Mistake Heismans

Times the Heisman voters got it wrong, compiled by my Twitter friend Clayton Trutor. Note how many times a player from a more established / Eastern team won over a team from the South, West, or Midwest – including numbers 5-10 as well as Herschel in 1981.

10. 2012 Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel over Oregon RB Kenjon Barner

9. 1993 FSU’s Charlie Ward over SD State’s Marshall Faulk

8. 1958 Army’s Pete Dawkins over LSU’s Billy Cannon

7. 1936 Yale’s Larry Kelley over SMU’s Sammy Baugh

6. 1975 Archie Griffin 1450 yd 4 TD over USC’s Ricky Bell 1957/13

5. 1995 Ohio State's Eddie George over Nebraska’s Tommie Frazier

4. 1951 Princeton’s Dick Kazmaier over Vols Hank Lauricella’s 2 nattys

3. 1957 A&M’s John David Crow over Iowa’s Alex Karras

2. 1956 Hornung over Jim Brown, Tommy McDonald, or Johnny Majors

1. 1990 BYU's Ty Detmer over Notre Dame's Raghib Ismail. The one time the Mormon was picked over the Irish.

I’d like to add Herschel to the list, at least as an honorable mention. As a freshman he helped UGA win the national championship. As a sophomore Walker’s Dawgs played for the national championship. Both years the Heisman was given to a senior with slightly better stats.

1980 Sr George Rogers over Fr Herschel Walker

1981 Sr Marcus Allen over Soph Herschel Walker

.g…att..rush.avg.TD.rec.yd.total.avg.TD

11 297 1781 6.0 14 07 023 1804 5.9 14 Rogers 80

11 274 1616 5.9 15 07 070 1686 6.0 15 Walker 80

 

12 433 2427 5.6 22 34 256 2683 5.7 23 Allen 81

11 385 1891 4.9 18 14 084 1975 4.9 20 Walker 81

Also interesting that Charles Woodson over Peyton Manning wasn't mentioned.

https://www.downthedrive.com/2021/5/10/22428662/times-the-heisman-voters-got-it-wrong-part-one

https://www.downthedrive.com/2021/5/12/22432005/times-the-heisman-voters-got-it-wrong-part-two

https://www.downthedrive.com/2021/5/13/22434030/times-the-heisman-voters-got-it-wrong-part-three

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R.A. DICKEY [SABR Bio] was a former Seattle Mariner, who was the last pitcher to win at least twenty games in a season for the New York Mets. Record was 20-6 in 2012 for NYM. Played for SEA in 2008. He was traded less than five weeks after it was announced that he had won his first Cy Young Award, announced 05-Nov-2012. Traded to TOR for Noah Syndergaard* 17-Dec. It was also his last CYA. In fact, it was the only time in his 15-year MLB career that he received even a single CYA vote. He resides in his hometown and now owns a sizeable farm with 37 animals, including horses, a donkey, a pig, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats. Lives in Nashville and the farm is located in a residential area of the city.