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By Chris Huston 2.13.17

Before they were stars: Heisman Trophy winners as recruits

Most incoming freshmen are now making their way to campuses across the country, including the bevy of talented youngsters who signed letters of intent last February.

There’s a good chance that, at some point in the future, one or two out of the hundreds of players who are now getting ready for training camp will go on to win the Heisman Trophy. With that in mind, we thought it would be fun to check out film on some of the past Heisman winners to see what they looked like coming out of high school.

Unfortunately, not all Heisman winners have video available from their prep years on the internet, so this is an incomplete list:

Baker Mayfield

Lamar Jackson



Derrick Henry



Marcus Mariota



Jameis Winston


Johnny Manziel


Robert Griffin III


Cameron Newton


Mark Ingram


Sam Bradford


Tim Tebow


Matt Leinart and Carson Palmer


Eric Crouch


Ricky Williams


Danny Wuerffel


Desmond Howard


Barry Sanders


Bo Jackson


Earl Campbell


Tony Dorsett


Mike Garrett


Roger Staubach

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