional football team in 1949. Sinkwich was induc ted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.\n\n1942 Heisman Trophy · Georgia · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich SUMMARY:Frank Sinkwich · Georgia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1943 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19431201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19441201 DESCRIPTION:Angelo Bortolo Bertelli (June 18\, 1921 – June 26\, 1999) wa s an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Not re Dame Fighting Irish\, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1943. He playe d professionally in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).\n\n1943 He isman Trophy · Notre Dame · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_B ertelli SUMMARY:Angelo Bertelli · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1944 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19441201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19451201 DESCRIPTION:Leslie Horvath (October 12\, 1921 – November 14\, 1995) was a n American football player. A quarterback\, he won the Heisman Trophy whil e playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 1944. Horvath was the first Ohio State player to win the Heisman\, an award given to the best college footb all player in the United States. The school retired his jersey number 22 i n October 2000.\n\nHorvath grew up in Parma\, Ohio\, a suburb of Cleveland and became a standout high school athlete despite his small stature. He e ntered Ohio State in 1939 on a work scholarship\, but tried out for and ma de the football team the following year. He played as a reserve halfback o n the 1942 team coached by Paul Brown that won Ohio State's first-ever nat ional championship. Horvath graduated that year and moved to Ohio State's dental school. In 1944\, however\, acting Ohio State football coach Carrol l Widdoes asked Horvath to rejoin the team\, taking advantage of a World W ar II-era rule allowing graduate students with remaining eligibility to pl ay. Horvath agreed\, and helped lead the Buckeyes to a 9–0 record and a second-place showing in the AP poll. He won the Heisman and was named an A ll-American at the end of the season.\n\nHorvath graduated from dental sch ool in 1945 and served as a dental officer in the U.S. Navy for two years. Following his discharge\, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams in 1947 and 1948 before being released and signi ng with the Cleveland Browns in |1949. The Browns won the All-America Foot ball Conference (AAFC) championship that year. Horvath retired from playin g in 1950 and moved to Los Angeles to practice dentistry\, and lived there for the rest of his life. Horvath was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977.\n\ n1944 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · HB/QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Les_Horvath SUMMARY:Les Horvath · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1945 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19451201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19461201 DESCRIPTION:Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (December 11\, 1924 – April 19\ , 2009) was an American football player and serviceman who became the firs t junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award\, and was the first f ootball player to win the James E. Sullivan Award\, all in 1945. He played football for the Army Cadets\, where he was known as "Mr. Inside".\n\nBec ause his father was a physician\, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Do c" as a boy. After football\, he was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force \, and served from 1947 until 1971\, when he retired with the rank of colo nel.\n\n1945 Heisman Trophy · Army · FB/LB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Doc_Blanchard SUMMARY:Doc Blanchard · Army END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1946 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19461201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19471201 DESCRIPTION:Glenn Woodward Davis (December 26\, 1924 – March 9\, 2005) wa s an American football player who was a halfback. He won the Heisman Troph y in 1946 while playing college football for the Army Cadets. Known as "Mr . Outside"\, he played for Army from 1943 to 1946\, receiving the Maxwell Award in 1944 and All-America honors three consecutive years from 1944 to 1946. The Cadets compiled a 27–0–1 record during Davis's three years a s a varsity player and won the national championship each year. After comp leting his military service\, Davis also played professionally for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1950 and 1951.\n\n1 946 Heisman Trophy · Army · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Da vis_%28halfback%29 SUMMARY:Glenn Davis · Army END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1947 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19471201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19481201 DESCRIPTION:John Christopher Lujack Jr. (\; January 4\, 1925 – July 25\, 2023) was an American football player who was a quarterback and safety. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish\, winning the H eisman Trophy in 1947. He was also a unanimous All-American in both 1946 a nd 1947\, leading the team to national championships both years. He later played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the National Football Leagu e (NFL) from 1948 to 1951\, receiving first-team All-Pro honors in 1950.\n \n1947 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · QB/DB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Johnny_Lujack SUMMARY:Johnny Lujack · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1948 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19481201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19491201 DESCRIPTION:Ewell Doak Walker II (January 1\, 1927 – September 27\, 1998) was an American football player who was a halfback and kicker. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs\, winning the Maxwell Award in 1947 and the Heisman Trophy in 1948. He then played professionally for the Detr oit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1950 to 1955. Walker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959 and the Pro Fo otball Hall of Fame in 1986. The Doak Walker Award\, awarded annually sinc e 1990 to the top running back in college football\, is named after him.\n \n1948 Heisman Trophy · SMU · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_W alker SUMMARY:Doak Walker · SMU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1949 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19491201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19501201 DESCRIPTION:Leon Joseph Hart (November 2\, 1928 – September 24\, 2002) wa s an American football player. He played college football for the Notre Da me Fighting Irish\, winning the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award in 1949. He also received All-American honors in three consecutive years from 1947 to 1949. In his four years at Notre Dame\, he helped the team to a 36–0 –2 record with national championships in 1946\, 1947\, and 1949. He also played professional football for eight seasons\, from 1950 to 1957\, with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).\n\nHart is the o nly lineman to win three college football national championships and three NFL championships. He is the most recent of only two linemen ever to win the Heisman Trophy. Also\, he is one of five players\, along with Angelo B ertelli\, Cam Newton\, Joe Burrow and Fernando Mendoza to win the Heisman Trophy\, a national championship\, and be the first overall pick in the NF L draft all in the same one-year span.\n\nHart was a pioneer for NFL playe r benefits\, risking his pro career and initiating union talks targeting s upport for a reasonable standard of living for all players during the 1954 season\, well before the eventual formulation of the NFLPA. He also spear headed an initiative for the inclusion of players who retired prior to the 1959 season in the NFL pension plan.\n\n1949 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · E\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Hart SUMMARY:Leon Hart · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1950 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19501201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19511201 DESCRIPTION:Victor Felix "Crash" Janowicz (February 26\, 1930 – February 27\, 1996) was an American football halfback and baseball catcher whose pr omising National Football League (NFL) career was cut short by a serious a utomobile accident in southern California. In 1950\, he was awarded the He isman Trophy and selected as the UPI College Football Player of the Year w hile a member of the Ohio State Buckeyes team. He went on to become the fi rst Heisman Trophy winner to play major league baseball\, a feat that Aubu rn Tigers halfback Bo Jackson duplicated 35 years later. \n\nJanowicz was selected in the seventh round of the 1952 NFL draft and played professiona lly for the Washington Redskins in the 1954 and 1955 seasons. He was one o f the few athletes in the post-World War II era to play in both the NFL an d Major League Baseball\, where he spent two seasons (1953-54) as a catche r and third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Janowicz was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976. \n\nAt 5-foot-9\, 187 pounds\, Janowicz played bigger than his somewhat modest size on the gridiron. The fan favorite was known to run over defenders if he couldn't run around th em\, a bruising style that prompted local supporters and media to call him "Crash" before long.\n\n1950 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · HB/P\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Janowicz SUMMARY:Vic Janowicz · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1951 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19511201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19521201 DESCRIPTION:Richard William Kazmaier Jr. (November 23\, 1930 – August 1\, 2013) was an American businessman and naval lieutenant. He played college football as a halfback for the Princeton Tigers from 1949 through 1951 an d was the winner of the 1951 Heisman Trophy\, the Maxwell Award\, and the AP Male Athlete of the Year.\n\n1951 Heisman Trophy · Princeton · HB\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier SUMMARY:Dick Kazmaier · Princeton END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1952 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19521201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19531201 DESCRIPTION:Billy Dale Vessels (March 22\, 1931 – November 17\, 2001) was an American football player at the halfback position. He played college f ootball for the Oklahoma Sooners\, winning a national championship in 1950 and being awarded the Heisman Trophy in 1952.\n\nDespite being drafted in the first round of the 1953 draft (second pick overall) by the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL)\, Vessels signed with the Edmo nton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU)\, playin g one season there and winning the inaugural award for the most outstandin g player in Canada.\n\nVessels lost the next two years to military service \, playing on the service team at Fort Sill\, Oklahoma\, before joining th e Colts for the 1956 campaign\, his only NFL season. Unhappy being relegat ed to a reserve role under head coach Weeb Ewbank\, Vessels retired after the 1956 season to take up the construction business in Coral Gables\, Flo rida.\n\n1952 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Vessels SUMMARY:Billy Vessels · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1953 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19531201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19541201 DESCRIPTION:John Joseph Lattner (October 24\, 1932 – February 12\, 2016) was an American football player who was a halfback. He played college foot ball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 195 3 and the Maxwell Award in both 1952 and 1953. He also played professional ly in the National Football League (NFL) for one season with the Pittsburg h Steelers in 1954.\n\n1953 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · HB\n\nhttps:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lattner SUMMARY:Johnny Lattner · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1954 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19541201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19551201 DESCRIPTION:Alan Ameche (\; June 1\, 1933 – August 8\, 1988)\, nicknamed "the Iron Horse"\, or simply "the Horse"\, was an American professional fo otball player who was a fullback for six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1 954. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in t he league. He is often remembered for scoring the winning touchdown in ove rtime in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants\, labe led "The Greatest Game Ever Played".\n\nWith colleague and former Colts te ammate Gino Marchetti\, Ameche founded the Gino's Hamburgers chain. He als o founded the Baltimore-based Ameche's Drive-in restaurants.\n\n1954 Heism an Trophy · Wisconsin · FB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ameche SUMMARY:Alan Ameche · Wisconsin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1955 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19551201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19561201 DESCRIPTION:Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady (March 2\, 1934 – September 20\, 2019) was an American professional football halfback and split end wh o played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes\, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1955. Ca ssady played in the NFL for eight seasons\, seven of them for the Detroit Lions\, with whom he won the 1957 NFL Championship Game. He was inducted i nto the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.\n\n1955 Heisman Trophy · O hio State · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Cassady SUMMARY:Howard Cassady · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1956 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19561201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19571201 DESCRIPTION:Paul Vernon Hornung (December 23\, 1935 – November 13\, 2020) \, nicknamed "the Golden Boy"\, was an American professional football half back and kicker who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Footb all League (NFL) from 1957 to 1966 (except the 1963 NFL season\, for which he was suspended after a scandal involving gambling and associating with gamblers).