Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Heisman Trophy, one of the highest individual awards in American college football, has been awarded annually since its creation in 1935.The trophy is given to the most outstanding college football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and is awarded by the Heisman Trust, successors of the awards from the Downtown Athletic ...
As a junior in 1997, he was a national champion and the first defensive player in college football history to win the Heisman Trophy. Selected with the fourth overall pick by the Raiders in the 1998 NFL draft, Woodson received Pro Bowl selections during his first four seasons and two first-team All-Pro honors. Woodson left the Raiders after ...
1997 Heisman Trophy voting results. Woodson emerged as the winner in the 1997 Heisman Trophy voting, making history as the first primarily defensive player to receive the prestigious award. He ...
Every Heisman Trophy winner since 1935. 1935: RB Jay Berwanger (Chicago) 1936: ... 1997: CB Charles Woodson (Michigan) 1998: RB Ricky Williams (Texas) 1999: RB Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Here is each school to win a Heisman Trophy, and the players who brought the big award home: ... Charles Woodson (1997) Nebraska Cornhuskers (three) Johnny Rodgers (1972) Mike Rozier (1983) Eric ...
Michigan and Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson were given the AP Sports Writers National Championship. Michigan's Charles Woodson, who played primarily at cornerback, but also saw time on offense as a wide receiver and on special teams as a punt returner, won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first primarily defensive player to win the award.
Here is the prestigious list of previous Heisman Trophy winners: Heisman Trophy odds: ... 1997: CB Charles Woodson (Michigan) 1998: RB Ricky Williams (Texas) 1999: RB Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
On December 11, 1997, Woodson also won the Bednarik Award as top defensive player and the Jim Thorpe Award as top defensive back. [51] By a margin of 55 votes out of 2,500 votes cast, Woodson was beaten by Peyton Manning for the Maxwell Award. The award season culminated with the Heisman Trophy.