Heisman Trophy Winners

Last Updated: Apr 29, 2025 · 1:16 PM EDT

The 90 players who have won college football’s most prestigious award are a diverse group that includes 24 No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks, 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers and several others who never played a down of football beyond their college careers. There are Super Bowl champions, players who went on to become successful coaches; war heroes and at least one infamous personality best remembered as the defendant in a highly-publicized murder trial.

The list of Heisman Trophy winners includes 44 running backs, 38 quarterbacks and only 2 players that spent most of their careers on defense, representing 39 different schools.

Here is the complete list of Heisman Trophy winners, from Jay Berwanger in 1935 to Travis Hunter in 2024:

Year	Player	Positiion	School
2024	Travis Hunter	CB/WR	Colorado
2023	Jayden Daniels	QB	LSU
2022	Caleb Williams	QB	USC
2021	Bryce Young	QB	Alabama
2020	DeVonta Smith	WR	Alabama
2019	Joe Burrow	QB	LSU
2018	Kyler Murray	QB	Oklahoma
2017	Baker Mayfield	QB	Oklahoma
2016	Lamar Jackson	QB	Louisville
2015	Derrick Henry	RB	Alabama
2014	Marcus Mariota	QB	Oregon
2013	Jameis Winston	QB	Florida State
2012	Johnny Manziel	QB	Texas A&M
2011	Robert Griffin III	QB	Baylor
2010	Cam Newton	QB	Auburn
2009	Mark Ingram	RB	Alabama
2008	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma
2007	Tim Tebow	QB	Florida
2006	Troy Smith	QB	Ohio State
2005	Reggie Bush	RB	USC
2004	Matt Leinart	QB	USC
2003	Jason White	QB	Oklahoma
2002	Carson Palmer	QB	USC
2001	Eric Crouch	QB	Nebraska
2000	Chris Weinke	QB	Florida State
1999	Ron Dayne	RB	Wisconsin
1998	Ricky Williams	RB	Texas
1997	Charles Woodson	CB/WR	Michigan
1996	Danny Wuerffel	QB	Florida
1995	Eddie George	RB	Ohio State
1994	Rashaan Salaam	RB	Colorado
1993	Charlie Ward	QB	Florida State
1992	Gino Torretta	QB	Miami
1991	Desmond Howard	WR/KR	Michigan
1990	Ty Detmer	QB	BYU
1989	Andre Ware	QB	Houston
1988	Barry Sanders	RB	Oklahoma State
1987	Tim Brown	WR	Notre Dame
1986	Vinny Testaverde	QB	Miami
1985	Bo Jackson	RB	Auburn
1984	Doug Flutie	QB	Boston College
1983	Mike Rozier	RB	Nebraska
1982	Herschel Walker	RB	Georgia
1981	Marcus Allen	RB	USC
1980	George Rogers	RB	South Carolina
1979	Charles White	RB	USC
1978	Billy Sims	RB	Oklahoma
1977	Earl Campbell	RB	Texas
1976	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsurgh
1975	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State
1974	Archie Griffin	RB	Ohio State
1973	John Cappelletti	RB	Penn State
1972	Johnny Rogers	RB	Nebraska
1971	Pat Sullivan	QB	Auburn
1970	Jim Plunkett	QB	Stanford
1969	Steve Owens	RB	Oklahoma
1968	OJ Simpson	RB	USC
1967	Gary Beban	QB	UCLA
1966	Steve Spurrier	QB	Florida
1965	Mike Garrett	RB	USC
1964	John Huarte	QB	Notre Dame
1963	Roger Staubach	QB	Navy
1962	Terry Baker	QB	Oregon State
1961	Ernie Davis	RB	Syracuse
1960	Joe Bellino	RB	Navy
1959	Billy Cannon	RB	LSU
1958	Pete Dawkins	RB	Navy
1957	John David Crow	RB	Texas A&M
1956	Paul Hornung	QB	Notre Dame
1955	Howard Cassidy	RB	Ohio State
1954	Alan Ameche	RB	Wisconsin
1953	Johnny Lattner	RB	Notre Dame
1952	Billy Vessels	RB	Wisconsin
1951	Dick Kazmaier	RB	Princeton
1950	Vic Janowicz	RB	Ohio State
1949	Leon Hart	End	Notre Dame
1948	Doak Walker	RB	SMU
1947	Johnny Lujack	QB	Notre Dame
1946	Glenn Davis	RB	Army
1945	Felix “Doc” Blanchard	RB	Army
1944	Les Horvath	QB	Ohio State
1943	Angelo Bertelli	QB	Notre Dame
1942	Frank Sinkwich	RB	Georgia
1941	Bruce Smith	RB	Minnesota
1940	Tom Harmon	RB	Michigan
1939	Nile Kinnick	RB	Iowa
1938	Davey O’Brien	QB	TCU
1937	Clint Frank	RB	Yale
1936	Larry Kelley	TE	Yale
1935	Jay Berwanger	RB	Chicago

Brett Friedlander

Award-winning columnist Brett Friedlander has covered the ACC and college basketball since the 1980s.