\n\nHe played on teams that won four NFL titles and the first Su per Bowl. He is the first Heisman Trophy winner to win the NFL Most Valuab le Player award and to be inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Packers coach Vince Lombardi stated th at Hornung was "the greatest player I ever coached".\n\nHornung was a half back\, quarterback\, and kicker. He was an all-around college athlete at t he University of Notre Dame\, where he played basketball in addition to fo otball.\n\n1956 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Paul_Hornung SUMMARY:Paul Hornung · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1957 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19571201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19581201 DESCRIPTION:John David Crow Sr. (July 8\, 1935 – June 17\, 2015) was an A merican professional football player\, coach\, and college athletics admin istrator. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1957 as a halfback playing for the Texas A&M Aggies. After college\, he played in the National Football Leagu e (NFL) for the Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers from 1958 to 1968.\n\nAfter his playing career\, Crow became an assistant football coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the Universit y of Alabama\, serving under coach Bear Bryant from 1969 to 1971 He moved to the NFL as an assistant with the Cleveland Browns in 1972\, and then th e San Diego Chargers in 1974. In December 1975\, Crow was hired as head fo otball coach and athletic director at Northeast Louisiana University—now the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He coached the football team for f ive seasons\, from 1976 to 1980\, compiling a record of 20–34–1. He re mained as athletic director until 1981. Crow returned to his alma mater\, Texas A&M\, in 1983 as an assistant athletic director. He was promoted to athletic director in 1988 and served in that capacity until 1993.\n\nCrow was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1976. A street on the campus of Texas A&M University adjacent to Kyle Field is na med after him.\n\nIn 2009 Erle and Alice Nye commissioned a twice life siz e bronze statue of Crow\, and donated the $250\,000 monument to Texas A&M University\, sculpted by Steven Whyte.\n\n1957 Heisman Trophy · Texas A&M · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_David_Crow SUMMARY:John David Crow · Texas A&M END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1958 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19581201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19591201 DESCRIPTION:Peter Miller Dawkins (born March 8\, 1938) is an American busin ess executive and former college football player\, hockey player\, militar y officer\, and political candidate. Dawkins attended the United States M ilitary Academy\, where he played as a halfback for the Army Cadets footba ll team from 1956 to 1958. As a senior in 1958 he won the Heisman Trophy\, the Maxwell Award\, and was named as a consensus All-American. After grad uating from the Military Academy in 1959\, he studied at the University o f Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Dawkins served as an officer in the United S tates Army until he retired in 1983 with the rank of brigadier general. He received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement pr esented by Awards Council member and Supreme Allied Commander Europe\, Gen eral Bernard W. Rogers\, USA in 1983. He was a Republican candidate for Un ited States Senate in 1988. Dawkins has held executive positions with Lehm an Brothers\, Bain & Company\, Primerica\, and Citigroup.\n\nHe is the onl y person in history to have held the titles of Brigade Commander\, Footbal l Team Captain\, Class President\, Star Man (top 5% of the class)\, Heisma n Trophy winner\, Oxford University Rugby Blue and Rhodes Scholar. He is o ften regarded as the most decorated cadet in the history of the United Sta tes Military Academy.\n\nFollowing Johnny Lujack's death on July 25\, 2023 \, Dawkins is the oldest surviving winner of the Heisman Trophy. He is the lone survivor among the first 27 recipients (1935–1961).\n\n1958 Heisma n Trophy · Army · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Dawkins SUMMARY:Pete Dawkins · Army END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1959 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19591201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19601201 DESCRIPTION:Billy Abb Cannon Sr. (August 2\, 1937 – May 20\, 2018) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and tight end in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He attended Louisiana State University (LSU)\, where he played college footb all as a halfback\, return specialist\, and safety for the LSU Tigers. At LSU\, Cannon was twice named a unanimous All-American\, helped the 1958 LS U team win a national championship\, and received the Heisman Trophy as th e nation's most outstanding college player in 1959. His punt return agains t Ole Miss on Halloween night in 1959 is considered by fans and sportswrit ers to be one of the most famous plays in LSU sports history.\n\nCannon wa s selected as the first overall pick in the 1960 NFL draft and as a first- round territorial pick in the 1960 American Football League draft\, result ing in a contract dispute that ended in court. Cannon played in the AFL fo r the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders before ending his football career with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. He began his professional career as a halfback for the Oilers. A twice AFL All-Star\, Cannon led the league in rushing and all-purpose yards in the 1961 season. He was named the mos t valuable player of the first two AFL championship games\, which were won by the Oilers. He was moved to fullback and later tight end after being t raded to the Raiders\, with whom he won another league championship in 196 7. That season\, he played in the second AFL–NFL World Championship game \, retroactively known as Super Bowl II\, in which his team was defeated b y the Green Bay Packers.\n\nCannon became a dentist after retiring from fo otball. In 1983\, after a series of bad real estate investments\, he becam e involved in a counterfeiting scheme and served two and a half years in p rison. In 1995\, he was hired as a dentist at Louisiana State Penitentiary \, a position he held until his death in 2018. His jersey number 20 was re tired by LSU football in 1960\, and he was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975\, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1976\, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.\n\n1959 Heisman Trophy · LSU · H B\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Cannon SUMMARY:Billy Cannon · LSU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1960 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19601201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19611201 DESCRIPTION:Joseph Michael Bellino (March 13\, 1938 – March 27\, 2019) wa s an American professional football player who was a halfback in the Ameri can Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots. He played college footb all for the Navy Midshipmen\, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1960. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.\n\n1960 Heis man Trophy · Navy · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bellino SUMMARY:Joe Bellino · Navy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1961 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19611201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19621201 DESCRIPTION:Ernest R. Davis (December 14\, 1939 – May 18\, 1963) was an A merican college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orange men and won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first black rec ipient. Davis was selected first overall by the Washington Redskins in the 1962 NFL draft but was almost immediately traded to the Cleveland Browns. He was diagnosed with leukemia that same year\, and died shortly after at age 23 without ever playing in a professional game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979 and was the subject of the 2008 film The Express: The Ernie Davis Story.\n\n1961 Heisman Trophy · Syracus e · HB/LB/FB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Davis SUMMARY:Ernie Davis · Syracuse END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1962 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19621201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19631201 DESCRIPTION:Terry Wayne Baker (born May 5\, 1941) is an American former pro fessional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football L eague (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college footbal l and basketball at Oregon State University\, where he was a member and pr esident of Phi Delta Theta. Baker played for the Oregon State Beavers foo tball team from 1960 to 1962\, winning the Heisman Trophy as a senior. In the spring of his senior year\, he led the basketball team to the 1963 Fin al Four. To date\, he is the only athlete to win a Heisman Trophy and play in the Final Four.\n\nBaker was the first overall pick in the 1963 NFL dr aft and played with the Los Angeles Rams from 1963 to 1965. He then played for one season in the CFL with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1967. Baker was in ducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982 and the National Hig h School Hall of Fame in 2006.\n\n1962 Heisman Trophy · Oregon State · Q B\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Baker SUMMARY:Terry Baker · Oregon State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1963 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19631201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19641201 DESCRIPTION:Roger Thomas Staubach (\, -\; STAW-bahk\, -back\; born February 5\, 1942)\, nicknamed "Roger the Dodger"\, "Captain America"\, and "Capta in Comeback"\, is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Dall as Cowboys. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy\, where he played college f ootball for the Navy Midshipmen and won the 1963 Heisman Trophy. After gra duation\, he served in the U.S. Navy\, including a tour of duty in Vietnam .\n\nStaubach joined the Dallas Cowboys in 1969\, becoming the team's seco nd major franchise quarterback after the retirement of Don Meredith in 196 8. Staubach played with the Cowboys during his entire career. He led the t eam to the Super Bowl five times\, four as the starting quarterback. He le d the Cowboys to victories in Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII. Staubach w as named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI\, becoming the first of fou r players to win both the Heisman Trophy and Super Bowl MVP\, along with J im Plunkett\, Marcus Allen\, and Desmond Howard. He was named to the Pro B owl six times during his 11-year NFL career. Staubach is one of ten player s to both win the Heisman Trophy and be elected to the Pro Football Hall o f Fame\, and the only quarterback.\n\nUpon his retirement Staubach founded The Staubach Group\, a commercial real estate firm that he later sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for $613 million in 2008. He then became executive chai rman of the Americas region of Jones Lang LaSalle until his retirement in 2018. That same year\, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom.\n\n196 3 Heisman Trophy · Navy · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stau bach SUMMARY:Roger Staubach · Navy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1964 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19641201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19651201 DESCRIPTION:John Gregory Huarte ( HYOO-ərt)\; born April 6\, 1944) is an A merican former professional football player who was a quarterback with sev eral teams in the American Football League (AFL)\, National Football Leagu e (NFL)\, and World Football League (WFL) between 1965 and 1975. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish\, winning the 1964 Hei sman Trophy. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 200 5.\n\n1964 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/John_Huarte SUMMARY:John Huarte · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1965 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19651201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19661201 DESCRIPTION:Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12\, 1944) is an American f ormer professional football player who was a running back for eight season s in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. He played college foo tball for the USC Trojans\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1965.\n\nFrom 19 93 until 2010 he served as the athletic director at the University of Sout hern California (USC). Then\, he became the athletic director at Californi a State University\, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in 2015.\n\n1965 Heisman T rophy · USC · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Garrett SUMMARY:Mike Garrett · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1966 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19661201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19671201 DESCRIPTION:Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20\, 1945) is an American reti red football coach and player\, who is also commonly referred to by his ni cknames\, the Head Ball Coach or the ol' Ball Coach. Spurrier was a colleg e football quarterback with the Florida Gators\, where he won the 1966 Hei sman Trophy. The San Francisco 49ers selected him in the first round of th e 1967 NFL draft\, and he spent a decade playing in the National Football League (NFL) mainly as a backup quarterback and punter. He was inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986.