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
Player	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Matt Leinart, USC	267	211	102	1,325
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma	154	180	175	997
Jason White, Oklahoma	171	149	146	957
Alex Smith, Utah	98	112	117	635
Reggie Bush, USC	118	80	83	597

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

Name	Northeast		Mid-Atlantic		South		Southwest		Midwest		Far West
	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.
1. Matt Leinart	242	1	215	1	204	1	179	3	253	1	232	1
2. Adrian Peterson	174	2	162	2	155	2	197	2	181	2	128	2
3. Jason White	154	3	126	3	128	3	263	1	169	3	117	4
4. Alex Smith	104	4	126	3	79	6	96	4	102	4	128	2
5. Reggie Bush	103	5	110	5	95	4	72	5	102	4	115	5