Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford is the 74th Heisman winner. Congratulations to him and the Sooners. He is OU’s fifth Heisman winner, joining Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims and Jason White.
The results are pretty much in line with what we predicted here at HP. Not only that, we also suspected that Tim Tebow would receive the most first-place votes, but not win. Indeed, that actually happened. Tebow is the first third-place finisher to receiver the most first-place votes since Tommy McDonald did it in 1956, ironically while playing for Oklahoma. In the end, it was the second place votes that decided it (again, as we predicted) with Bradford’s 315 seconds dwarfing Tebow’s 207.
I also thought that this would be the first race since 1967 to have three players with over 200 first-place votes, and that was also the case, with Bradford getting 300, McCoy 266 and Tebow 309.
Here is the raw data that we have so far…I’ll have more notes and quotes and pictures as soon as the candidates arrive in the press room.
The results are as follows:
1. Sam Bradford, 1,726 points
2. Colt McCoy, 1,604 points
3. Tim Tebow, 1,575 points
4. Graham Harrell, 213 points
5. Michael Crabtree, 116 points
6. Shonn Greene, 65 points
7. Patrick White, 19 points
8. Nate Davis, 10 points
9. Rey Maualuga, 9 points
10. Javon Ringer, 8 points
First place votes/Second place votes/Third place votes
Sam Bradford, 300/315/196
Colt McCoy, 266/288/230
Tim Tebow, 309/207/234
Graham Harrell, 13/44/86
Mike Crabtree, 3/27/53
Shonn Greene, 5/9/32
Pat White, 3/1/8
Nate Davis, 0/1/8
Rey Maualuga, 2/1/1
Javon Ringer, 1/0/5
Regional voting (with points in parentheses)
Northeast: Bradford (289), Tebow (274), McCoy (266)
Mid-Atlantic: Bradford (267), Tebow (264), McCoy (252)
South: Tebow (382), Bradford (250), McCoy (247)
Southwest: Bradford (360), McCoy (313), Tebow (184)
Midwest: McCoy (292), Bradford (281), Tebow (259)
Far West: Bradford (279), McCoy (234), Tebow (212)
Is the upcoming BCS Title Game going to be the first match-up of two Heisman winners?
2005 Orange Bowl: Jason White of Oklahoma vs. Matt Leinart of Southern Cal.
Ithink sam bradford is a winner on and off the field. and the sooners will bcs national champship
HP, Any surprises for you with the small vote getters? Anyone you would have thought that would have gotten at least 1 vote somewhere? Anyone who got several votes that shouldn’t have?
As just a neutral college football fan, I can tell you that I can already see the steam coming off the Earth from Austin Texas.
Oklahoma wins the THREE WAY tiebreaker for the Big Twelve title game
Oklahoma wins the Big Twelve
Oklahoma and Sam Bradford win the Heisman trophy
Can’t you see the displeasure from Austin when OU wins the National Title…
BOOMER SOONER! finally i believe in the system or at least this system i wasn’t sure after 2004 but my confidence in the voters has returned the most outstanding player one theirs no doubt about that unless your from texas or florida
SO any Sooners worried about the heisman curse? Not implying OK = OH, but it seems to be another unheralded SEC defense against an unstoppable offense this year. At least Bradford has 2 more potential years to recover his NFL draft, unlike Troy Smith.
This is the first time since 1953 where two of the finalists have amassed at least 300 first-place votes.
That year was also one of the most competitive races in history:
1. John Lattner 384 1st-place/283 2nd-place/106 3rd-pace
2. Paul Giel 366 1st-place/295 2nd-place/106 3rd-place
This race helped heighten the Notre Dame Heisman hegemony.
Also, Tim Tebow is the first 3rd-place finisher in the history of the race to gain 300+ first place votes.