\n\nSpurrier went into coaching in 1978 and spent five years as a college assistant for the Florida Gators\, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets\, and the Duke Blue Devi ls where he began to develop his innovative offensive system while serving as the Blue Devils offensive coordinator in the early 1980s. He was hired to his first head coaching job by the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United Sta tes Football League (USFL) in 1983 and led the team to two playoff appeara nces in three seasons before the league folded. Spurrier returned to the c ollege ranks in 1987\, serving as the head football coach at Duke (three s easons)\, Florida (12 seasons)\, and South Carolina (10.5 seasons)\, amass ing 228 total wins and a 72% career winning percentage. Between his stints at Florida and South Carolina\, he led the Washington Redskins of the NFL for two seasons with less success. Spurrier retired from coaching in 2015 and became an ambassador and consultant for the University of Florida's a thletic department\, though he briefly returned to the sidelines to coach the Orlando Apollos of the short-lived Alliance of American Football in 20 19.\n\nSpurrier's teams were known for winning with aggressive and high-sc oring offenses\, and he became known for teasing and "needling" rivals bot h before and after beating them on the field. Spurrier's 1989 Duke squad w on the program's only Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship between 1963 and 2025. He is the winningest coach in both Florida and South Carol ina program history\, making him the only coach to hold the record for mos t wins at two different Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools\, and Florid a's streak of four consecutive SEC championships in the mid-1990s is the s econd-longest in conference history. When Florida quarterback Danny Wuerff el won the Heisman Trophy during the Gators' 1996 national championship se ason\, Spurrier became the only Heisman Trophy winner to coach another Hei sman Trophy winner. In 2017\, he was inducted into the College Football Ha ll of Fame as a coach\, making him one of four members to be honored for b oth his playing and coaching careers.\n\nIn recognition to his contributio ns to the university and its football program\, the University of Florida officially renamed the Gators home field "Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium" in 2016.\n\n1966 Heisman Trophy · Florida · QB \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier SUMMARY:Steve Spurrier · Florida END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1967 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19671201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19681201 DESCRIPTION:Gary Joseph Beban (born August 5\, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for two seasons with th e Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played col lege football for the UCLA Bruins\, winning both the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy in 1967. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.\n\n1967 Heisman Trophy · UCLA · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Gary_Beban SUMMARY:Gary Beban · UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1968 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19681201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19691201 DESCRIPTION:Orenthal James Simpson (July 9\, 1947 – April 10\, 2024)\, ni cknamed "the Juice"\, was an American football player\, actor\, and media personality. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 season s—nine with the Buffalo Bills—and is regarded as one of the greatest r unning backs of all time. His success is widely considered to be overshado wed by his two criminal charges for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman\, and the contentious criminal trial in which he was acquitted on both counts.\n\nSimpson played college football for the USC Trojans\, winning the 1968 Heisman Trophy as a senior. He was selected first overall by the Bills in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. With the Bi lls\, he received five consecutive Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selecti ons from 1972 to 1976. He led the league in rushing yards four times\, in rushing touchdowns twice\, and in points scored in 1975. Simpson became th e first NFL player to rush for more than 2\,000 yards in a season—earnin g him 1973's NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award—and he is the only pla yer to do so in a 14-game regular season. He also holds the record for the single-season yards-per-game average\, at 143.1.\n\nAfter retiring with t he San Francisco 49ers in 1979\, Simpson was inducted into the College Foo tball Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He acted in film and tel evision—notably\, in the Naked Gun film franchise—and was also a sport scaster for NBC and ABC\, and a celebrity spokesman for various brands lik e Hertz.\n\nBrown and Goldman were fatally stabbed at Brown's home in Los Angeles on June 12\, 1994. Simpson was issued an arrest warrant for the mu rders on June 17\, and within hours\, he and his friend Al Cowlings had go ne missing\, as Cowlings drove him away from public view in a white Ford B ronco. Authorities found the car\, and then chased it across L.A. County a s Simpson threatened suicide with a gun. Aerial telecopter footage of the chase was broadcast live to about 95 million concurrent viewers.\n\nSimpso n's murder trial from January to October 1995 was also televised\, and rec eived international publicity. It exacerbated racial divisions in the U.S. \; Simpson\, a black man\, was accused of killing two white people\, while his defense team claimed that the L.A. Police Department had tried to fra me him for the crime in an act of racist corruption. Simpson's acquittal w as viewed on television by approximately 100–150 million people. In 1997 \, he was found liable for the murders in a civil case brought by the vict ims' families\; he ultimately paid little of the resulting $33.5 million j udgment. A 2007 nonfiction book that Simpson co-authored detailed a hypoth etical scenario in which he committed both murders and then escaped punish ment\; he still claimed that in reality\, he was innocent.\n\nIn 2007\, Si mpson took part in an armed robbery of sports memorabilia in Las Vegas tha t involved kidnapping and assault. For this\, he was convicted in 2008\, a nd sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment\, with a minimum of nine years with out parole. He was incarcerated at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada until 2017\, when he was released on parole. He then lived in Florida and Nevada until his death in 2024 from cancer.\n\n1968 Heisman Trophy · USC · HB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson SUMMARY:O. J. Simpson · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1969 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19691201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19701201 DESCRIPTION:Loren Everett "Steve" Owens (born December 9\, 1947) is an Amer ican former professional football player who was a running back for five s easons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He pl ayed college football for the Oklahoma Sooners\, winning the Heisman Troph y and earning All-American honors in 1969. He was selected in the first ro und (19th overall) of the 1970 NFL draft by the Lions\, and became the fir st Lion to rush for over a 1\,000 yards in a season.\n\n1969 Heisman Troph y · Oklahoma · FB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Owens_%28Americ an_football%29 SUMMARY:Steve Owens · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1970 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19701201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19711201 DESCRIPTION:James William Plunkett (born December 5\, 1947) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Footba ll League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He achieved his greatest success during hi s final eight seasons with the Raiders franchise\, whom he led to two Supe r Bowl wins.\n\nHe played college football for the Stanford Indians\, wher e he won the Heisman Trophy in 1970. He was selected first overall by the New England Patriots in the 1971 NFL draft. His tenure with the Patriots w as productive\, but after an injury-shortened 1975 season he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers\, where he played in 1976 and 1977. Released from the 49ers after suffering further injuries\, Plunkett signed with the Oak land Raiders in 1978.\n\nInitially serving as a backup for the Raiders\, P lunkett became the starting quarterback during the 1980 season and led the m to win Super Bowl XV\, where he was named MVP. In 1983\, Plunkett again ascended from backup to starter to quarterback the relocated Los Angeles R aiders to victory in Super Bowl XVIII. He and Eli Manning are the only eli gible quarterbacks with two Super Bowl wins as a starter not to be inducte d into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the College Foo tball Hall of Fame in 1990.\n\n1970 Heisman Trophy · Stanford · QB\n\nht tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Plunkett SUMMARY:Jim Plunkett · Stanford END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1971 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19711201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19721201 DESCRIPTION:Patrick Joseph Sullivan (January 18\, 1950 – December 1\, 201 9) was an American professional football player and college coach. An All- America quarterback for the Auburn Tigers\, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1 971 and then played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan was a head football coach at Samford University\, a position he held from 2007 to 2014. He wa s previously the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) f rom 1992 to 1997 and the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabam a at Birmingham (UAB) from 1999 to 2006. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1991.\n\n1971 Heisman Trophy · Aubur n · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sullivan_%28American_football %29 SUMMARY:Pat Sullivan · Auburn END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1972 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19721201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19731201 DESCRIPTION:Johnny Steven Rodgers (born July 5\, 1951) is an American forme r professional football player. He played college football for the Nebras ka Cornhuskers and won the Heisman Trophy in 1972. Rodgers played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes and in the Nati onal Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers. He was inducted i nto the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.\n\n1972 Heisman Trophy · N ebraska · WR/RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Rodgers SUMMARY:Johnny Rodgers · Nebraska END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1973 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19731201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19741201 DESCRIPTION:John Raymond Cappelletti (born August 9\, 1952) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers.\n \nHe played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions\, winning th e Heisman Trophy in 1973. He was inducted into the College Football Hall o f Fame in 1993. Coach Joe Paterno said that Cappelletti was "the best foot ball player I ever coached" or words to that effect. Cappelletti's relatio nship with his younger brother Joey\, who was stricken with leukemia\, was chronicled into a book and television movie\, Something for Joey.\n\n1973 Heisman Trophy · Penn State · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_ Cappelletti SUMMARY:John Cappelletti · Penn State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1974 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19741201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19751201 DESCRIPTION:Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21\, 1954) is an American for mer professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He won the He isman Trophy twice between 1974 and 1975 during his college football with the Ohio State Buckeyes and is the only player to receive the award multip le times.\n\nAs a member of the Buckeyes\, Griffin set the NCAA records fo r rushing yards and consecutive games with 100 rushing yards while becomin g the first player to lead the Big Ten Conference in rushing for three con secutive years. Griffin also won four Big Ten Conference titles and was th e first player to start in four Rose Bowls. His additional accolades inclu de SN Athlete of the Year\, two consecutive Unanimous All-American selecti ons\, and two consecutive Big Ten Most Valuable Player awards.\n\nGriffin was selected in the first round in the 1976 NFL draft by the Bengals and w as a member of the team that made the franchise's Super Bowl debut in Supe r Bowl XVI. Following his seven seasons in Cincinnati\, he last played pro fessionally in 1985 for the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Footba ll League (USFL). He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.\n\n1974 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/Archie_Griffin SUMMARY:Archie Griffin · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1975 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19751201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19761201 DESCRIPTION:Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21\, 1954) is an American for mer professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He won the He isman Trophy twice between 1974 and 1975 during his college football with the Ohio State Buckeyes and is the only player to receive the award multip le times.\n\nAs a member of the Buckeyes\, Griffin set the NCAA records fo r rushing yards and consecutive games with 100 rushing yards while becomin g the first player to lead the Big Ten Conference in rushing for three con secutive years. Griffin also won four Big Ten Conference titles and was th e first player to start in four Rose Bowls. His additional accolades inclu de SN Athlete of the Year\, two consecutive Unanimous All-American selecti ons\, and two consecutive Big Ten Most Valuable Player awards.\n\nGriffin was selected in the first round in the 1976 NFL draft by the Bengals and w as a member of the team that made the franchise's Super Bowl debut in Supe r Bowl XVI. Following his seven seasons in Cincinnati\, he last played pro fessionally in 1985 for the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Footba ll League (USFL). He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.\n\n1975 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · RB\nHis second — the only player to win it twice.