Sooners lead in returning Heisman winners
Sam Bradford is back in an Oklahoma uniform after his Heisman Trophy-winning season of 2008. Sammy B’s the 11th player to return to college football after winning the Heisman. And OU has supplied three of those players: Billy Sims, Jason White and Bradford.
The only school with more than one returning Heisman winner in its history is Ohio State, which had Vic Janowicz in 1950 and Archie Griffin in 1975. Griffin, of course, became the only two-time Heisman winner.
Generally, returning Heisman winners fare very well in their encore seasons. Griffin won, Sims placed second to USC’s Charles White in 1979 and SMU’s Doak Walker (1949), Brigham Young’s Ty Detmer (1991), White (2004), USC’s Matt Leinart (2005) and Florida’s Tim Tebow (2008) all placed third. Army’s Doc Blanchard was fourth in 1946.
The only non-factors were Janowicz in 1951 and Navy’s Roger Staubach in 1964.
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