HONORS

Effectively, the Most Valuable Player Award for American collegiate football. Named for early-era coach John Heisman.

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

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