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Griffin SUMMARY:Archie Griffin · Ohio State (2nd) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1976 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19761201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19771201 DESCRIPTION:Anthony Drew Dorsett Sr. (born April 7\, 1954) is an American f ormer professional football running back who played in the National Footba ll League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos.\n\nRaised in we stern Pennsylvania\, Dorsett played college football for the Pittsburgh Pa nthers\, where he led the Panthers to the national championship as a senio r in the 1976 season and won the Heisman Trophy. He was the first-round\, second overall draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1977 NFL draft. D orsett was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and played for the team fo r 11 seasons until 1987. He won a Super Bowl in his rookie season over the Denver Broncos\, with whom he spent his final season before retiring due to injuries. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1994) and Co llege Football Hall of Fame (1994).\n\n1976 Heisman Trophy · Pittsburgh · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dorsett SUMMARY:Tony Dorsett · Pittsburgh END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1977 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19771201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19781201 DESCRIPTION:Earl Christian Campbell (born March 29\, 1955)\, nicknamed "the Tyler Rose"\, is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons\, p rimarily with the Houston Oilers. Known for his aggressive\, punishing run ning style\, and ability to break tackles\, Campbell gained recognition as one of the best power running backs in NFL history.\n\nCampbell played co llege football for the Texas Longhorns\, where he won the Heisman Trophy a nd earned unanimous All-American honors in his senior season\, as well as numerous other accolades. Campbell was selected first overall by the Oiler s in the 1978 NFL draft\, and had an immediate impact in the league\, earn ing NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Campbell was also named the NFL's Offen sive Player of the Year in each of his first three seasons\, during which he averaged nearly 1\,700 rushing yards per season. Campbell won the AP NF L Most Valuable Player Award in 1979 after leading the league in rushing y ards and touchdowns.\n\nWith head coach Bum Phillips\, Campbell's emergenc e in Houston coincided with the Luv Ya Blue era\, a period of sustained su ccess in which the Oilers made three straight playoff appearances. Campbel l became the centerpiece of Houston's offense during the late 1970s and ea rly 1980s. He was traded to the New Orleans Saints six games into the 1984 season\, where he spent his final season and a half before retiring. Camp bell was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame (1990) and P ro Football Hall of Fame (1991). In 2019\, he was named to the NFL 100th A nniversary All-Time Team. Campbell's jersey number is retired by the Unive rsity of Texas and the Tennessee Titans.\n\n1977 Heisman Trophy · Texas · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Campbell SUMMARY:Earl Campbell · Texas END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1978 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19781201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19791201 DESCRIPTION:Billy Ray Sims (born September 18\, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1984 . Sims played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners\, earning consensu s All-American honors twice\, and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1978. He w as selected by the Lions with first overall pick of the 1980 NFL draft. Af ter three Pro Bowl selections\, his career was prematurely ended by a knee injury suffered in 1984.\n\nSims was the last Oklahoma player taken numbe r one overall in the NFL draft until quarterback Sam Bradford was taken fi rst in the 2010 draft.\n\nSims was nicknamed "Kung Fu Billy Sims" by ESPN' s Chris Berman\, following a game between the Lions and the Houston Oilers . In the NFL Films highlight\, rather than be tackled during a rushing att empt\, Sims ran at\, jumped\, and\, while fully airborne\, kicked Oilers c ornerback Steve Brown in the head.\n\n1978 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · R B\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sims SUMMARY:Billy Sims · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1979 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19791201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19801201 DESCRIPTION:Charles Raymond White (January 22\, 1958 – January 11\, 2023) was an American professional football running back who played in the Nati onal Football League (NFL) for nine seasons from 1980 to 1988. He played c ollege football for the USC Trojans\, where he was a twice unanimous All-A merican and the winner of the Heisman Trophy. He was selected by the Cleve land Browns in the first round (27th overall) of the 1980 NFL draft. He al so played for the Los Angeles Rams.\n\n1979 Heisman Trophy · USC · RB\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_White_%28American_football%29 SUMMARY:Charles White · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1980 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19801201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19811201 DESCRIPTION:George Washington Rogers Jr. (born December 8\, 1958) is an Ame rican former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1987. He playe d college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks\, earning unanimous Al l-American honors and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1980. He was the first overall pick in the 1981 NFL draft\, and he played for the New Orleans Sa ints and the Washington Redskins.\n\n1980 Heisman Trophy · South Carolina · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_%28American_football %29 SUMMARY:George Rogers · South Carolina END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1981 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19811201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19821201 DESCRIPTION:Marcus LeMarr Allen (born March 26\, 1960) is an American forme r professional football running back who played in the National Football L eague (NFL) for 16 seasons\, primarily with the Los Angeles Raiders. Consi dered one of the greatest goal line and short-yard runners in NFL history\ , he was selected 10th overall by the Raiders in the 1982 NFL draft\, foll owing a successful college football career with the USC Trojans. He was a member of the Raiders for 11 seasons and spent his last five seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.\n\nDuring his professional career\, Allen ran for 12\,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5\,412 yards. He also scored 145 t ouchdowns\, including a then-league-record 123 rushing touchdowns\, and wa s elected to six Pro Bowls. While with the Raiders\, he helped the team wi n Super Bowl XVIII. He was the first NFL player to gain more than 10\,000 rushing yards and 5\,000 receiving yards during his career. Allen has the distinction of being the only player to have won the Heisman Trophy\, be n amed Unanimous All-American\, won an AFCA National Championship Trophy\, t he Super Bowl\, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. He was inducted t o the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000\, the Pro Football Hall of Fam e in 2003\, and the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.\n\n1981 Hei sman Trophy · USC · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Allen SUMMARY:Marcus Allen · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1982 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19821201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19831201 DESCRIPTION:Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3\, 1962) is an American dip lomat and former professional football running back who has served as Unit ed States ambassador to the Bahamas since 2025. A member of the Republican Party\, he previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate elect ion in Georgia.\n\nWalker played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs \, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1982. He spent the first three seasons of his professional career from 1983 to 1985 with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) and was MVP in his final year wi th the league. After the USFL folded\, Walker joined the NFL with the Dall as Cowboys\, earning consecutive Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors f rom 1987 to 1988. In 1989\, Walker was traded to the Minnesota Vikings\, w hich is regarded as one of the most lopsided trades in NFL history and cre dited with establishing the Cowboys' dynasty of the 1990s. He was later a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants before retiring with the Cowboys. Walker was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. \n\nOutside of football\, Walker was a member of the United States' bobsleigh team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and pursued business ventures i n food processing. From 2019 to 2020\, he served as a co-chair on the Pres ident's Council on Sports\, Fitness\, and Nutrition under President Donald Trump. Walker launched his first political campaign in Georgia's 2022 U.S . Senate election\, losing to Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock in a ru noff. In 2025\, Walker was confirmed by the Senate in a 51–47 vote as th e United States ambassador to the Bahamas during Trump's second presidency .\n\n1982 Heisman Trophy · Georgia · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Herschel_Walker SUMMARY:Herschel Walker · Georgia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1983 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19831201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19841201 DESCRIPTION:Michael M. Rozier (born March 1\, 1961) is an American former p rofessional football player who was a running back in the United States Fo otball League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL ) for seven seasons from 1985 to 1991. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1983. Afterward\, he played for the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL\ , then played for the Houston Oilers and the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. H e was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.\n\n1983 Hei sman Trophy · Nebraska · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rozier SUMMARY:Mike Rozier · Nebraska END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1984 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19841201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19851201 DESCRIPTION:Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23\, 1962) is an American former football quarterback who played professionally for 21 seasons. Flut ie played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL)\, eight seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL)\, and one season in the United Stat es Football League (USFL). He played college football for the Boston Colle ge Eagles\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1984 amid a season that saw him throw a game-winning touchdown pass in the final seconds of a ranked match up against the Miami Hurricanes. Flutie chose to begin his professional ca reer with the USFL's New Jersey Generals\; his unavailability to NFL teams resulted in him being selected 285th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in t he 11th round of the 1985 NFL draft\, the lowest drafting of a Heisman win ner. After the USFL folded\, Flutie spent his first four NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots.\n\nFlutie left the NFL in 1990 for the CFL\, where he became regarded as one of the league's greatest pl ayers. As a member of the BC Lions\, Calgary Stampeders\, and Toronto Argo nauts\, he was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player a record six times and won three Grey Cups. In all three of his championship victories\, two with the Argonauts and one with the Stampeders\, he was named Grey Cup MVP .\n\nAfter his CFL success\, Flutie returned to the NFL in 1998 with the B uffalo Bills\, earning Pro Bowl and NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors for leading Buffalo to the playoffs. Flutie again helped the Bills obtain a playoff berth the following season\, but was controversially benched in their subsequent Wild Card defeat. He would be the last quarterback to le ad the Bills to the playoffs for the next 17 years. Flutie held his last s tarting role with the San Diego Chargers in 2001 and spent his final seaso n in 2005 as a backup for the Patriots. He was inducted to the College Foo tball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2008. Flutie was also inducted to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2007\, becomi ng the first non-Canadian inductee.\n\n1984 Heisman Trophy · Boston Colle ge · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Flutie SUMMARY:Doug Flutie · Boston College END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1985 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19851201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19861201 DESCRIPTION:Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30\, 1962) is an Ame rican former professional baseball and football player. He is the only pro fessional athlete in history to have been named an All-Star in two major A merican sports. Jackson's achievements at the elite levels of multiple spo rts have given him a reputation as one of the greatest athletes of all tim e.\n\nJackson played college baseball as an outfielder and college footbal l as a running back for the Auburn Tigers\, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1985. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Raiders and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals\, Ch icago White Sox\, and California Angels. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame in 2 024.\n\nIn 1989 and 1990\, Jackson's name became known beyond just sports through the "Bo Knows" advertising campaign\, a series of advertisements b y Nike\, starring Jackson alongside musician Bo Diddley\, promoting a cros s-training athletic shoe named for Jackson.