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The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. The winners of the trophy epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work. The Heisman Trophy Trust’s mission is to ensure the continuation and integrity of this award.
The Trust also has a charitable mission to support amateur athletics and to provide greater opportunities to the youth of our country. Our goal through these charitable endeavors is for the Heisman Trophy to symbolize the fostering of a sense of community responsibility and service to our youth, especially those disadvantaged or with special needs. Source
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Search ArticlesHeisman Taps Carnegie Mellon University to Enhance Heisman Hopefuls Fan Voting and Analytics
Since 1935, the Heisman Trophy has recognized the most outstanding college football player in the United States. To further honor excellence wherever it appears on the field, Heisman has signed a memorandum of understanding with Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center (CMSAC) to develop metrics and tools that make it easier for fans to access and evaluate performance data for all positions, including those historically difficult to quantify.
Happy 250th America! Heisman ties to our great country run deep
As awards go, the Heisman Trophy is a nonagenarian, celebrating its 92nd year in 2026, firmly in its 10th decade. There are a handful of individual sports awards that date back farther. The Sullivan Award, given annually to the top amateur athlete in the U.S., began five years earlier in 1930. But few, if any, awards are as intertwined in America’s fabric during the last century as the Heisman.
The Heisman Has Its Own Knick Hero
One Heisman Trophy winner has played in the NBA. He played in New York and, until a few ago, he was the last point guard to take the Knicks to the NBA finals. Today in Manhattan, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are celebrating the Knicks’ first NBA title since 1973 in an old-fashioned ticker tape parade down Broadway. A huge percentage — is there something more than 100 percent?
We Now Know The 2026-27 Bowl Schedule. Where Will The Heisman Fit In?
We’ve made it to June, which might as well be July Jr., which is awfully close to August, which is when the college football season starts. It’s right around the corner! Our appetites were whet this week with the release Wednesday (June 3) of the 2026-27 bowl schedule. Revel in it here. In my day, Heisman winners (and every other player) got the chance to play in one bowl per season, max. The College Football Playoff changed that in 2014.
Robert Griffin III, Cam Newton Return To College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
Heisman-winning quarterbacks Cam Newton (2010) of Auburn and Robert Griffin III (2011) of Baylor as well as five Heisman runners-up, four other finalists and a handful of top 10 vote-getters were named on Monday (June 1) to the National Football Foundation’s (NFF) 2027 Ballot under consideration for induction into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame. Mark Ingram became the 69th Heisman Trophy winner inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame earlier this year in January.
That Anecdote With Bo Jackson And Nolan Ryan
If you’re a football fan, these are the dog days of summer, months from the start of the season. If you’re a baseball fan, you’re nearing the dog days of summer, the mid-season grind of a 162-game slate. Which brings us to a football-baseball anecdote that only one Heisman winner can truly give us. Bo Jackson. Other Heisman winners played baseball. Some were pretty good. None were like Jackson. Jackson was a big-time hitter. Not many offensive players deserve that connotation. But some do, Bo among them.
A Memorial Day Weekend Salute To 1939 Heisman Winner Nile Kinnick
The Heisman Trophy honors all servicemen and servicewomen this Memorial Day weekend, remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Also on Memorial Day, we specifically remember and honor Iowa’s 1939 Heisman winner Nile Kinnick, the only Heisman winner to die in service and the first to die. Kinnick the football player was a standout. Kinnick the person was just as admirable. Below is a link to a trailer on a recent Iowa PBS documentary on Kinnick.
College Football Is 99 Days Out; Heisman Chatter Is Always With Us
There are 99 days until the return of college football. That is, If you’re reading this today. If you’re reading this tomorrow, as in, May 23, there’s 98. If you stumbled upon this in early July, there is some 50-plus days to go. (Lucky you, the season is almost here!) We are also 203 days away from announcing the winner of the 92nd Heisman Trophy, which seems like a long way away. And it is, unless you’re a parent of a young child and you know that 203 days can go by in a blink, like fourth grade.
Heisman Announces New Senior Leadership Team
25-year Heisman veteran Tim Henning elevated alongside addition of three senior industry leaders: Adrienne Scherenzel (Chicago Bulls), Charlie Widdoes (Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment) and Kristen Condo (Fenway Sports Management) Heisman CEO, Jeff Price, today announced the creation of a new senior leadership team that will guide the next era of growth, purpose, and impact for the storied Heisman brand.
The 2026 NFL Schedule Is Out; Here Are The Heisman Matchups
There will be a baker’s dozen worth of Heisman winners suiting up for NFL teams in 2026, and no we don’t mean a Mayfield offensive set flagged for having too many men on the field. What that means for Heisman faithful — current readers included — is a bevy of games featuring winners of the stiff-arm trophy squaring off. But unless there’s a surprising personnel move, the newest Heisman winner in the NFL, Las Vegas Raiders rookie Fernando Mendoza, will go without a Heisman match-up in year one.