2004 - 70th Award
Matt Leinart
USC Back

At six-foot five-inches and 225 pounds, Matt Leinart is the sixth USC Trojan to win the Heisman Trophy, following Mike Garrett, OJ Simpson, Charles White, Marcus Allen and Carson Palmer. In his junior year, Leinart led the Trojans to an undefeated season, win the Heisman and went on to win the BCS Championship Orange Bowl. Matt is just the third quarterback in more than thirty years to lead his team to back-to-back national championships. Later on that year, Matt decided against entering the NFL draft, instead choosing to stay at USC for his senior year and attempt to be part of a first-ever three time national championship team with the Trojans.

The Voting

Heisman Trophy balloting
Player1st2nd3rdTotal
Matt Leinart, USC2672111021,325
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma154180175997
Jason White, Oklahoma171149146957
Alex Smith, Utah98112117635
Reggie Bush, USC1188083597

 
 
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