\n\nA 1991 hip injury ended his football career and caused him to miss the entire 1992 MLB season\; he re turned to win The Sporting News AL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 19 93\, and retired after the strike-shortened 1994 season. Jackson expanded into other pursuits\, including the completion of his Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Child Development at Auburn. Jackson still holds the NFL record for most runs of 90+ yards from scrimmage with two. In addition \, Jackson appeared in small roles as an actor in television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Married... with Children\, as well as fil ms such as The Chamber. He has been featured on the cover of Sports Illust rated 13 times.\n\n1985 Heisman Trophy · Auburn · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Bo_Jackson SUMMARY:Bo Jackson · Auburn END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1986 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19861201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19871201 DESCRIPTION:Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr. (\; born November 13\, 1963) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Natio nal Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He played college football for t he Miami Hurricanes\, earning consensus All-American honors and winning th e Heisman Trophy in 1986.\n\nTestaverde was selected by the Tampa Bay Bucc aneers with the first overall pick of the 1987 NFL draft. After leaving as a free agent\, he signed with the Cleveland Browns and was among the peop le taken away to play for the new Baltimore Ravens during the team's contr oversial move. He then joined the New York Jets\, where he achieved his gr eatest success. In the last four seasons of his career\, he played for the Dallas Cowboys\, the Jets for a second time\, New England Patriots\, and Carolina Panthers for one year each.\n\nTestaverde's professional career i s principally noted for its duration: 21 seasons with seven teams. He fini shed in the top 10 in most career passing statistics: 6th in career passin g yardage\, 7th in career touchdown passes\, 6th in career completions. Bu t he holds the NFL records for losses as a starting quarterback (123) and lowest career regular-season winning percentage for any quarterback with a t least 70 wins (42.3%). He started five postseason games in his NFL caree r with a record of 2–3. Testaverde was known for his strong arm and high volume\, but was also known for his frequent interceptions. Testaverde th rew more than 20 interceptions in four of his 21 seasons\; during his seco nd season with the Buccaneers\, he threw 35 interceptions.\n\n1986 Heisman Trophy · Miami (FL) · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Testave rde SUMMARY:Vinny Testaverde · Miami (FL) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1987 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19871201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19881201 DESCRIPTION:Timothy Donell Brown (born July 22\, 1966) is an American forme r professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Foo tball League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish\, where he won the Heisman Trophy\, becoming the first wide receive r to do so. He spent sixteen years with the Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders\ , during which he established himself as one of the NFL's greatest wide re ceivers of all time. Brown also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 20 15\, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\n\nAs of 2023\, B rown serves as the league chairman and commissioner of The Arena League\, an indoor football league that began play in 2024.\n\n1987 Heisman Trophy · Notre Dame · WR\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Brown_%28American _football%29 SUMMARY:Tim Brown · Notre Dame END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1988 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19881201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19891201 DESCRIPTION:Barry David Sanders (born July 16\, 1968) is an American former professional football running back who played for the Detroit Lions of th e National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Sanders led the league in rushing yards four times and in rushing touchdowns once. Standing at 5 ft . 8 in. tall and weighing 200 lbs.\, he established himself as one of the most elusive runners in the history of the NFL with his quickness and agil ity. Sanders is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.\n\ nAs a junior in 1988\, Sanders compiled what is widely considered one of t he greatest individual seasons by a running back in college football histo ry\, rushing for a record 2\,628 yards and 37 touchdowns\, in 11 games. He was awarded the Heisman Trophy\, and was unanimously recognized as an All -American. Sports Illustrated named his 1988 season as the third-most impr essive college sports feat of all time\, behind Jesse Owens setting four w orld records in a single hour\, and Cael Sanderson's perfect wrestling rec ord of 159–0\, winning four consecutive national titles.\n\nSanders was selected by the Lions in the 1989 NFL draft\, and had an immediate impact in his rookie season\, winning the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. In 1991\, Sanders helped lead the Lions to their first postseason win sin ce 1958. In 1994\, Sanders was awarded the NFL Offensive Player of the Yea r Award (OPOY). In 1997\, he rushed for 2\,053 yards in the regular season and was co-awarded the NFL Most Valuable Player Award (shared with Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre)\, alongside his second NFL Offensive Player o f the Year Award. While still performing at a high level\, Sanders unexpec tedly retired from professional football in 1999\, at the age of 31\, and 1\,457 yards short of breaking the NFL's then all-time rushing record held by Walter Payton. \n\nSanders cited the Lions' front office and declining team production as reasons for his early retirement. He finished his care er with 15\,269 rushing yards (fourth all-time)\, and 99 rushing touchdown s (tenth all-time)\; in each of his ten seasons he was selected to a Pro B owl and All-Pro team. The Lions retired Sanders' No. 20 jersey on November 25\, 2004\, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame three months prior. A year later\, Sanders was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame with former college teammate Thurman Thomas.\n\nIn 2007\, he was ranked by NFL Networks' NFL Top 10 series as the most elusive runner in NFL history\, and was placed No. 1 on the list of the greatest players never to play in a Super Bowl. He is considered by many as one of the grea test running backs in NFL history. Bleacher Report ranked Sanders No. 1 on their list of greatest running backs in NFL history. He averaged 1\,527 r ushing yards per season and just under 100 rushing yards per game (99.8).\ n\n1988 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma State · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barry_Sanders SUMMARY:Barry Sanders · Oklahoma State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1989 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19891201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19901201 DESCRIPTION:Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31\, 1968) is an American sports a nalyst and commentator\, and a former professional football player. He pla yed professionally as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL)\ , Canadian Football League (CFL) and NFL Europe. Ware played college footb all for the Houston Cougars\, winning the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award in 1989. He was the first black quarterback to receive the Heisman. In the 1990 NFL draft\, Ware was selected in the first round by the Detro it Lions with the seventh overall pick. He was inducted into the College F ootball Hall of Fame in 2004.\n\n1989 Heisman Trophy · Houston · QB\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Ware SUMMARY:Andre Ware · Houston END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1990 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19901201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19911201 DESCRIPTION:Ty Hubert Detmer (born October 30\, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Footba ll League (NFL). He won the Heisman Trophy\, Maxwell Award\, and Davey O'B rien Award in 1990 while playing college football for the BYU Cougars. Det mer broke numerous National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records with BYU and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. A late-rou nd pick in the 1992 NFL draft\, Detmer played for six NFL teams over 14 se asons\, mostly in a backup role. In 2012 Detmer was inducted into the Coll ege Football Hall of Fame. \n\nAfter his playing career\, Detmer became a coach and an athletic administrator. He was the offensive coordinator at BYU from 2015 to 2017. He is currently the athletic director at American L eadership Academy – Gilbert North High School in Gilbert\, Arizona.\n\n1 990 Heisman Trophy · BYU · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Detmer SUMMARY:Ty Detmer · BYU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023820Z UID:heisman-trophy-1991 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19911201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19921201 DESCRIPTION:Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15\, 1970) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football L eague (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Michigan Wo lverines\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1991. Howard was selected fourth overall in the 1992 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins. He was also a me mber of the Jacksonville Jaguars\, Green Bay Packers\, Oakland Raiders\, a nd Detroit Lions.\n\nA return specialist for most of his career\, Howard h olds the NFL single season record for punt return yardage\, which he set w ith the Packers in 1996. That same season\, Howard was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXXI after returning a kickoff for a 99-yard touchdo wn\, the longest return in Super Bowl history at the time. He is the only special teams player to win the award. Howard also received a first-team A ll-Pro selection in 1996 and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2000 with the Li ons. Since 2005\, he has served as an analyst on ESPN College Gameday. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.\n\n1991 Heisman Trophy · Michigan · WR/PR\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Howa rd SUMMARY:Desmond Howard · Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1992 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19921201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19931201 DESCRIPTION:Gino Louis Torretta (born August 10\, 1970) is an American form er professional football player who was a quarterback for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Mia mi Hurricanes\, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1992 and was a member o f the national championship teams of 1989 and 1991. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL draft and was a me mber of several NFL teams\, but never became a regular starter as a pro. H e was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.\n\n1992 Hei sman Trophy · Miami (FL) · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Torr etta SUMMARY:Gino Torretta · Miami (FL) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1993 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19931201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19941201 DESCRIPTION:Charlie Ward Jr. (born October 12\, 1970) is an American basket ball coach and former professional point guard who is the head coach of th e Florida A&M Rattlers. Ward previously played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 11 seasons\, primarily with the New York Knicks. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles\, receiving ACC Male Athlete of the Year twice. Ward also played college football as a qua rterback with the Seminoles team\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1993 en r oute to a victory in the 1994 Orange Bowl.\n\nAfter being projected as a m id-round pick in the National Football League (NFL)\, Ward chose to pursue a basketball career and was selected by the Knicks in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft. During his nine full seasons with the Knicks\, he was a member of the team that made the 1999 NBA Finals. Ward was traded to the San Antonio Spurs during the 2003–04 season and spent his final year in 2005 with the Houston Rockets. Following his retirement as a player\, War d began a coaching career and has served as the head coach of the Rattlers since 2025. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. \n\n1993 Heisman Trophy · Florida State · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_Ward SUMMARY:Charlie Ward · Florida State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1994 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19941201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19951201 DESCRIPTION:Rashaan Iman Salaam (October 8\, 1974 – December 5\, 2016) wa s an American professional football running back who played in the Nationa l Football League (NFL) for four seasons\, primarily with the Chicago Bear s. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes\, winning the Hei sman Trophy in 1994 after becoming the fourth college player to have more than 2\,000 rushing yards in a season.\n\nSelected by the Bears in the fir st round of the 1995 NFL draft\, Salaam's tenure was marked by injuries\, frequent fumbles\, and drug use\, leading to his release following the 199 6 season. He pursued a comeback in 1999 with the Cleveland Browns and Gree n Bay Packers\, but appeared in only two games with the former. Salaam las t played professionally for the Memphis Maniax of the XFL in 2001. He was posthumously inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2022.\n\n199 4 Heisman Trophy · Colorado · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashaa n_Salaam SUMMARY:Rashaan Salaam · Colorado END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1995 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19951201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19961201 DESCRIPTION:Edward Nathan George Jr. (born September 24\, 1973) is an Ameri can football coach and former running back who is currently the head coach at Bowling Green State University. He previously served as the head coach of the Tennessee State University from 2021 to 2024. George played colleg e football for Ohio State University from 1992 to 1995. He played professi onally in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons from 1996 to 2004\, primarily for the Tennessee Titans franchise.