Heisman Trophy Winners List, From Jay Berwanger To ... Robert Griffin III?

Saturday night, either Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck or Trent Richardson will add his name to the list of Heisman Trophy winners. Tyrann Mathieu and Montee Ball are also nominated, but Mathieu plays defense and Ball has a famous quarterback.

The forecasted Griffin victory would be the first in Baylor Bears history and the first for a player from a Texas school since Ricky Williams in 1998. Richardson would be the second Alabama Crimson Tide player ever to win, but he'd also be the second in three years, after Mark Ingram in 2009. One Stanford Cardinal player has won the trophy: Jim Plunkett in 1970.

Mathieu could be the first LSU Tigers Heisman-winner since the great Billy Cannon in 1959, not to mention only the second primarily non-offensive winner ever*, after Charles Woodson in 1997. The Wisconsin Badgers boast two previous winners: Alan Ameche in 1954 and Ron Dayne in 1999.

* Which goes to show, as it does every year, how without meaning this entire thing is. That, and Mark Ingram winning it.

Here's the complete list of winners:


Year	Winner	School	Position	Points
1935	Jay Berwanger	Chicago	Halfback
1936	Larry Kelley	Yale	End	219
1937	Clint Frank	Yale	Halfback	524
1938	Davey O'Brien	TCU	Quarterback	519
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa	Halfback	651
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan	Halfback	1303
1941	Bruce Smith	Minnesota	Halfback	554
1942	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia	Halfback	1059
1943	Angelo Bertelli	Notre Dame	Quarterback	648
1944	Les Horvath	Ohio State	Quarterback/Halfback	412
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army	Fullback	860
1946	Glenn Davis	Army	Halfback	792
1947	Johnny Lujack	Notre Dame	Quarterback	742
1948	Doak Walker	SMU	Halfback	778
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame	End	995
1950	Vic Janowicz	Ohio State	Halfback/Punter	633
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton	Halfback	1777
1952	Billy Vessels	Oklahoma	Halfback	525
1953	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame	Halfback	1850
1954	Alan Ameche	Wisconsin	Fullback	1068
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	Halfback	2219
1956	Paul Hornung	Notre Dame	Quarterback	1066
1957	John David Crow	Texas A&M	Halfback	1183
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army	Halfback	1394
1959	Billy Cannon	LSU	Halfback	1929
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy	Halfback	1793
1961	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	Halfback/Linebacker/Fullback	824
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State	Quarterback	707
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy	Quarterback	1860
1964	John Huarte	Notre Dame	Quarterback	1026
1965	Mike Garrett	USC	Halfback	926
1966	Steve Spurrier	Florida	Quarterback	1679
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA	Quarterback	1968
1968	O.J. Simpson	USC	Halfback	2853
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	Fullback	1488
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	Quarterback	2229
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	Quarterback	1597
1972	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	Running back	1310
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State	Running back	1057
1974	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	Running back	1920
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	Running back	1800
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	Running back	2357
1977	Earl Campbell	Texas	Running back	1547
1978	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	Running back	1896
1979	Charles White	USC	Running back	1695
1980	George Rogers	South Carolina	Running back	1128
1981	Marcus Allen	USC	Running back	1797
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia	Running back	1926
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska	Running back	1801
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	Quarterback	2240
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn	Running back	1509
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami	Quarterback	2213
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame	Wide receiver	1442
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	Running back	1878
1989	Andre Ware	Houston	Quarterback	1073
1990	Ty Detmer	BYU	Quarterback	1482
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	Wide receiver	2077
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami	Quarterback	1400
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	Quarterback	1743
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado	Running back	1743
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State	Running back	1460
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	Quarterback	1363
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	Cornerback	1815
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	Running back	2355
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	Running back	2042
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State	Quarterback	1628
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska	Quarterback	770
2002	Carson Palmer	USC	Quarterback	1328
2003	Jason White	Oklahoma	Quarterback	1481
2004	Matt Leinart	USC	Quarterback	1325
2005	Reggie Bush	USC	Running back	2541
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State	Quarterback	2540
2007	Tim Tebow	Florida	Quarterback	1957
2008	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma	Quarterback	1726
2009	Mark Ingram, Jr.	Alabama	Running back	1304
2010	Cam Newton	Auburn	Quarterback	2263