Notes from the 82nd Heisman Ceremony
The Vote
Percentage of ballots on which the top 5 appeared:
Lamar Jackson — 90.53%
Deshaun Watson — 74.63%
Baker Mayfield — 25.51%
Jabrill Peppers — 15.72%
Dede Westbrook — 15.18%
By comparison, the 2015 winner, Derrick Henry, was named on 86.01% of ballots. Last year’s runner up, Christian McCaffrey, was on 76.75% of ballots.
Percentage of ballots received by week
Week 1: 2%
Week 2:*13%
Week 3: 85%
* – represents all ballots received before games started on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.
Number of ballots received and tabulated
899 out of 929 (97%)
Number of players receiving votes, by place:
First — 19 players
Second — 32
Third — 39
Total players receiving votes — 48
(35 players received votes in 2015)
The spread between 3rd and 10th is the tightest since 1999.
Notes on Lamar Jackson
He’s the youngest player to win the award at 19 years, 337 days (previous youngest: Jameis Winston at 19 years, 342 days).
He’s the first player from Louisville to win the trophy.
He’s the second ACC player in the last four years to win the trophy.
He’s the eighth player from a current Atlantic Coast Conference school to win the trophy.
He’s the fourth sophomore to win the award and the fifth player to win the Heisman in his second year in college.
He’s the 10th-consecutive non-senior to win the award.
He’s the third player to win the Heisman before his 20th birthday, joining Mark Ingram and Jameis Winston.
He’s the fourth player born in Florida (and second-consecutive Florida native) to win the Heisman, joining Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Derrick Henry.
He’s the 32nd quarterback to win the Heisman and the 14th in the last 16 years.
He’s the third player (and second in the last three years) to win the Heisman while wearing No. 8, joining Davey O’Brien and Marcus Mariota
He’s the first Heisman winner to play for a team with at least three losses since Robert Griffin III in 2011.
He’s the third player in six years to win his school’s first Heisman.
He has the most rushing yards (1,538) by a Heisman-winning quarterback.
His 4,928 yards of total offense is second in Heisman history to Ty Detmer’s 5,022.
His combined 51 touchdowns running and passing ties Tim Tebow for third-best in Heisman history.
He’s the first Heisman winner since Tim Brown to play for a team that lost its last two regular season games.
He’s the first player to win a Heisman having thrown at least 30 passing touchdowns and rushing for at least 20 rushing touchdowns.
Notes on Deshaun Watson
He’s the first Clemson player to finish as a Heisman runner up. This is Clemson’s second top-3 Heisman finish (both by Watson).
It’s the 13th time a player from a current ACC team has logged a runner up Heisman finish.
ACC Note
This is the first time two ACC players have finished 1-2 in the Heisman vote.
Notes on Baker Mayfield
Mayfield joins Jason White, Billy Sims and Greg Pruitt as Sooners who logged two top 4 Heisman finishes.
It’s the best Heisman finish by an Oklahoma player since Sam Bradford won the award in 2008
It’s the 15th time an Oklahoma player finished in the top 3 of the Heisman vote.
It’s the 17th time an Oklahoma player finished in the top 5 of the Heisman vote.
This is the third time two Oklahoma players have finished in the top 5 of the Heisman vote.
Notes on Jabrill Peppers
Peppers is the 24th defensive player to finish in the top five of the Heisman vote and third in the last six years.
He is the third linebacker to finish in the top 5 of the Heisman vote since the advent of two-platoon football in the mid-1960s.
Notes on Dede Westbrook
He’s the 14th wide receiver to finish in the top 5 of the Heisman vote and second in the past three years.
It’s the 17th time an Oklahoma player has finished in the top 5 of the Heisman vote.
This is the third time two Oklahoma players have finished in the top 5 of the Heisman vote.
