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By Chris Huston 9.8.15

Teammates and the Heisman

Teammates and the Heisman

Pat Forde of YahooSports.com posed a simple question following Ohio State’s 42-24 victory over Virginia Tech on Monday night.

“Who is the Buckeyes’ top Heisman candidate?” asked Forde, who also wrote:

The only suspense [regarding Ohio State’s season] will be finding out which of the Buckeyes’ star players turns out to be their leading candidate for the Heisman.
They could have four candidates, if they didn’t all play for the same team. But they do. And Urban Meyer isn’t sharing with the poor teams tasked with trying to beat the Buckeyes.

It would indeed be an accomplishment if Ohio State managed to finish the season with four Heisman contenders. While 46 teams have managed to place more than one player in the top 10 of the Heisman vote in a single year, no team has ever had four players finish in the top 10. Only six teams have placed three players in the top 10: 1943 Notre Dame, 1944 Army, 1946 Army, 1949 Notre Dame, 1969 Ohio State and 1973 Ohio State.  Army in ’46 and Ohio State in ’73 ended up with three players in the top five in Heisman balloting and, in 2004, three teams had two entries each: USC, Oklahoma and California.  Notre Dame and Oklahoma are tied for the most seasons with multiple Heisman candidates at six.

Most important, having multiple candidates from the same team does not generally accompany a Heisman win — just 14 Heisman winners were joined by at least one other teammate in the top 10 of the vote.

The complete list of teams with multiple Heisman candidates:

YearTeamPlayers (with position)Heisman Finish
1936YaleLarry Kelley (E), Clint Frank (QB)1st, 5th
1938TCUDavey O’Brien (QB), Ki Aldri (C)1st, 8th
1943Notre DameAngelo Bertelli (QB), Creighton Miller (HB), Jim White (T)1st, 4th, 9th
1944ArmyGlenn Davis (HB), Doc Blanchard (FB), Doug Kenna (QB)2nd, 3rd, 8th
1944NavyDon Whitmire (T), Bob Jenkins (HB)4th, 7th
1945ArmyDoc Blanchard (FB), Glenn Davis (HB)1st, 2nd
1946ArmyGlenn Davis (HB), Doc Blanchard (FB), Arnie Tucker (QB)1st, 4th, 5th
1949Notre DameLeon Hart (E), Bob Williams (QB), Emil Sitko (HB)1st, 5th, 8th
1952OklahomaBilly Vessels (RB), Tom Catlin (C)1st, 10th
1952UCLADon Moomaw (LB), Paul Cameron (RB)4th, 6th
1955NavyGeorge Welsh (QB), Ron Beagle (E)3rd, 7th
1956OklahomaTom McDonald (WR), Jerry Tubbs (C-LB)3rd, 4th
1957Michigan St.Walt Kowalczyk (RB), Dan Currie (RB)3rd, 8th
1964Notre DameJohn Huarte (QB), Jack Snow (WR)1st, 5th
1966Notre DameNick Eddy (RB), Terry Hanratty (QB)3rd, 8th
1966UCLAGary Beban (QB), Mel Farr (RB)4th, 7th
1967TennesseeBob Johnson (C), Dewey Warren (QB)6th, 8th
1969Ohio St.Rex Kern (QB), Jim Otis (FB), Jack Tatum (S)3rd, 7th, 10th
1970Ohio St.Rex Kern (QB), Jack Tatum (S)5th, 7th
1971OklahomaGreg Pruitt (RB), Greg Mildren (QB)3rd, 6th
1972NebraskaJohnny Rodgers (WR), Rich Glover (DT)1st, 3rd
1973Ohio St.John Hicks (OT), Archie Griffin (RB), Randy Gradishar (LB)2nd, 4th, 5th
1973Arizona St.Woody Green (WR), Danny White (QB)8th, 9th
1974OklahomaJoe Washington (RB), Rod Shoate (LB)3rd, 7th
1975OklahomaJoe Washignton (RB), Lee Roy Selmon (DT)5th, 9th
1977Notre DameKen McAfee (TE), Ross Browner (DE)3rd, 5th
1979USCCharles White (RB), Paul McDonald (QB)1st, 6th
1982NebraskaDave Rimington (C), Mike Rozier (RB)5th, 10th
1983NebraskaMike Rozier (RB), Turner Gill (QB)1st, 4th
1989Notre DameTony Rice (QB), Raghib Ismail (WR)4th, 10th
1990VirginiaShawn Moore (QB), Herman Moore (WR)4th, 6th
1991FSUCasey Weldon (QB, Terrell Buckley (CB)2nd, 8th
1992Miami (Fla)Gino Torretta (QB), Michael Barrow (LB)1st, 7th
1992FSUMarvin Jones (LB), Charlie Ward (QB)4th, 6th
1994Penn StateKi-Jana Carter (RB), Kerry Collins (QB)2nd, 4th
1994NebraskaLawrence Phillips (RB), Zach Wiegert (OT)8th, 10th
1995Ohio St.Eddie George (RB), Bobby Hoying (QB)1st, 10th
2001Miami (Fla)Ken Dorsey (QB), Bryant McKinnie (OT)3rd, 8th
2002Miami (Fla)Willis McGahee (RB), Ken Dorsey (QB)4th, 5th
2003USCMatt Leinart (QB), Mike Williams (WR)6th, 8th
2004USCMatt Leinart (QB), Reggie Bush (RB)1st, 5th
2004OklahomaAdrian Peterson (RB), Jason White (QB)2nd, 3rd
2004CaliforniaJ.J. Arrington (RB), Aaron Rodgers (QB)8th, 9th
2008Texas TechGraham Harrell (QB), Michael Crabtree (WR)4th, 5th
2010StanfordAndrew Luck (QB), Owen Marecic (FB-LB)2nd, 10th
2011WisconsinMontee Ball (RB), Russell Wilson (QB)4th, 9th
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