\n\nAs a senior in 19 95\, he led Ohio State to the Florida Citrus Bowl and won the Heisman Trop hy. George was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a player\, and the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.\n\nThe Houston Oilers selected George in the first round (14th overall) of the 1996 NFL draft. He played nine seasons as a running back in the NFL\, with the Tenn essee Titans (both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was know n as the Houston Oilers) and Dallas Cowboys for a single season in 2004. I n 1999\, after the franchise moved to Tennessee\, he led the Titans to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIV\, was selected to the Pro Bowl\, and was ho nored as a second-team All-Pro.\n\nAfter football\, George earned an MBA f rom Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. In 2015\, he g uest-starred on an episode of the IFC satirical talk show Comedy Bang! Ban g!\, titled "Eddie George Wears a Navy Suit and Half-Zip Pullover." The fo llowing year\, George appeared on Broadway in the musical Chicago as the h ustling lawyer Billy Flynn.\n\n1995 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · RB\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_George SUMMARY:Eddie George · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1996 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19961201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19971201 DESCRIPTION:Daniel Carl Wuerffel (born May 27\, 1974) is an American former football quarterback who played college football for the Florida Gators a nd professional football in the National Football League (NFL). At Florida \, he was a prolific passer under head coach Steve Spurrier. Wuerffel led the NCAA in touchdown passes in 1995 and 1996 and set numerous school and conference records during his career. During his senior year in 1996\, he won the Heisman Trophy while leading the Gators to their first national ch ampionship. In 2013\, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fa me.\n\nAfter graduating from the University of Florida\, he was selected i n the 1997 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints. He spent six years in the league with four teams\, including the Green Bay Packers\, the Chicago Bea rs and the Washington Redskins\, though his playing time and on-field succ ess in the NFL was limited. Wuerffel also played one season in NFL Europe\ , where he led the Rhein Fire to a league championship in World Bowl 2000. \n\nAfter retiring from professional football\, Wuerffel returned to New O rleans to work with Desire Street Ministries\, a nonprofit organization th at seeks to help impoverished neighborhoods through spiritual and communit y development. Wuerffel had first become involved with the organization wh ile playing for the Saints in the late 1990s\, and as the organization att empted to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, he became its executive director. Under Wuerffel\, Desire Street Ministries moved its he adquarters to Atlanta and expanded its programs to other inner cities in t he American South.\n\n1996 Heisman Trophy · Florida · QB\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel SUMMARY:Danny Wuerffel · Florida END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1997 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19971201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19981201 DESCRIPTION:Charles Cameron Woodson (born October 7\, 1976) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers. He spent h is first 14 seasons at cornerback and his final four as a safety. Woodson played college football for the Michigan Wolverines\, twice earning All-Am erican honors. As a junior in 1997\, he was a national champion and the fi rst primarily defensive player in college football history to win the Heis man Trophy.\n\nSelected fourth overall by the Raiders in the 1998 NFL draf t\, Woodson received Pro Bowl selections during his first four seasons and two first-team All-Pro honors. Woodson left the Raiders after eight seaso ns to join the Packers\, where he played his next seven seasons. During hi s Packers tenure\, Woodson was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and won Super Bowl XLV\, while extending his Pro Bowl selections to eight and his first-team All-Pro honors to four. He returned to the Raiders for his last three seasons\, earning his ninth Pro Bowl selection in his final season.\n\nOne of the NFL's most decorated players\, Woodson is tied with Rod Woodson (no relation) and Darren Sharper for the most defensive touch downs\, second in interceptions returned for touchdowns\, and tied with Ke n Riley for the fifth-most interceptions. He is also one of the few player s to appear in a Pro Bowl during three different decades. Woodson was indu cted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Pro Football Hal l of Fame in 2021. He became a limited partner of the Cleveland Browns in 2025.\n\n1997 Heisman Trophy · Michigan · CB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Woodson SUMMARY:Charles Woodson · Michigan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1998 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19981201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19991201 DESCRIPTION:Errick Miron (born Errick Lynne Williams Jr.\; May 21\, 1977)\, known professionally as Ricky Williams\, is an American former profession al football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns\, winni ng the Heisman Trophy in 1998 after setting the NCAA Division I-A records for career rushing yards and all-purpose yards. Williams was selected in t he first round of the 1999 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints\, who trade d all their remaining picks to take him fifth overall. He spent three year s in New Orleans before being traded to the Miami Dolphins.\n\nDuring his first season with the Dolphins\, Williams led the league in rushing yards\ , earning him Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors. Williams retired in 2004 amid multiple failed drug tests\, but returned to the Dolphins the fo llowing season. After being suspended from the NFL in 2006 for another fai led drug test\, Williams spent the year with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Williams rejoined Miami a year later when his suspension ended. Following seven nonconsecutive seasons with the Dolp hins\, he played his last season in 2011 with the Baltimore Ravens. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.\n\n1998 Heisman Tr ophy · Texas · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Williams SUMMARY:Ricky Williams · Texas END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-1999 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19991201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20001201 DESCRIPTION:Ronald Dayne (born March 14\, 1978) is an American former footb all player. A running back\, he played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1999. Dayne then played profession al football for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He wa s selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2000 NFL draft \, and also played for the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans.\n\nDayne is one of only two players in college football history to rush for 2\,000-plu s yards in a single season twice in his career\, the other being Troy Davi s of Iowa State.\n\nDayne would be the all-time rushing yards leader in NC AA Division I FBS history\, with 7\,125 yards with the bowl game statistic s included\, though the statistics accumulated in bowl games prior to 2002 are not accounted for by the NCAA. Thus\, Dayne is officially recognized as the second-leading rusher behind Donnel Pumphrey.\n\n1999 Heisman Troph y · Wisconsin · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dayne SUMMARY:Ron Dayne · Wisconsin END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20001201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20011201 DESCRIPTION:Christopher Jon Weinke (born July 31\, 1972) is an American foo tball coach and former professional quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons\, primarily with the Carolina Pan thers. Initially pursuing a baseball career\, he spent seven years in Mino r League Baseball (MiLB) before playing college football for the Florida S tate Seminoles. Weinke won the Heisman Trophy in 2000 and was the oldest p layer to receive the award at age 28. He was selected by the Panthers in t he fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft.\n\nWeinke served as Carolina's prim ary starter during his first season\, but after winning only one game\, he spent the remainder of his career as a backup. Following six seasons with the Panthers\, he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers in his final ye ar. Weinke pursued a coaching career after retiring as a player and has se rved as an assistant coach with the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets since 2022. \n\n2000 Heisman Trophy · Florida State · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Weinke SUMMARY:Chris Weinke · Florida State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2001 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20011201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021201 DESCRIPTION:Eric Eugene Crouch (born November 16\, 1978) is an American for mer college football player who was a quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhus kers. He won the Heisman Trophy\, Walter Camp Award\, and Davey O'Brien Aw ard in 2001. Running Nebraska's option offense that year\, he completed 10 5 of 189 passes for 1\,510 yards and seven touchdowns\, while also rushing for 1\,115 yards and 18 touchdowns. He played professionally as a safety in NFL Europe and as a quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL) a nd United Football League (UFL).\n\nCrouch appeared on the cover of the vi deo game NCAA College Football 2K3. He also is a TV sports analyst and rec reational equipment vendor.\n\n2001 Heisman Trophy · Nebraska · QB\n\nht tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Crouch SUMMARY:Eric Crouch · Nebraska END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2002 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031201 DESCRIPTION:Carson Hilton Palmer (born December 27\, 1979) is an American f ormer professional football quarterback who played in the National Footbal l League (NFL) for 15 seasons. Palmer played college football for the USC Trojans\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2002. He was selected first overal l by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2003 NFL draft.\n\nPalmer had a breakou t season in 2005 when he led the league in passing touchdowns and completi on percentage while bringing the Bengals to their first winning season and playoff appearance in 15 years. He also earned Pro Bowl honors. Palmer re ceived a second consecutive Pro Bowl selection the following year\, but wa s unable to continue his success and made only one more playoff appearance with Cincinnati. Amid conflicts with Bengals ownership\, he was traded af ter eight seasons to the Oakland Raiders\, where he continued to struggle during his two seasons with the team.\n\nTraded to the Arizona Cardinals i n 2013\, Palmer revitalized his career. He had his most successful season in 2015 when he led the Cardinals to a division title and an NFC Champions hip Game appearance. Palmer was also named to his third Pro Bowl and recei ved second-team All-Pro honors. He retired following the 2017 regular seas on after spending much of the year on injured reserve. Palmer was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2021.\n\n2002 Heisman Trophy · U SC · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Palmer SUMMARY:Carson Palmer · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2003 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041201 DESCRIPTION:Jason White (born June 19\, 1980) is an American former footbal l quarterback. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners\, winni ng the Heisman Trophy in 2003. Due to concerns over his history of knee in juries\, White was not selected in the 2005 NFL draft. White signed with t he Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2005\, but personal conc erns over his past injuries led to him retiring before the start of the se ason. He is the only Heisman winner who pursued a professional football ca reer to not play in the NFL.\n\n2003 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · QB\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_White_%28American_football%29 SUMMARY:Jason White · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2004 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20051210 DESCRIPTION:Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11\, 1983) is an American for mer professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Foo tball League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the U SC Trojans\, winning the Heisman Trophy and leading the team to a perfect season in 2004. Selected 10th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2006 NFL draft\, Leinart primarily served as Kurt Warner's backup for four sea sons. He spent his final three seasons in a backup role for the Houston Te xans and the Oakland Raiders. Leinart was inducted into the College Footba ll Hall of Fame in 2017.\n\n2004 Heisman Trophy · USC · QB\n\nhttps://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Leinart SUMMARY:Matt Leinart · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2005 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 DESCRIPTION:Reginald Alfred Bush II (born March 2\, 1985) is an American fo rmer professional football player who was a running back in the National F ootball League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans\, ear ning consensus All-American honors twice and winning the 2005 Heisman Trop hy. