The 83nd Heisman Trophy just went out to Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield. He’s joined in New York City by 2016 winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville and Bryce Love of Stanford.
The all-time Heisman Trophy winners list, with Baker Mayfield as its most recent addition
Here’s every player who’s won college football’s most prestigious individual award.
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Mayfield had an all-time great passing season and has developed into a master of the air raid offense. He’s led the Sooners to a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Rose Bowl against Georgia. Some voters were turned off by his behavior before and after the whistle, which includes a NSFW dustup with Kansas that led to a two-play suspension against West Virginia. Still, Mayfield was the deserving choice this year.
Here’s the group he joins:
Heisman Trophy winners list
Year | Team | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Charles Woodson | Michigan | CB/PR |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard | Army | FB |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Wisconsin | FB |
| 1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma | FB |
| 1938 | Davey O'Brien | TCU | QB |
| 1947 | Johnny Lujack | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1956 | Paul Hornung | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1962 | Terry Baker | Oregon State | QB |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach | Navy | QB |
| 1964 | John Huarte | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | QB |
| 1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA | QB |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett | Stanford | QB |
| 1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn | QB |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | QB |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde | Miami | QB |
| 1989 | Andre Ware | Houston | QB |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer | BYU | QB |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta | Miami | QB |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State | QB |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB |
| 2000 | Chris Weinke | Florida State | QB |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska | QB |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer | USC | QB |
| 2003 | Jason White | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | USC | QB |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State | QB |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB |
| 2008 | Sam Bradford | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2010 | Cam Newton | Auburn | QB |
| 2011 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor | QB |
| 2012 | Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M | QB |
| 2013 | Jameis Winston | Florida State | QB |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota | Oregon | QB |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Louisville | QB |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield | Oklahoma | QB |
| 1944 | Les Horvath | Ohio State | QB/RB |
| 1935 | Jay Berwanger | Chicago | RB |
| 1937 | Clint Frank | Yale | RB |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon | Michigan | RB |
| 1941 | Bruce Smith | Minnesota | RB |
| 1942 | Frank Sinkwich | Georgia | RB |
| 1946 | Glenn Davis | Army | RB |
| 1948 | Doak Walker | SMU | RB |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier | Princeton | RB |
| 1952 | Billy Vessels | Oklahoma | RB |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | RB |
| 1955 | Howard Cassady | Ohio State | RB |
| 1957 | John David Crow | Texas A&M | RB |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins | Army | RB |
| 1959 | Billy Cannon | LSU | RB |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy | RB |
| 1965 | Mike Garrett | USC | RB |
| 1968 | O.J. Simpson | USC | RB |
| 1973 | John Cappaletti | Penn State | RB |
| 1974 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | RB |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin | Ohio State | RB |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett | Pitt | RB |
| 1977 | Earl Campbell | Texas | RB |
| 1978 | Billy Sims | Oklahoma | RB |
| 1979 | Charles White | USC | RB |
| 1980 | George Rogers | South Carolina | RB |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen | USC | RB |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | RB |
| 1985 | Bo Jackson | Auburn | RB |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State | RB |
| 1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado | RB |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State | RB |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas | RB |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | RB |
| 2005 | Reggie Bush | USC | RB |
| 2009 | Mark Ingram, Jr. | Alabama | RB |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama | RB |
| 1961 | Ernie Davis | Syracuse | RB/LB/FB |
| 1950 | Vic Janowicz | Ohio State | RB/P |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick | Iowa | RB/QB |
| 1936 | Larry Kelley | Yale | TE/DE |
| 1949 | Leon Hart | Notre Dame | TE/DE |
| 1987 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame | WR |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan | WR/PR |
| 1972 | Johnny Rodgers | Nebraska | WR/RB |
The teams with multiple winners:
- Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC: 7 each (USC RB Reggie Bush’s was stripped by the NCAA, but it still happened)
- Oklahoma: 6
- Army, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Nebraska: 3
- Alabama, Georgia, Miami, Navy, Texas, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Yale: 2
The award is (unofficially) for quarterbacks and running backs only, despite allegedly being an all-positions award.
With Mayfield officially joining, we’re up to:
- 42 winners who played running back or fullback
- 34 who played QB
- 8 who played other positions
(There’s some overlap among those positions.)
Fun fact: Jay Berwanger, the first-ever Heisman winner, was also the first-ever NFL Draft pick.
He declined the NFL.
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