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One Heisman Trophy voter appears to have received some nasty responses to his 2025 Heisman Trophy ballot. While his votes didn't align 100% with the award's final tally, Shehan Jeyarajah, a national college football writer for CBS Sports,
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia slammed Heisman Trophy voters on Instagram after finishing second to Indiana's Fernando Mendoza in the voting process.
The Heisman Trophy is the most coveted individual award in American sports, and the last decade has produced an incredible array of talent. The tradition of excellence continued this year with a historic moment for the Hoosier State as Fernando Mendoza of Indiana captured the 2025 Heisman Trophy.
As the 2025 winner will be crowned very soon, we've gone back and looked at the winners since 2000. You'll remember plenty of these names, from NFL quarterbacks to star offensive players. Who will be next? Let's take a look at these incredible college football players over the years who won the Heisman Trophy.
Who are the ten best early favorites for the 2026 Heisman Trophy? We're about to get a loaded field for what should be one of the deepest chases ever.
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Predicting who the Heisman Trophy finalists will be in 2026
There was an expectation early this year that both the Heisman class and the 2026 NFL draft class of quarterbacks were going to be loaded, with the likes of Arch Manning, Cade Klubnik, and LaNorris Sellers projected to be at the top of the sport.