Every Heisman Trophy Finalist Ever

Name the top 3 Heisman Trophy finalists from each year. (1935-2022) Source: ncaa.com
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Year
Player
Position
School
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 Dell
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
USC
 
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
USC
 
Leroy Keyes
RB
Purdue
1968
O.J. Simpson
RB
USC
 
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
USC
 
Joe Washington
RB
Oklahoma
1975
Archie Griffin
RB
Ohio State
 
Chuck Muncie
RB
California
 
Ricky Bell
RB
USC
1976
Tony Dorsett
RB
Pittsburgh
 
Ricky Bell
RB
USC
 
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
USC
 
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
USC
 
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
USC
 
Troy Aikman
QB
UCLA
1989
Andre Ware
QB
Houston
 
Anthony Thompson
RB
Indiana
 
Major Harris
QB
West Virginia
1990
Ty Detmer
QB
BYU
 
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
USC
 
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
USC
 
Adrian Peterson
RB
Oklahoma
 
Jason White
QB
Oklahoma
2005
*Reggie Bush
RB
USC
 
Vince Young
QB
Texas
 
Matt Leinart
QB
USC
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 Williams
QB
USC
 
Max Duggan
QB
TCU
 
C.J. Stroud
QB
Ohio State
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