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Michael Casagrande |
A few facts from New York.
1. 97 percent of the 929 Heisman voters submitted ballots. That's 898 of 929.
2. 84 percent of the ballots were received on the final week of voting. One percent submitted the first week and 15 percent were received before the Saturday of conference championship games.
3. 14.9 percent of the ballots did not include Henry in the top three. A year ago, winner Marcus Mariota was in the top three of 95.2 percent of the ballots.
4. 13 different players received first place votes.
5. The winning margin (293 points) was the closest since 2011 when Robert Griffin III beat Andrew Luck by 280 points. The closest vote remains Mark Ingram's 2009 win over Toby Gerhart (28 points).
6. Henry's 1,986 rushing yards is the most by a Heisman Trophy winner since Ricky Williams' 2,124 in 1998. Only two other running backs have claimed the prize since then (Ron Dayne in 1999 and Mark Ingram in 2009).
7. Henry's the fifth Heisman winner from the SEC in the last nine years (Tim Tebow, Ingram, Cam Newton, Johnny Manziel).
8. Henry's the fourth-heaviest Heisman winner at 242. Among running backs, he's the second heaviest after Dayne (252 pounds).
9. He's tied for the tallest running back winner with Eddie George (6-foot-3).
10. Only three previous winners wore the No. 2 jersey like Henry. The list includes Manziel, Cam Newton and Charles Woodson.
11. After Ingram's win in 2009, Alabama has two of the past seven Heisman recipients. The only others to do that: Yale, Army, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Navy, USC, Miami, Oklahoma and Michigan.
12. With McCaffrey's second-place finish, Stanford tied Oklahoma with the most runner-up finishes. Both have five.
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1. 97 percent of the 929 Heisman voters submitted ballots. That's 898 of 929.
2. 84 percent of the ballots were received on the final week of voting. One percent submitted the first week and 15 percent were received before the Saturday of conference championship games.
3. 14.9 percent of the ballots did not include Henry in the top three. A year ago, winner Marcus Mariota was in the top three of 95.2 percent of the ballots.
4. 13 different players received first place votes.
5. The winning margin (293 points) was the closest since 2011 when Robert Griffin III beat Andrew Luck by 280 points. The closest vote remains Mark Ingram's 2009 win over Toby Gerhart (28 points).
6. Henry's 1,986 rushing yards is the most by a Heisman Trophy winner since Ricky Williams' 2,124 in 1998. Only two other running backs have claimed the prize since then (Ron Dayne in 1999 and Mark Ingram in 2009).
7. Henry's the fifth Heisman winner from the SEC in the last nine years (Tim Tebow, Ingram, Cam Newton, Johnny Manziel).
8. Henry's the fourth-heaviest Heisman winner at 242. Among running backs, he's the second heaviest after Dayne (252 pounds).
9. He's tied for the tallest running back winner with Eddie George (6-foot-3).
10. Only three previous winners wore the No. 2 jersey like Henry. The list includes Manziel, Cam Newton and Charles Woodson.
11. After Ingram's win in 2009, Alabama has two of the past seven Heisman recipients. The only others to do that: Yale, Army, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Navy, USC, Miami, Oklahoma and Michigan.
12. With McCaffrey's second-place finish, Stanford tied Oklahoma with the most runner-up finishes. Both have five.
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