At 6-feet 2-inches and 200 pounds, Charles Woodson is the third Michigan Wolverine to win the Heisman Trophy. The exciting junior cornerback garnered numerous post-season honors including First Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association. Charles finished the season with eight interceptions. Woodson the versatile player also saw time as a receiver on offense and as a dangerous punt returner on special teams. Charles and the Wolverines finished the season with a 21-16 victory over Washington State in the Rose Bowl to go 12-0 on the season and to claim a share of the National Championship with Nebraska. Charles was drafted 4th overall by the Oakland Raiders in 1998. Charles was named the 1998 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

The Voting

					Points
Place	Name	School	Class	Position	1	2	3	Total
1	Charles Woodson	Michigan	Junior	CB	433	209	98	1,815
2	Peyton Manning	Tennessee	Senior	QB	281	263	174	1,543
3	Ryan Leaf	Washington State	Junior	QB	70	203	241	861
4	Randy Moss	Marshall	Sophomore	WR	17	56	90	253
5	Ricky Williams	Texas	Junior	RB	3	18	20	65
6	Curtis Enis	Penn State	Junior	RB	3	18	20	65
7	Tim Dwight	Iowa	Senior	RB	5	3	11	32
8	Cade McNown	UCLA	Junior	QB	0	7	12	26
9	Tim Couch	Kentucky	Sophomore	QB	0	5	12	22
10	Amos Zereoue	West Virginia	Sophomore	RB	3	1	10	21

Charles Woodson became the third player from the University of Michigan to win the Heisman. With 921 ballots mailed out, Woodson captured five sections, the Northeast, Mid Atlantic, Southwest, Midwest and the Far West, while quarterback Peyton Manning of Tennessee won the South.

No. of registered electors: 921
Date of announcement: December 13, 1997
Date of dinner: December 15, 1997

The points by region and position within each region for the top five candidates:

Name	North-east		Mid Atlantic		South		South-west		Mid-west		Far West
Woodson	314	1	305	1	218	2	339	1	355	1	284	1
Manning	273	2	240	2	340	1	250	2	218	2	222	3
Leaf	118	3	102	3	132	3	129	3	152	3	228	2
Moss	49	4	70	4	34	4	24	5	43	4	33	4
Williams	10	6	11	7	19	5	73	4	41	6	8	6