USC Football: QB Caleb Williams wins Heisman Trophy 2022

The Heisman Trophy 2022 goes to quarterback Caleb Williams of Southern California.

Williams became the eighth Trojan to win the most coveted honour in college football, tying USC with Notre Dame and Oklahoma.

Williams had a stellar 13-game stat line. He completed 296 of 448 passes (.661) for 4,075 yards on the ground while rushing for 372 yards on 109 runs with 10 touchdowns. He threw for 47 touchdowns and only four interceptions.

Under Williams’ leadership, the Trojans had an 11-2 record. And even though USC was ultimately eliminated from the College Football Playoff due to its two defeats to Utah, Williams’ outstanding campaign far overcame the blemish in the eyes of the majority of Heisman voters.

Williams received 2,031 total points and 544 first-place votes. Max Duggan of TCU received 1,420 points and 188 first-place votes to finish in second place.

Ohio State’s CJ Stroud finished third with 37 first-place votes and 539 total points. Georgian Stetson Bennett, who received 36 first-place votes and 249 total points, finished just behind him in fourth place.

Hendon Hooker of Tennessee took fifth place with 17 first-place votes and 226 total points.

Here is a comprehensive list of every Heisman Trophy winner since 1935, along with the runners-up and third-place finishers in each season. The nation’s top football player receives the honour each year.

