2009 - 75th Award
Mark Ingram
University of Alabama Back

At 5 foot 10 and 215 pounds, Mark Ingram becomes just the sixth player to win both the Heisman Trophy and national championship in the same season and the University of Alabama's first ever Heisman Trophy winner. Ingram tallied 1658 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, setting a single season rushing record at Alabama, and an additional 334 yards and 3 touchdowns on 32 receptions. Ingram is a unanimous first team all-American, Sporting News National Player of the Year, Walter Camp Player of the Year, a finalist for the Doak Walker and Maxwell awards, first team all-SEC selection, and the Associated Press SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Total Votes

Player	School	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points
1. Mark Ingram	Alabama	227	236	151	1,304
2. Toby Gerhart	Stanford	222	225	160	1,276
3. Colt McCoy	Texas	203	188	160	1,145
4. Ndamukong Suh	Nebraska	161	105	122	815
5. Tim Tebow	Florida	43	70	121	390
6. C.J. Spiller	Clemson	26	31	83	223
7. Kellen Moore	Boise State	10	20	30	100
8. Case Keenum	Houston	2	9	13	37
9. Mardy Gilyard	Cincinnati	2	2	13	23
10. Golden Tate	Notre Dame	2	3	9	21

The number of points by region and position within each are as follows for the top five candidates:

Name	Northeast		Mid-Atlantic		South		Southwest		Midwest		Far West
	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.
1. Mark Ingram	238	1	222	1	254	1	214	3	223	1	153	3
2. Toby Gerhart	219	2	187	2	165	3	180	4	206	2	319	1
3. Colt McCoy	179	3	187	2	176	2	216	2	173	3	214	2
4. Ndamukong Suh	104	4	105	4	113	4	254	1	146	4	93	4
5. Tim Tebow	83	5	57	6	106	5	33	5	45	5	66	5