The Heisman Trophy is given annually to the most outstanding college football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In 1935, the award was created by New York City’s Downtown Athletic Club to recognize the best player east of the Mississippi River. Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame are tied for the most trophies at 7 each.
About List of Heisman Trophy winners in brief
The Heisman Trophy is given annually to the most outstanding college football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. In 1935, the award was created by New York City’s Downtown Athletic Club to recognize the best player east of the Mississippi River. In 1936, the club’s athletic director, football pioneer John Heisman, died and the trophy was renamed in his honor. On June 10, 2010, the NCAA announced that USC running back Reggie Bush, the 2005 Heisman trophy winner, received gifts from agents while still in college.
In September of that year, Bush voluntarily forfeited his title as the 2005 winner. The Heisman Trust decided to leave the award vacated with no new winner to be announced. Only one player, Ohio State’s Archie Griffin, has won the award twice. Oklahoma is the only school to have two players win the award in back-to-back years playing the same position. Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame are tied for the most trophies at 7 each.
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