University of Alabama

Derrick Henry set the SEC single-season rushing record with 1,986 yards and tied the conference mark for rushing touchdowns with 23 on his way to Alabama's second Heisman trophy award.

Heisman Winner

Derrick Henry

RB | Junior | University of Alabama

Derrick Henry is the second Alabama player to win the Heisman, joining 2009 winner Mark Ingram. He is also the first running back since Ingram to win and just the second since Ron Dayne won in 1999.

Henry was born in Yulee, Fla. and attended Yulee High, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track. He set the national high school career rushing mark with 12,124 yards, breaking Ken Hall’s 59-year-old record. He had 4,261 yards and 55 touchdowns as a 2012 senior and was considered one of the top players in the recruiting class of 2013.

The 6-3, 242-pounder was offered dozens of scholarships from schools all across the country, but he committed to attend the University of Alabama on Sept. 28, 2012. As a 2013 freshman, Henry made an impact for the Tide as part of a deep corps of running backs, rushing for 382 yards and three touchdowns on just 35 carries (including 100 yards on eight carries against Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl).

He followed up with a strong 2014 sophomore season, rushing for 990 yards and 11 touchdowns as he shared carries with T.J. Yeldon.

Henry came into his own as a junior, setting the SEC single-season rushing record with 1,986 rushing yards. He also tied the conference mark for rushing touchdowns with 23. His rushing yardage total led the nation, as did his number of rushing attempts (339). He was just the third running back in SEC history (Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson being the others) to have four 200-yard games in a single season.

As a result, Henry beat out Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey for the Heisman. He then led the Crimson Tide to the national title with 158 yards and three touchdowns against Clemson.

Henry bypassed his senior season for the NFL and was selected in the 2nd round by the Tennessee Titans.

Heisman Voting Results

Number of electors: 929 - Announced: December 12, 2015.

	Player	Class	Position	School	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points
1	Derrick Henry	JR	RB	Alabama	378	277	144	1832
2	Christian McCaffrey	SO	RB	Stanford	290	246	177	1539
3	Deshaun Watson	SO	QB	Clemson	148	240	241	1165
4	Baker Mayfield	RS JR	QB	Oklahoma	34	55	122	334
5	Keenan Reynolds	SR	RB	Navy	20	17	86	180
6	Leonard Fournette	SO	RB	LSU	10	25	30	110
7	Dalvin Cook	SO	RB	Florida State	7	18	22	79
8	Ezekiel Elliot	JR	RB	Ohio State	5	7	28	57
9	Connor Cook	RS SR	QB	Michigan State	2	3	1	13
10	Trevone Boykin	RS SR	QB	TCU	1	3	4	13

Three points are awarded for first place on a ballot, with two points for second place and one point for third place.

Heisman Voting By Region

Heisman voters are spread out across six regions, with roughly 145 per region.

South

	Player	Points
1	Derrick Henry	368
2	Christian McCaffrey	219
3	Deshaun Watson	201

Northeast

	Player	Points
1	Derrick Henry	290
2	Christian McCaffrey	234
3	Deshaun Watson	177

Mid-Atlantic

	Player	Points
1	Derrick Henry	292
2	Christian McCaffrey	231
3	Deshaun Watson	221

Midwest

	Player	Points
1	Derrick Henry	308
2	Christian McCaffrey	269
3	Deshaun Watson	181

Southwest

	Player	Points
1	Derrick Henry	292
2	Christian McCaffrey	263
3	Deshaun Watson	195

Far West

	Player	Points
1	Christian McCaffrey	333
2	Derrick Henry	282
3	Deshaun Watson	180

Notes on the Vote

Percentage of ballots for the top 3:
Derrick Henry – 86.01%
Christian McCaffrey – 76.75%
Deshaun Watson – 67.71%

By comparison, the 2014 winner, Marcus Mariota, was named on 95.16% of the ballots. Melvin Gordon, who finished second last year, was on 80.09% of ballots.

The three finalists in 2015 received 81% of the total points available. In 2014, the three finalists received 86% of the available points.

Percentage of ballots received by week
Week 1: 1%
Week 2:* 15%
Week 3: 84%

* – represents all ballots received before games started on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

Number of ballots received and tabulated
898 out of 929 (97%)

Number of players receiving votes, by place:
First — 13 players
Second — 15
Third — 32
Total players receiving votes — 35
(44 players received votes in 2014)

Also of note:
Henry finished first in five of the six regions while McCaffrey won the Far West
The 2015 balloting is the closest since 2009, when Mark Ingram beat Toby Gerhart by 28 points
Running backs finished first and second for only the second time since 1994 (Rashaan Salaam and Kijana Carter in ’94; Ingram and Gerhart in ’09)
McCaffrey’s 1,539 points are the 9th most for a Heisman runner up in history
Watson’s 1,165 points are the 3rd most for a third-place finisher in history.

Statistics

Date	Opponent	Result	Att	Yards	YPC	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Plays	All-Purpose Yards	YPP	Total TDs
09/05/15	+ #23 Wisconsin	W 35-17	13	147	11.31	3	2	12	6.00	15	159	10.6	3
09/12/15	Middle Tennessee St	W 37-10	18	96	5.33	3	0	0	0.00	18	96	5.3	3
09/09/15	#16 Mississippi	L 37-43	23	127	5.52	1	5	39	7.80	28	166	5.9	1
09/26/15	Louisiana-Monroe	W 34-0	13	52	4.00	1	0	0	0.00	13	52	4.0	1
10/03/15	at Georgia	W 38-10	26	148	5.69	1	0	0	0.00	26	148	5.7	1
10/10/15	Arkansas	W 27-14	27	95	3.52	1	0	0	0.00	27	95	3.5	1
10/17/15	at Texas A&M	W 41-23	32	236	7.38	2	1	18	18.00	33	254	7.7	2
10/24/15	Tennessee	W 19-14	28	143	5.11	2	0	0	0.00	28	143	5.1	2
11/07/15	#22 LSU	W 30-16	38	210	5.53	3	0	0	0.00	38	210	5.5	3
11/14/15	at Mississippi State	W 31-6	22	204	9.27	2	1	0	0.00	23	204	8.9	2
11/21/15	Charleston Southern	W 56-6	9	68	7.56	2	1	28	28.00	10	96	9.6	2
11/28/15	at Auburn	W 29-13	46	271	5.89	1	0	0	0.00	46	271	5.9	1
12/05/15	+ #19 Florida	W 29-15	44	189	4.3	1	0	0	0.00	44	189	4.3	1
Heisman Stats	CFP #2	12-1	339	1986	5.86	23	10	97	9.7	349	2083	6.0	23
12/31/15	+ #6 Michigan State	W 38-0	20	75	3.75	2	1	-6	-6.00	21	69	3.3	2
01/11/16	+ #2 Clemson	W 45-40	36	158	4.39	3	0	0	0.00	36	158	4.4	3
Totals	National Champions	14-1	395	2219	5.62	28	11	91	8.27	406	2310	5.7	28

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