Who won the Heisman Trophy in 2022? Full voting results, stats, list of award winners

Zac Al-Khateeb

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The most prestigious individual award in American sports was awarded to USC quarterback Caleb Williams on Saturday.

Williams beat out Ohio State's C.J. Stroud, TCU's Max Duggan and Georgia's Stetson Bennett to take home the 45-pound bronze Heisman Trophy, earning an immortal place in the history of the award and, indeed, all of college football.

The Trojans signal-caller earned the honor by completing 66 percent of his passes for 4,075 yards and 37 touchdowns to four interceptions while adding 372 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing.

Despite winning the Heisman, he did acknowledge one thing his fellow finalists had over him at that moment.

"I may be standing up here today," Williams told Bennett, Duggan and Stroud during his acceptance speech, "but y'all got to go the College Football Playoff. Guess you can’t win them all."

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Voters clearly valued the finalists' contributions to their teams as they related to the Playoff: The lone player in New York to not make the Playoff was Williams, and he was a win away vs. Utah in the Pac-12 championship from leading the Trojans to the CFP.

The Heisman Trophy is one heck of a consolation prize.

Williams officially is the seventh Trojan to take home the top award in college football (Reggie Bush is not recognized by the Heisman Trust). He is also the first Trojan to win the trophy since Bush in 2005.

The Sporting News has everything you need to know about the 2022 Heisman Trophy race, including stats and a voting breakdown:

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Who won the Heisman Trophy in 2022?

The Heisman Trophy Trust revealed its 2022 winner, USC quarterback Caleb Williams, on Saturday, Dec. 10. Williams finished first in the Heisman voting ahead of fellow QBs C.J. Stroud, Max Duggan and Stetson Bennett.

The fifth- through 10th-place finishers were unveiled Thursday, with defending Heisman winner Bryce Young placing sixth in the voting. Only two players are non-quarterbacks: running backs Blake Corum and Bijan Robinson.

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Heisman voting results 2022

Finish Player Pos. School Points 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Caleb Williams QB USC 2,031 544 168 63
2 Max Duggan QB TCU 1,420 188 357 142
3 C.J. Stroud QB Ohio State 539 37 119 190
4 Stetson Bennett QB Georgia 349 36 65 111
5 Hendon Hooker QB Tennessee 226 17 47 81
6 Bryce Young QB Alabama 141 17 28 34
7 Blake Corum RB Michigan 125 8 25 51
8 Michael Penix Jr. QB Washington 114 9 20 47
9 Bijan Robinson RB Texas 75 4 12 39
10 Drake Maye QB North Carolina 42 3 6 21

Heisman Trophy voting was done by 870 media members, 58 living Heisman winners and one nationwide fan vote.

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Heisman Trophy finalists' stats

Caleb Williams

Passing

GP Comp Att Pct Yds TDs INTs
13 296 448 66.0 4,075 37 4

Rushing

GP Att Yds Avg TDs
13 109 372 3.4 10

Stetson Bennett

Passing

GP Comp Att Pct Yds TDs INTs
13 269 395 73.7 3,425 20 6

Rushing

GP Att Yds Avg TDs
13 47 184 3.9 7

C.J. Stroud

Passing

GP Comp Att Pct Yds TDs INTs
12 235 355 66.2 3,340 37 6

Rushing

GP Att Yds Avg TDs
12 35 74 2.1 0

Max Duggan

Passing

GP Comp Att Pct Yds TDs INTs
13 239 368 64.9 3,321 30 4

Rushing

GP Att Yds Avg TDs
13 112 404 3.6 6

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College football award winners 2022

  • Heisman Trophy (outstanding player of the year): TBD
  • Maxwell Award (player of the year): Caleb Williams, QB, USC
  • Davey O'Brien Award (best QB): Max Duggan, TCU
  • Doak Walker Award (best RB): Bijan Robinson, Texas
  • Fred Biletnikoff Award (best WR): Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
  • John Mackey Award (best TE): Brock Bowers, Georgia
  • Chuck Bednarik Award (best defensive player): Will Anderson Jr., LB, Alabama
  • Brono Nagurski (best defensive player): Will Anderson Jr., LB, Alabama
  • Butkus Award (best linebacker): Jack Campbell, Iowa
  • Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back): Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU
  • Rimington Trophy (best center): Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan
  • Outland Trophy (best interior offensive lineman): Olusegun Oluwatimi, C, Michigan
  • Lou Groza Award (best kicker): Christopher Dunn, N.C. State
  • Ray Guy Award (best punter): Adam Korsak, Rutgers

Heisman Trophy winners history, past 13 winners

Year Player Points Margin of victory
2022 Caleb Williams, QB, USC 2,031 611
2021 Bryce Young, QB, Alabama 2,311 1,357
2020 DeVonta Smith, WR, Alabama 1,856 669
2019 Joe Burrow, QB, LSU 2,608 1,846
2018 Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma 2,167 296
2017 Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma 2,398 1,098
2016 Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville 2,144 620
2015 Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama 1,832 293
2014 Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon 2,534 1,284
2013 Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State 2,205 1,501
2012 Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M 2,029 323
2011 Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 1,687 280
2010 Cam Newton, QB, Auburn 2,263 1,184

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.