Winners of the Heisman Trophy since 1935

YEAR	WINNER	2ND	3RD
1935	Jay Berwanger – RB, Chicago	Monk Meyer – RB, Army	Bill Shakespeare – RB, Notre Dame
1936	Larry Kelley – TE, Yale	Sam Francis – RB, Nebraska	Ray Buivid – RB, Marquette
1937	Clinton Frank – HB, Yale	Byron White – RB, Colorado	Marshall Goldberg – RB, Pittsburgh
1938	Davey O’Brien – QB, TCU	Marshall Goldberg – RB, Pittsburgh	Sid Luckman – QB, Columbia
1939	Nile Kinnick – RB, Iowa	Tom Harmon – RB, Michigan	Paul Christman – QB, Missouri
1940	Tom Harmon – RB, Michigan	John Kimbrough – RB, Texas A&M	George Franck – RB, Minnesota
1941	Bruce Smith – RB, Minnesota	Angelo Bertelli – QB, Notre Dame	Frankie Albert – QB, Stanford
1942	Frank Sinkwich – RB, Georgia	Paul Governali – QB, Columbia	Clint Castleberry – RB, Georgia Tech
1943	Angelo Bertelli – QB, Notre Dame	Bob Odell – RB, Pennsylvania	Otto Graham – QB, Northwestern
1944	Les Horvath – HB, Ohio State	Glenn Davis – RB, Army	Doc Blanchard – FB, Army
1945	Doc Blanchard – FB, Army	Glenn Davis – RB, Army	Rob Fenimore – RB, Oklahoma State
1946	Glenn Davis – RB, Army	Charley Trippi – RB, Georgia	Johnny Lujack – QB, Notre Dame
1947	John Lujack – QB, Notre Dame	Bob Chappuis – RB, Michigan	Doak Walker – RB, SMU
1948	Doak Walker – RB, SMU	Charlie Justice – RB, North Carolina	Chuck Bednarik – OL/LB, Pennsylvania
1949	Leon Hart – TE, Notre Dame	Charlie Justice – RB, North Carolina	Doak Walker – RB, SMU
1950	Vic Janowicz – RB, Ohio State	Kyle Rote – RB, SMU	Reds Bagnell – RB, Pennsylvania
1951	Dick Kazmaier – RB, Princeton	Hank Lauricella – RB, Tennessee	Babe Parilli – QB, Kentucky
1952	Billy Vessels – RB, Oklahoma	Jack Scarbath – QB, Maryland	Paul Giel – RB, Minnesota
1953	John Lattner – RB, Notre Dame	Paul Giel – RB, Minnesota	Paul Cameron – RB, UCLA
1954	Alan Ameche – FB, Wisconsin	Kurt Burris – OL, Oklahoma	Howard Cassady – RB, Ohio State
1955	Howard Cassady – RB, Ohio State	Jim Swink – RB, TCU	George Welsh – QB, Navy
1956	Paul Hornung – QB, Notre Dame	Johnny Majors – RB, Tennessee	Tommy McDonald – RB, Oklahoma
1957	John David Crow – RB, Texas A&M	Alex Karras – DL, Iowa	Walt Kowalczyk – RB, Michigan State
1958	Pete Dawkins – RB, Army	Randy Duncan – QB, Iowa	Billy Cannon- RB, LSU
1959	Billy Cannon – RB, LSU	Richie Lucas – QB, Penn State	Don Meredith – QB, SMU
1960	Joe Bellino – RB, Navy	Tom Brown – OL, Minnesota	Jake Gibbs – QB, Ole Miss
1961	Ernie Davis – RB, Syracuse	Bob Ferguson – RB, Ohio State	Jimmy Saxton – RB, Texas
1962	Terry Baker – QB, Oregon State	Jerry Stovall – RB, LSU	Bob Bell – DL, Minnesota
1963	Roger Staubach – QB, Navy	Billy Lothridge – QB, Georgia Tech	Sherman Lewis – RB, Michigan State
1964	John Huarte – QB, Notre Dame	Jerry Rhome – QB, Tulsa	Dick Butkus – LB, Illinois
1965	Mike Garrett – RB, Southern Cal	Howard Twilley – WR, Tulsa	Jim Grabowski – RB, Illinois
1966	Steve Spurrier – QB, Florida	Bob Griese – QB, Purdue	Nick Eddy – RB, Notre Dame
1967	Gary Beban – QB, UCLA	O.J. Simpson – RB, Southern Cal	Leroy Keyes – RB, Purdue
1968	O.J. Simpson – RB, Southern Cal	Leroy Keyes – RB, Purdue	Terry Hanratty – QB, Notre Dame
1969	Steve Owens – RB, Oklahoma	Mike Phipps – QB, Purdue	Rex Kern – QB, Ohio State
1970	Jim Plunkett – QB, Stanford	Joe Theismann – QB, Notre Dame	Archie Manning – QB, Ole Miss
1971	Pat Sullivan – QB, Auburn	Ed Marinaro – RB, Cornell	Greg Pruitt – RB, Oklahoma
1972	Johnny Rodgers – WR, Nebraska	Greg Pruitt – RB, Oklahoma	Rich Glover – DL, Nebraska
1973	John Cappelletti – RB, Penn State	John Hicks – OL, Ohio State	Roosevelt Leaks – RB, Texas
1974	Archie Griffin – RB, Ohio State	Anthony Davis – RB, Southern Cal	Joe Washington – RB, Oklahoma
1975	Archie Griffin – RB, Ohio State	Chuck Muncie – RB, California	Ricky Bell – RB, Southern Cal
1976	Tony Dorsett – RB, Pittsburgh	Ricky Bell – RB, Southern Cal	Rob Lytle – RB, Michigan
1977	Earl Campbell – RB, Texas	Terry Miller – RB, Oklahoma State	Ken MacAfee – TE, Notre Dame
1978	Billy Sims – RB, Oklahoma	Chuck Fusina – QB, Penn State	Rich Leach – QB, Michigan
