Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ranking the Greatest Non-Heisman Winners

There have been many, many greats to win the Heisman Trophy. Earl Campbell. Barry Sanders. Doug Flutie. However, there have been some more forgettable winners as well. Gino Torreta. Chris Weinke. Gary Beban. Players who win the coveted award go down in history as greats of the game, and deservedly so, but winning the Heisman does not automatically make a player better than one who didn't. Here's the Phenom's rankings of the 15 greatest players never to win the Heisman since the award was started in 1936.

1. Vince Young, QB, Texas
2. Tommie Frazier, QB, Nebraska
3. Jim Brown, RB, Syracuse
4. Hugh Green, DE, Pittsburgh
5. Marshall Faulk, RB, San Diego State
6. Eric Dickerson, RB, SMU
7. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
8. Peyton Manning, QB, Tennessee
9. LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, TCU
10. Josh Heupel, QB, Oklahoma
11. John Elway, QB, Stanford
12. Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma
13. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska
14. Drew Brees, QB, Purdue
15. Tommy Nobis, LB/OG, Texas

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