Winners of the Heisman Trophy

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The Heisman Trophy is an annual award given to the college football player who is voted the top in the nation by a combination of former Heisman winners and members of the media.

Here are the winners:

YearWinnerPositionUniversity
1935Jay BerwangerRBChicago
1936Larry KelleyEndYale
1937Clint FrankQBYale
1938Davey O'BrienQBTCU
1939Nile KinnickRBIowa
1940Tom HarmonRBMichigan
1941Bruce SmithRBMinnesota
1942Frank SinkwichRBGeorgia
1943Angelo BertelliQBNotre Dame
1944Les HorvathQBOhio State
1945Doc BlanchardFBArmy
1946Glenn DavisRBArmy
1947John LujackQBNotre Dame
1948Doak WalkerRBSouthern Methodist
1949Leon HartEndNotre Dame
1950Vic JanowiczRBOhio State
1951Dick KazmaierRBPrinceton
1952Billy VesselsRBOklahoma
1953John LattnerRBNotre Dame
1954Alan AmecheFBWisconsin
1955Howard CassadyRBOhio State
1956Paul HornungQBNotre Dame
1957John David CrowRBTexas A&M
1958Pete DawkinsRBArmy
1959Billy CannonRBLouisiana State
1960Joe BellinoRBNavy
1961Ernie DavisRBSyracuse
1962Terry BakerQBOregon State
1963Roger StaubachQBNavy
1964John HuarteQBNotre Dame
1965Mike GarrettRBUSC
1966Steve SpurrierQBFlorida
1967Gary BebanQBUCLA
1968O.J. SimpsonRBUSC
1969Steve OwensFBOklahoma
1970Jim PlunkettQBStanford
1971Pat SullivanQBAuburn
1972Johnny RodgersRBNebraska
1973John CappellettiRBPenn State
1974Archie GriffinRBOhio State
1975Archie GriffinRBOhio State
1976Tony DorsettRBPittsburgh
1977Earl CampbellRBTexas
1978Billy SimsRBOklahoma
1979Charles WhiteRBUSC
1980George RogersRBSouth Carolina
1981Marcus AllenRBUSC
1982Herschel WalkerRBGeorgia
1983Mike RozierRBNebraska
1984Doug FlutieQBBoston College
1985Bo JacksonRBAuburn
1986Vinny TestaverdeQBMiami (Fla.)
1987Tim BrownWRNotre Dame
1988Barry SandersRBOklahoma State
1989Andre WareQBHouston
1990Ty DetmerQBBrigham Young
1991Desmond HowardWRMichigan
1992Gino TorrettaQBMiami (Fla.)
1993Charlie WardQBFlorida State
1994Rashaan SalaamRBColorado
1995Eddie GeorgeRBOhio State
1996Danny WuerffelQBFlorida
1997Charles WoodsonCBMichigan
1998Ricky WilliamsRBTexas
1999Ron DayneRBWisconsin
2000Chris WeinkeQBFlorida State
2001Eric CrouchQBNebraska
2002Carson PalmerQBUSC
2003Jason WhiteQBOklahoma
2004Matt LeinartQBUSC
2005Reggie BushRBUSC
2006Troy SmithQBOhio State
2007Tim TebowQBFlorida
2008Sam BradfordQBOklahoma
2009Mark IngramTBAlabama
2010Cameron NewtonQBAuburn
2011Robert GriffinQBBaylor
2012Johnny ManzielQBTexas A&M
2013Jameis WinstonQBFlorida State
2014Marcus MariotaQBOregon
2015Derrick HenryRBAlabama
2016Lamar JacksonQBLouisville
2017Baker MayfieldQBOklahoma
2018Kyler MurrayQBOklahoma
2019Joe BurrowQBLSU
2020DeVonta SmithWRAlabama
2021Bryce YoungQBAlabama
2022Caleb WilliamsQBUSC
2023Jayden DanielsQBLSU

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