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football player s of all time. \n\nHe was selected by the New Orleans Saints second overal l in the 2006 NFL draft. Bush was named an All-Pro punt returner in 2008 a nd helped the Saints win Super Bowl XLIV in 2010. He also played for the B uffalo Bills\, Miami Dolphins\, Detroit Lions\, and San Francisco 49ers be fore retiring from professional football in 2017. Bush later worked as a c ollege football analyst for Fox Sports.\n\nAllegations that he received im proper benefits with USC in 2004 were central to an NCAA investigation of the USC football program that led to severe sanctions against the school\, including a two-year postseason ban and the vacating of the 2004 national championship. Bush voluntarily forfeited his Heisman Trophy in 2010 durin g the scandal\, but it was reinstated 14 years later during the NCAA rule changes.\n\n2005 Heisman Trophy · USC · RB\nBush forfeited the trophy in 2010 over improper benefits at USC\; it was reinstated in 2024.\n\nhttps: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Bush SUMMARY:Reggie Bush · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2006 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071208 DESCRIPTION:Troy James Smith (born July 20\, 1984) is an American former pr ofessional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buc keyes\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2006. Due to concerns about his size and an unimpressive performance in the 2007 BCS National Championship Gam e\, he was not selected until the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens. Smith spent his first three seasons with the Ravens and his last with the San Francisco 49ers\, mostly as a backup. After being r eleased by the 49ers\, he played one season with the Omaha Nighthawks of t he United Football League (UFL) and two with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).\n\n2006 Heisman Trophy · Ohio State · Q B\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Smith SUMMARY:Troy Smith · Ohio State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2007 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081213 DESCRIPTION:Timothy Richard Tebow (\; born August 14\, 1987) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Footb all League (NFL) for three seasons\, primarily with the Denver Broncos. Te bow played college football for the Florida Gators\, becoming the first un derclassman to win the Heisman Trophy and leading the team to two BCS Nati onal Championship titles in 2006 and 2008. At the conclusion of his colleg iate career\, Tebow held the Southeastern Conference's records for career passing efficiency and rushing touchdowns. He was selected by the Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.\n\nTebow became the Broncos' sta rter during the 2011 season and revitalized a struggling team\, bringing t hem to the franchise's first division title and playoff victory since 2005 . His frequent comeback victories and outspoken Christian faith made him a cultural phenomenon\, with his habit of dropping to one knee in prayer on the field becoming known as "Tebowing". Due to questions over Tebow's pot ential as an NFL quarterback\, he was traded after the season to the New Y ork Jets\, where he spent one year as a backup.\n\nAfter failing to make t he roster of the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles\, Tebow purs ued a minor league baseball career with the New York Mets organization fro m 2016 to 2021. The same year he retired from baseball\, he returned to th e NFL as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars\, but was released after one preseason game. Since 2017\, he has been a regular contributor and co -host for college football programming on SEC Network and ESPN. Tebow was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.\n\n2007 Heisman Tro phy · Florida · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tebow SUMMARY:Tim Tebow · Florida END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2008 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091212 DESCRIPTION:Samuel Jacob Bradford (born November 8\, 1987) is an American f ormer professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).\n\nBradford attended Putnam City No rth High School\, where he starred in football\, basketball and golf. As a senior quarterback in 2005\, he threw for 2\,029 yards and 17 touchdowns in 12 games. Bradford was not highly recruited coming out of high school\, but he received a scholarship offer from the University of Oklahoma\, whi ch he accepted. After a redshirt season in 2006\, Bradford threw for 3\,12 1 yards and 36 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman with the Oklahoma Sooners . In 2008\, Bradford became only the second sophomore to win the Heisman T rophy as he led the highest-scoring offense in NCAA history\, passing for 4\,720 yards with 50 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. He again led the nation in passing and also added five rushing touchdowns as the Soone rs went 12–1 and advanced to the BCS national title game.\n\nBradford de clared for the NFL draft following the 2009 season and was selected by the St. Louis Rams with the first overall selection in the 2010 NFL draft. Th at year\, Bradford set the record for most completions by a rookie in NFL history\, which helped earn him the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award . Prior to the start of the 2015 season\, the Rams traded Bradford along w ith a 2015 fifth-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for qua rterback Nick Foles\, a 2015 fourth-round pick\, and a 2016 second-round p ick. Following his 2015 campaign with the Eagles\, in which he set career- highs in passing yards (3\,725)\, completion percentage (65%) and yards pe r attempt (7.0)\, the Minnesota Vikings acquired Bradford after their star ting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was lost to a season-ending knee injury before the start of the season. Bradford signed with the Arizona Cardinal s in 2018 and started three games\, but was replaced by rookie Josh Rosen and eventually released.\n\n2008 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · QB\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bradford SUMMARY:Sam Bradford · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2009 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101211 DESCRIPTION:Mark Valentino Ingram II (born December 21\, 1989) is an Americ an former professional football running back and current on-air personalit y for Fox Sports. He played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NF L). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide\, becoming the first Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy after rushing for 1\,658 y ards in 2009 en route to winning the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.\ n\nIngram was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft. With the Saints\, he earned two Pro Bowl selections and\, at the time of his retirement\, was their all-time leader in rushing yard age. Ingram was also a member of the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texa ns.\n\n2009 Heisman Trophy · Alabama · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Mark_Ingram_II SUMMARY:Mark Ingram II · Alabama END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2010 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111210 DESCRIPTION:Cameron Jerrell Newton (born May 11\, 1989) is an American for mer professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons\, primarily with the Carolina Panthers. Nickn amed "Super Cam"\, he is second in career quarterback rushing touchdowns a nd third in career quarterback rushing yards. Following a stint with the F lorida Gators\, Newton played college football for the Auburn Tigers\, win ning the Heisman Trophy in 2010 en route to a victory in the 2011 BCS Nati onal Championship Game. He was selected first overall by the Panthers in t he 2011 NFL draft.\n\nIn his rookie year\, Newton set the single season re cord for quarterback rushing touchdowns while also setting the rookie reco rds for quarterback passing and rushing yards\, earning him Offensive Rook ie of the Year. From 2013 to 2017\, Newton led the Panthers to four playof f appearances and three division titles. His most successful season came i n 2015 when he was named the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) and helped Car olina obtain a franchise-best 15–1 record en route to an appearance in S uper Bowl 50. Newton was also the first African American quarterback to ou tright win NFL MVP.\n\nFollowing his MVP campaign\, Newton struggled with injuries and reached the playoffs only once over the next four years. Rele ased ahead of his 10th season\, Newton played for the New England Patriots in 2020. He was released by the Patriots the following year and returned to the Panthers for his final season.\n\n2010 Heisman Trophy · Auburn · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Newton SUMMARY:Cam Newton · Auburn END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2011 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121208 DESCRIPTION:Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12\, 1990)\, nicknamed RG III or RG3\, is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons\, most nota bly with the Washington Redskins. Griffin played college football for the Baylor Bears\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2011. He was selected second overall by the Redskins in the 2012 NFL draft.\n\nGriffin set league recor ds for the highest rookie passer rating and touchdown–interception ratio \, while leading the Redskins to their first division title since 1999\, e arning him Offensive Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl honors. Following a s evere knee injury he suffered in the playoffs\, Griffin was unable to matc h his early success and lost his starting position in 2015 to Kirk Cousins . He signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2016\, but his tenure was also af flicted by injuries\, resulting in his release at the end of the season. A fter a year in free agency\, he joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2018 and pl ayed his last three seasons as a backup.\n\n2011 Heisman Trophy · Baylor · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III SUMMARY:Robert Griffin III · Baylor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2012 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131214 DESCRIPTION:Johnathan Paul Manziel ( man-ZEL\; born December 6\, 1992) is a n American former professional football quarterback who played in the Nati onal Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Nick named "Johnny Football"\, he was the first freshman to win the Heisman Tro phy\, receiving the award with the Texas A&M Aggies in 2012. Manziel also played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL)\, the Alliance of American Football (AAF)\, and Fan Controlled Football (FCF).\n\nAfter being redshirted in 2011\, Manziel became the Aggies' starter during his f reshman season and set several FBS and SEC records en route to a victory i n the 2013 Cotton Bowl Classic. In addition to winning the Heisman\, he wa s the first freshman to receive the Manning and Davey O'Brien awards. He w as also named SEC Male Athlete of the Year in 2013. Following his sophomor e year\, Manziel declared for the NFL.\n\nManziel was selected by the Brow ns in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft\, but his tenure was marked by inconsistent play and off-field controversies\, leading to his release ah ead of the 2016 season. He pursued a comeback in 2018 with the Hamilton Ti ger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the CFL before being banned from the le ague the following year for violating his contract. Shortly after his CFL release\, Manziel joined the Memphis Express of the AAF\, appearing in two games until the AAF suspended operations. Manziel last played professiona lly in FCF for the Zappers from 2021 to 2022.\n\n2012 Heisman Trophy · Te xas A&M · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Manziel SUMMARY:Johnny Manziel · Texas A&M END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2013 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141213 DESCRIPTION:Jameis Lanaed Winston ( JAY-miss\; born January 6\, 1994) is an American professional football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Winston played college football for the F lorida State Seminoles\, where he became the youngest player ever to win t he Heisman Trophy and led his team to victory in the 2014 BCS National Cha mpionship Game during his freshman year in 2013. He was selected first ove rall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL draft.\n\nWinston set sev eral franchise rookie records for the Buccaneers\, earning him Pro Bowl ho nors. He led the league in passing yards in 2019\, but also led the league in interceptions and set the NFL season record for interceptions returned for touchdowns that season. He was unable to reach the playoffs with Tamp a Bay. After his rookie contract with the Buccaneers expired\, Winston pl ayed for the New Orleans Saints and Cleveland Browns\, alternating as a st arter and backup\, before joining the Giants in 2025.\n\n2013 Heisman Trop hy · Florida State · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameis_Winston SUMMARY:Jameis Winston · Florida State END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2014 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151212 DESCRIPTION:Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota (born October 30\, 1993) is an A merican professional football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Or egon Ducks\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2014. Mariota was selected seco nd overall by the Tennessee Titans in the 2015 NFL draft.\n\nServing as th e primary starter during his first four seasons\, Mariota helped the Titan s in 2017 reach the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and win a posts eason game for the first time since 2003. His tenure was also marked by in juries and inconsistent play\, which led to him losing his starting positi on to Ryan Tannehill in 2019 and spending his next two years as a backup w ith the Las Vegas Raiders. Mariota was named the starter of the Atlanta Fa lcons in 2022\, but was released after his season was cut short by injury. He later spent one season as a backup with the Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Commanders in 2024.