Ballots
How many ballots did a particular Heisman candidate appear on? In other words, how many voters chose to assign a #1, #2, or #3 vote to a particular candidate?
But, of course, using the raw number would be deceiving - since the total number of ballots varies wildly over time. Again, we recommend using a percentage, in order to make year-to-year comparisons meaningful.
Note: We're not able to include the years 1935-1950 - as the Trophy Trust website does not have the 1-2-3 vote breakdown listed for those years. Also, 1964 and 1971 are not included, because the Heisman Trust website is missing the 2nd and 3rd place votes for those years.
year | voters | name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | on ballots | voters | % ballots |
2005 | 923 | Reggie Bush | 784 | 89 | 11 | 884 | 923 | 95.8% |
2006 | 924 | Troy Smith | 801 | 62 | 13 | 876 | 924 | 94.8% |
1998 | 921 | Ricky Williams | 714 | 91 | 31 | 836 | 921 | 90.8% |
2012 | 928 | Johnny Manziel | 474 | 252 | 103 | 829 | 928 | 89.3% |
1968 | 1200 | O.J. Simpson | 855 | 128 | 82 | 1065 | 1200 | 88.8% |
2008 | 926 | Sam Bradford | 300 | 315 | 196 | 811 | 926 | 87.6% |
1967 | 1033 | Gary Beban | 369 | 332 | 197 | 898 | 1033 | 86.9% |
2007 | 925 | Tim Tebow | 462 | 229 | 113 | 804 | 925 | 86.9% |
1993 | 919 | Charlie Ward | 740 | 39 | 12 | 791 | 919 | 86.1% |
2013 | 929 | Jameis Winston | 668 | 84 | 33 | 785 | 929 | 84.5% |
2010 | 925 | Cam Newton | 729 | 24 | 28 | 781 | 925 | 84.4% |
1999 | 922 | Ron Dayne | 586 | 121 | 42 | 749 | 922 | 81.2% |
1976 | 1048 | Tony Dorsett | 701 | 112 | 30 | 843 | 1048 | 80.4% |
1997 | 921 | Charles Woodson | 433 | 209 | 98 | 740 | 921 | 80.3% |
1991 | 917 | Desmond Howard | 640 | 68 | 21 | 729 | 917 | 79.5% |
1994 | 920 | Rashaan Salaam | 400 | 229 | 85 | 714 | 920 | 77.6% |
2011 | 927 | Robert Griffin III | 405 | 168 | 136 | 709 | 927 | 76.5% |
1984 | 1050 | Doug Flutie | 678 | 87 | 32 | 797 | 1050 | 75.9% |
1988 | 917 | Barry Sanders | 559 | 77 | 47 | 683 | 917 | 74.5% |
1986 | 1050 | Vinny Testaverde | 678 | 76 | 27 | 781 | 1050 | 74.4% |
1995 | 921 | Eddie George | 268 | 248 | 160 | 676 | 921 | 73.4% |
2000 | 922 | Chris Weinke | 369 | 216 | 89 | 674 | 922 | 73.1% |
1970 | 1264 | Jim Plunkett | 510 | 285 | 129 | 924 | 1264 | 73.1% |
1974 | 1075 | Archie Griffin | 483 | 198 | 75 | 756 | 1075 | 70.3% |
1990 | 917 | Ty Detmer | 316 | 208 | 118 | 642 | 917 | 70.0% |
1975 | 1041 | Archie Griffin | 454 | 167 | 104 | 725 | 1041 | 69.6% |
2003 | 922 | Jason White | 319 | 204 | 116 | 639 | 922 | 69.3% |
1982 | 1050 | Herschel Walker | 525 | 155 | 41 | 721 | 1050 | 68.7% |
1981 | 1050 | Marcus Allen | 441 | 204 | 66 | 711 | 1050 | 67.7% |
2002 | 922 | Carson Palmer | 242 | 224 | 154 | 620 | 922 | 67.2% |
1951 | 987 | Richard Kazmaier | 506 | 107 | 45 | 658 | 987 | 66.7% |
2009 | 925 | Mark Ingram | 227 | 236 | 151 | 614 | 925 | 66.4% |
1996 | 920 | Danny Wuerffel | 300 | 158 | 147 | 605 | 920 | 65.8% |
1992 | 918 | Gino Torretta | 310 | 179 | 112 | 601 | 918 | 65.5% |
1983 | 1050 | Mike Rozier | 482 | 154 | 47 | 683 | 1050 | 65.0% |
1955 | 1324 | Howard Cassady | 594 | 179 | 79 | 852 | 1324 | 64.4% |
1960 | 1130 | Joe Bellino | 436 | 196 | 93 | 725 | 1130 | 64.2% |
1953 | 1255 | John Lattner | 384 | 283 | 132 | 799 | 1255 | 63.7% |
2004 | 923 | Matt Leinart | 267 | 211 | 102 | 580 | 923 | 62.8% |
1985 | 1050 | Bo Jackson | 317 | 218 | 122 | 657 | 1050 | 62.6% |
1959 | 1197 | Billy Cannon | 519 | 147 | 78 | 744 | 1197 | 62.2% |
1963 | 1123 | Roger Staubach | 517 | 132 | 45 | 694 | 1123 | 61.8% |
1979 | 1050 | Charles White | 453 | 144 | 48 | 645 | 1050 | 61.4% |
1987 | 1050 | Tim Brown | 324 | 173 | 124 | 621 | 1050 | 59.1% |
1977 | 1050 | Earl Campbell | 371 | 187 | 60 | 618 | 1050 | 58.9% |
1966 | 1160 | Steve Spurrier | 433 | 150 | 80 | 663 | 1160 | 57.2% |
1969 | 1212 | Steve Owens | 294 | 218 | 170 | 682 | 1212 | 56.3% |
1958 | 1191 | Pete Dawkins | 296 | 195 | 116 | 607 | 1191 | 51.0% |
1989 | 918 | Andre Ware | 242 | 132 | 83 | 457 | 918 | 49.8% |
1972 | 1127 | Johnny Rodgers | 301 | 151 | 105 | 557 | 1127 | 49.4% |
1980 | 1050 | George Rogers | 216 | 179 | 122 | 517 | 1050 | 49.2% |
1973 | 1075 | John Cappelletti | 229 | 142 | 86 | 457 | 1075 | 42.5% |
1957 | 1267 | John David Crow | 241 | 176 | 108 | 525 | 1267 | 41.4% |
1956 | 1318 | Paul Hornung | 197 | 162 | 151 | 510 | 1318 | 38.7% |
2001 | 925 | Eric Crouch | 162 | 98 | 88 | 348 | 925 | 37.6% |
1954 | 1318 | Alan Ameche | 214 | 157 | 112 | 483 | 1318 | 36.6% |
1965 | 1160 | Mike Garrett | 179 | 143 | 103 | 425 | 1160 | 36.6% |
1978 | 1050 | Billy Sims | 151 | 152 | 70 | 373 | 1050 | 35.5% |
1961 | 1091 | Ernie Davis | 179 | 103 | 81 | 363 | 1091 | 33.3% |
1962 | 1109 | Terry Baker | 172 | 74 | 43 | 289 | 1109 | 26.1% |
1952 | 1222 | Billy Vessels | 98 | 91 | 49 | 238 | 1222 | 19.5% |
If you want to give credit, please credit "analysis by Kari Chisholm, a political consultant who operates StiffArmTrophy.com".