1979	Charles White – RB, Southern Cal	Billy Sims – RB, Oklahoma	Marc Wilson – QB, BYU
1980	George Rogers – RB, South Carolina	Hugh Green – DL, Pittsburgh	Herschel Walker – RB, Georgia
1981	Marcus Allen – RB, Southern Cal	Herschel Walker – RB, Georgia	Jim McMahon – QB, BYU
1982	Herschel Walker – RB, Georgia	John Elway – QB, Stanford	Eric Dickerson – RB, SMU
1983	Mike Rozier – RB, Nebraska	Steve Young – QB, BYU	Doug Flutie – QB, Boston College
1984	Doug Flutie – QB, Boston College	Keith Byars – RB, Ohio State	Robbie Bosco – QB, BYU
1985	Bo Jackson – RB, Auburn	Chuck Long – QB, Iowa	Robbie Bosco – QB, BYU
1986	Vinny Testaverde – QB, Miami (Fla.)	Paul Palmer – RB, Temple	Jim Harbaugh – QB, Michigan
1987	Tim Brown – WR, Notre Dame	Don McPherson – QB, Syracuse	Gordie Lockbaum – RB, Holy Cross
1988	Barry Sanders – RB, Oklahoma State	Rodney Peete – QB, Southern Cal	Troy Aikman – QB, UCLA
1989	Andre Ware – QB, Houston	Anthony Thompson – RB, Indiana	Major Harris – QB, West Virginia
1990	Ty Detmer – QB, Brigham Young	Raghib Ismail – WR, Notre Dame	Eric Bieniemy – RB, Colorado
1991	Desmond Howard – WR, Michigan	Casey Weldon – QB, Florida State	Ty Detmer – QB, BYU
1992	Gino Torretta – QB, Miami (Fla.)	Marshall Faulk – RB, San Diego State	Garrison Hearst – RB, Georgia
1993	Charlie Ward – QB, Florida State	Heath Shuler – QB, Tennessee	David Palmer – WR, Alabama
1994	Rashaan Salaam – RB, Colorado	Ki-Jana Carter – RB, Penn State	Steve McNair – QB, Alcorn State
1995	Eddie George – RB, Ohio State	Tommie Frazier – QB, Nebraska	Danny Wuerffel – QB, Florida
1996	Danny Wuerffel – QB, Florida	Troy Davis – RB, Iowa State	Jake Plummer – QB, Arizona State
1997	Charles Woodson – CB, Michigan	Peyton Manning – QB, Tennessee	Ryan Leaf – QB, Washington State
1998	Ricky Williams – RB, Texas	Michael Bishop – QB, Kansas State	Cade McNown – QB, UCLA
1999	Ron Dayne – RB, Wisconsin	Joe Hamilton – QB, Georgia Tech	Michael Vick – QB, Virginia Tech
2000	Chris Weinke – QB, Florida State	Josh Heupel – QB, Oklahoma	Drew Brees – QB, Purdue
2001	Eric Crouch – QB, Nebraska	Rex Grossman – QB, Florida	Ken Dorsey – QB, Miami (Fla.)
2002	Carson Palmer – QB, Southern Cal	Brad Banks – QB, Iowa	Larry Johnson – RB, Penn State
2003	Jason White – QB, Oklahoma	Larry Fitzgerald – WR, Pittsburgh	Eli Manning – QB, Ole Miss
2004	Matt Leinart – QB, Southern Cal	Adrian Peterson – RB, Oklahoma	Jason White – QB, Oklahoma
2005	Reggie Bush – RB, Southern Cal*	Vince Young – QB, Texas	Matt Leinart – QB, Southern Cal
2006	Troy Smith – QB, Ohio State	Darren McFadden – RB, Arkansas	Brady Quinn – QB, Notre Dame
2007	Tim Tebow – QB, Florida	Darren McFadden – RB, Arkansas	Colt Brennan – QB, Hawaii
2008	Sam Bradford – QB, Oklahoma	Colt McCoy – QB, Texas	Tim Tebow – QB, Florida
2009	Mark Ingram – RB, Alabama	Toby Gerhart – RB, Stanford	Colt McCoy – QB, Texas
2010	Cam Newton – QB, Auburn	Andrew Luck – QB, Stanford	LaMichael James – RB, Oregon
2011	Robert Griffin III – QB, Baylor	Andrew Luck – QB, Stanford	Trent Richardson – RB, Alabama
2012	Johnny Manziel – QB, Texas A&M	Manti Te’o – LB, Notre Dame	Collin Klein – QB, Kansas State
2013	Jameis Winston – QB, Florida State	A.J. McCarron – QB, Alabama	Jordan Lynch – QB, Northern Illinois
2014	Marcus Mariota – QB, Oregon	Melvin Gordon – RB, Wisconsin	Amari Cooper – WR, Alabama
2015	Derrick Henry – RB, Alabama	Christian McCaffrey – RB, Stanford	Deshaun Watson – QB, Clemson
2016	Lamar Jackson – QB, Louisville	Deshaun Watson – QB, Clemson	Baker Mayfield – QB, Oklahoma
2017	Baker Mayfield – QB, Oklahoma	Bryce Love – RB, Stanford	Lamar Jackson – QB, Louisville
2018	Kyler Murray – QB, Oklahoma	Tua Tagovailoa – QB, Alabama	Dwayne Haskins – QB, Ohio State
2019	Joe Burrow – QB, LSU	Jalen Hurts – QB, Oklahoma	Justin Fields – QB, Ohio State
2020	DeVonta Smith – WR, Alabama	Trevor Lawrence – QB, Clemson	Mac Jones – QB, Alabama
2021	Bryce Young – QB, Alabama	Aidan Hutchinson – DE, Michigan	Kenny Pickett – QB, Pittsburgh
2022	Caleb Willimas – QB, Southern Cal	Max Duggan – QB, TCU	C.J. Stroud – QB, Ohio State