Heisman Trophy Winners

The 90 players who have won college football’s most prestigious award are a diverse group that includes 24 No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks, 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers and several others who never played a down of football beyond their college careers. There are Super Bowl champions, players who went on to become successful coaches; war heroes and at least one infamous personality best remembered as the defendant in a highly-publicized murder trial.

The list of Heisman Trophy winners includes 44 running backs, 38 quarterbacks and only 2 players that spent most of their careers on defense, representing 39 different schools.

Here is the complete list of Heisman Trophy winners, from Jay Berwanger in 1935 to Travis Hunter in 2024:

SEC Heisman Trophy Winners

Entering 2025, here is the complete list of every Heisman Trophy winner from a current SEC school (* indicates the player was not in the SEC at the time):

SEC Schools with Most Heisman Trophy Winners

Which SEC team has produced the most Heisman Trophy winners?

Entering 2025, Oklahoma leads the way with 5 Heisman Trophy winners — though all 5 won the award before the Sooners joined the SEC.

Here is every SEC team’s total of Heisman Trophy winners (including Heismans won before they were in the SEC).

Brett Friedlander

Award-winning columnist Brett Friedlander has covered the ACC and college basketball since the 1980s.