\n\n2014 Heisman Trophy · Oregon · QB\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Mariota SUMMARY:Marcus Mariota · Oregon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2015 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161210 DESCRIPTION:Derrick Lamar Henry Jr. (born January 4\, 1994) is an American professional football running back for the Baltimore Ravens of the Nationa l Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "King Henry"\, he is known for his impo sing style of play and unusually large build for a running back. Noted for his success at every stage of his career\, Henry is the only player to ha ve rushed for at least 2\,000 yards in a season at the high school\, colle ge\, and professional levels. He also led the nation in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns at all three levels. Henry is widely considered to be o ne of the greatest running backs of all time.\n\nBorn and raised in Yulee\ , Florida\, Henry set the national high school football record for career rushing yards with the Yulee Hornets\, breaking Ken Hall's record that had stood for almost 60 years. Henry was a five star recruit according to ESP N. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide\, where during his junior season\, Henry broke Herschel Walker's single-season college ru shing yards record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC)\, won the 2015 Hei sman Trophy\, the Doak Walker Award\, the Maxwell Award\, and the Walter C amp Award\, and was a key part of the 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football t eam that won the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship.\n\nH enry was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft. A backup for most of his first two seasons in the league\, Henr y emerged as the Titans' feature back near the end of the 2018 season. He led the NFL in rushing yards for the 2019 season\, as well as rushing touc hdowns. In 2020\, Henry again led the league in both rushing yards and rus hing touchdowns\, becoming just the eighth player in NFL history—and the second Tennessee Titan after Chris Johnson in 2009—to surpass 2\,000 ru shing yards in a single season. He went on to win the 2020 AP NFL Offensiv e Player of the Year Award. After missing more than half of the 2021 seaso n to injury\, Henry made his third and fourth Pro Bowl appearances in the subsequent two seasons. After eight seasons in Tennessee\, Henry signed wi th the Baltimore Ravens in 2024\, where he set multiple franchise records during his first season with the team.\n\nAs of 2026\, Henry is the NFL's active leader in career rushing yards and touchdowns (ranking ninth and th ird all-time\, respectively). Henry's success and dominance has also exten ded into the playoffs. He is the NFL's active leader in postseason rushing yards (ranking seventh all-time)\, holds several playoffs records\, and w as a key contributor to Titans' playoff wins in 2017–18 and 2019–20 an d the Ravens' playoff win in 2024–25.\n\n2015 Heisman Trophy · Alabama · RB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Henry SUMMARY:Derrick Henry · Alabama END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2016 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171209 DESCRIPTION:Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr. (born January 7\, 1997) is an Amer ican professional football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the Nat ional Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2016\, and was selected by the Ravens with the final pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. A two -time recipient of the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and the all-ti me leader in quarterback rushing yards\, Jackson is regarded as one of the best quarterbacks of his generation\, and by some analysts as one of the greatest dual-threat quarterbacks of all time.\n\nJackson became the Raven s' starting quarterback during his rookie season after an injury to Joe Fl acco\, leading the team to a division title and becoming the youngest quar terback to start a playoff game at 21. In his first full season\, he led t he NFL in touchdown passes and set the single-season rushing record for a quarterback\, earning unanimous NFL MVP honors and becoming the fourth Bla ck quarterback to win the award. In 2020\, he became the first quarterback with multiple 1\,000-yard rushing seasons and led the Ravens to a third s traight playoff appearance. He secured a second MVP award in 2023 while ta king the Ravens to their first AFC Championship Game since 2012. Jackson c urrently ranks first on the NFL's all-time regular-season career passer ra ting list. In 2024\, Jackson set career highs in passing\, became the all- time leader in quarterback rushing yards\, and tied the record for most pe rfect passer rating games with four.\n\n2016 Heisman Trophy · Louisville · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Jackson SUMMARY:Lamar Jackson · Louisville END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2017 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181208 DESCRIPTION:Baker Reagan Mayfield (born April 14\, 1995) is an American pro fessional football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the Nationa l Football League (NFL). He began his college football career with the Tex as Tech Red Raiders before transferring to the Oklahoma Sooners. In 2017\, he became the first Heisman Trophy winner since the introduction of athle tic scholarships in the 1950s to have begun his college career as a walk-o n. The Cleveland Browns selected him first overall in the 2018 NFL draft.\ n\nAs a rookie\, Mayfield threw 27 touchdown passes\, setting an NFL rooki e record that stood until Justin Herbert broke it in 2020. In his NFL debu t\, he led the Browns to a comeback victory that ended the franchise's 19- game winless streak. In 2020\, he helped Cleveland make its first playoff appearance since 2002 and win its first playoff game since 1994. After Cle veland acquired Deshaun Watson\, Mayfield was traded to the Carolina Panth ers in 2022 and later played for the Los Angeles Rams.\n\nMayfield signed with Tampa Bay in 2023. In his first two seasons with the Buccaneers\, he helped the team win consecutive NFC South titles and a playoff game\, and he was selected to the Pro Bowl in both seasons. His career postseason pas ser rating of 105.9 is the highest in NFL history among quarterbacks with at least 150 attempts.\n\n2017 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · QB\n\nhttps:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Mayfield SUMMARY:Baker Mayfield · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2018 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191214 DESCRIPTION:Kyler Cole Murray (born August 7\, 1997) is an American profess ional football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Footb all League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Texas A&M Aggies\, Murray played for the Oklahoma Sooners\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2018. Murray was selected first overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2019 NFL draft. He was also selected ninth overall by the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 2018 draft\, making him th e first player drafted in the first round of both sports.\n\nIn his first season\, Murray was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after setting s everal Cardinals franchise rookie quarterback records. He received consecu tive Pro Bowl selections during his next two seasons\, along with leading the Cardinals to the playoffs in 2021\, their first appearance since 2015. His subsequent seasons were marked by injuries and a performance decline\ , leading to his release and him signing with the Vikings in 2026. Murray ranks fifth all-time in completion percentage with at least 1\,500 pass at tempts.\n\n2018 Heisman Trophy · Oklahoma · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/Kyler_Murray SUMMARY:Kyler Murray · Oklahoma END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2019 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210105 DESCRIPTION:Joseph Lee Burrow (born December 10\, 1996) is an American prof essional football player who is a quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals o f the National Football League (NFL). After three seasons of college footb all with the Ohio State Buckeyes\, he played two seasons for the LSU Tiger s\, winning the Heisman Trophy and the College Football Playoff National C hampionship in 2019. He was selected by the Bengals first overall in the 2 020 NFL draft.\n\nBurrow had a breakout season in 2021 when he led the Ben gals to their first playoff win since 1990\, ending the longest active dro ught in the four major North American sports\, and an appearance in Super Bowl LVI\, and was awarded Comeback Player of the Year. In 2023\, Burrow s igned\, at the time\, the largest contract in NFL history in terms of annu al salary and led the Bengals to their first consecutive division title in franchise history. Despite Cincinnati missing the playoffs in 2024\, Burr ow led the league in passing yards and passing touchdowns and was awarded his second Comeback Player of the Year Award. Burrow has been nicknamed "J oe Cool" and "Joe Brrr" by sportswriters and other players for his calmnes s under pressure.\n\n2019 Heisman Trophy · LSU · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Joe_Burrow SUMMARY:Joe Burrow · LSU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2020 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211211 DESCRIPTION:DeVonta Versean Smith ( də-VON-tay\; born November 14\, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Philadelphia E agles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football fo r the Alabama Crimson Tide\, where he recorded 1\,856 yards with 23 touchd owns as a senior in 2020. Smith was awarded the Heisman Trophy for his acc omplishments as a senior alongside several other awards and honors. He was the first wide receiver to win the Heisman since Desmond Howard in 1991 a nd only the fourth overall. Smith won two national championships at Alabam a prior to being selected by the Eagles tenth overall in the 2021 NFL draf t. In his fourth season with the Eagles\, Smith won Super Bowl LIX\, becom ing the fifth football player to win the Super Bowl\, a college national t itle\, and the Heisman Trophy.\n\n2020 Heisman Trophy · Alabama · WR\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVonta_Smith SUMMARY:DeVonta Smith · Alabama END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2021 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221210 DESCRIPTION:Bryce Christopher Young (born July 25\, 2001) is an American pr ofessional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide\, where he set the school single-game passing yards record with 559 y ards and won the Heisman Trophy in 2021. Young was selected first overall by the Panthers in the 2023 NFL draft. In the 2025 season\, he set the Pan thers' single-game passing yards record and helped Carolina win its first NFC South title since 2015.\n\n2021 Heisman Trophy · Alabama · QB\n\nhtt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Young SUMMARY:Bryce Young · Alabama END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2022 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231209 DESCRIPTION:Caleb Williams (born November 18\, 2001) is an American profess ional football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Oklahoma S ooners\, he played for the USC Trojans\, winning the Heisman Trophy in 202 2 and setting single season school records in passing yards and touchdowns .\n\nWilliams was selected first overall by the Bears in the 2024 NFL draf t and set several franchise rookie passing records. The following year\, h e led Chicago to their first division title since 2018 and first playoff w in since 2010.\n\n2022 Heisman Trophy · USC · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Caleb_Williams SUMMARY:Caleb Williams · USC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2023 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241214 DESCRIPTION:Jayden Daniels (born December 18\, 2000) is an American profess ional football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National F ootball League (NFL). Daniels played three seasons of college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and two with the LSU Tigers. With LSU in 202 3\, he won the Heisman Trophy among other awards after leading the NCAA Fo otball Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in total yards and setting the single season passer rating record.\n\nDaniels was selected by the Commanders second ov erall in the 2024 NFL draft. He set several rookie records while leading t he Commanders to their most wins in a season and first NFC Championship Ga me appearance since 1991\, earning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. A walk-off touchdown pass thrown by Daniels during the final seconds of a ga me\, known as the Hail Maryland\, was also named the season's Moment of th e Year.\n\n2023 Heisman Trophy · LSU · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Jayden_Daniels SUMMARY:Jayden Daniels · LSU END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2024 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251213 DESCRIPTION:Travis Hunter Jr. (born May 18\, 2003) is an American professio nal football cornerback and wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jac kson State Tigers and Colorado Buffaloes\, winning the Heisman Trophy with the latter in 2024. Known for his two-way playing ability\, Hunter is the only player in college football history to win both the Chuck Bednarik an d Fred Biletnikoff Awards. He was selected by the Jaguars second overall i n the 2025 NFL draft.\n\n2024 Heisman Trophy · Colorado · CB/WR\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Hunter SUMMARY:Travis Hunter · Colorado END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T023821Z UID:heisman-trophy-2025 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DESCRIPTION:Fernando Gabriel Mendoza V (born October 1\, 2003) is an Americ an professional football quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders of the Nati onal Football League (NFL). Mendoza played college football for the Califo rnia Golden Bears for three seasons before transferring to the Indiana Hoo siers in 2025\, where he won the Heisman Trophy en route to a national cha mpionship. He was selected by the Raiders first overall in the 2026 NFL dr aft.\n\n2025 Heisman Trophy · Indiana · QB\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Fernando_Mendoza SUMMARY:Fernando Mendoza · Indiana END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR