Your top 5 greatest players not to be involved in the Heisman ceremony? (BCS era)

[iowajerms]

These are players that you cannot name.

1998: 1. Ricky Williams (RB, TX), 2. Michael Bishop (QB, K-State), 3. Cade McNown (QB, UCLA), 4. Tim Couch (QB, UK)
1999: 1. Ron Dayne (RB, Wis), 2. Joe Hamilton (QB, GT), 3. Michael Vick (QB, VT), 4. Drew Brees (QB, Pur)
2000: 1. Chris Weinke (QB, FSU), 2. Josh Heupel (QB, Okla), 3. Drew Brees (QB, Pur)
2001: 1. Eric Crouch (QB, Neb), 2. Rex Grossman (QB, FL), 3. Ken Dorsey (QB, Miami FL), 4. Joey Harrington (QB, Ore)
2002: 1. Carson Palmer (QB, USC), 2. Brad Banks (QB, Iowa), 3. Larry Johnson (RB, PSU), 4. Willis McGahee (RB, Miami FL), 5. Ken Dorsey (QB, Miami FL)
2003: 1. Jason White (QB, Okla), 2. Larry Fitzgerald (WR, Pitt), 3. Eli Manning (QB, Ole Miss), 4. Chris Perry (QB, Mich)
2004: 1. Matt Leinart (QB, USC), 2. Adrian Peterson (RB, Okla), 3. Jason White (QB, Okla), 4. Alex Smith (QB, Utah), 5. Reggie Bush (RB, USC)
2005: 1. Reggie Bush (RB, USC), 2. Vince Young (QB, Texas), 3. Matt Leinart (QB, USC)
2006: 1. Troy Smith (QB, tOSU), 2. Darren McFadden (RB, Ark), 3. Brady Quinn (QB, ND)
2007: 1. Tim Tebow (QB, FL), 2. Darren McFadden (RB, Ark), 3. Colt Brennan (QB, Hawaii), 4. Chase Daniels (QB, Mizzou)
2008: 1. Sam Bradford (QB, Okla), 2. Colt McCoy (QB, TX), 3. Tim Tebow (QB, FL)
2009: 1. Mark Ingram (RB, Bama), 2. Toby Gerhart (RB, Stan), 3. Colt McCoy (QB, TX), 4. Ndamukong Suh (DL, Neb), 5. Tim Tebow (QB, FL)
2010: 1. Cam Newton (QB, Aub), 2. Andrew Luck (QB, Stan), 3. LaMichael James (RB, Ore), 4. Kellen Moore (QB, BSU)
2011: 1. Robert Griffin III (QB, Bay), 2. Andrew Luck (QB, Stan), 3. Trent Richardson (RB, Bama), 4. Montee Ball (RB, Wis), 5. Tyrann Mathieu (DB, LSU)
2012: 1. Johnny Manziel (QB, TAMU), 2. Manti Te'o (LB, ND), 3. Collin Klein (QB, K-State)

Source that shows # of players in each Heisman ceremony

1998-2010 - How Many Finalists In New York? | Heisman Pundit
2011 - Finalists named for 77th annual Heisman Trophy - ESPN
2012 - 2012 Heisman Trophy finalists: Collin Klein, Manti Te'o join Johnny Manziel - SBNation.com

 

[tideguy]

Shaun Alexander ... He just played for Bama at a bad time!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

CJ SPILLER



Sorry, I only know 1. I'm not a stats guy and honestly don't keep up with other teams/players, maybe with the exception of USC. With that said, Marcus Lattimore comes to mind as well. So there's two.

 

[rolltide14_0]

That's hard, I would agree with the Alexander and Spiller, and maybe one of the Auburn running backs...Cadillac maybe.

 

[4down20]

I'll go with AJ last year. I suppose that's a homer pick, but he did have the best QB rating in FBS or something like that, and only threw 3 INT's total in 13 games(at the time of the ceremony).

Aside from that, I think I'd probably have to look at some defensive players.

 

[MarkOU]

1. Demarco Murray 6,718 career all purpose yards. 65 career touchdowns.

2. Roy Williams 2001 Bronko Nagurski Award winner. 2001 Jim Thorpe Award winner

3. Derrick Strait 2003 Bronko Nagurski Award winner. 2003 Jim Thorpe Award winner

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

Chad Henne, he tops most the passing records at Michigan and had a stellar career. The only two black marks are the App State game and not beating Ohio State, however neither was his fault.

 

[yeodonie]

Dixon
Bobby Moore
Dan Fouts
Jonathan Stewart
Barner

Come immediately to mind

 

[tideguy]

Shaun Alexander ... He just played for Bama at a bad time!

My drank obviously didnt allow me to comprehend OP last night...

 

[yeodonie]

Oops missed the BCS era caveat

 

[iowajerms]

My drank obviously didnt allow me to comprehend OP last night...

I don't see what didn't make sense.

 

[iowajerms]

Byron Leftwich, Cedric Benson, Terrell Suggs, Russell Wilson, Shonn Greene

 

[uncfan103]

Russell Wilson
Gio Bernard
Dennis Dixon

Those are all that come to mind

 

[Sox33OSU]

This thread needs to be retitled "Your teams players who did well but never got close to the Heisman for a reason and now you want to bring them up." Looks like only jerms is trying to be objective, though the Bammers talking about AJ at least make sense.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

This thread needs to be retitled "Your teams players who did well but never got close to the Heisman for a reason and now you want to bring them up." Looks like only jerms is trying to be objective, though the Bammers talking about AJ at least make sense and I don't anything about Spiller so I can't say one way or the other.

fify

 

[Sox33OSU]

I don't anything about Spiller so I can't say one way or the other.

fify

Huh?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Just saying that you seem to be unaware of Spiller's achievements during his college career and that he met the qualifications set forth by the OP. Homerism or not, the kid was great.

 

[Sox33OSU]

Just saying that you seem to be unaware of Spiller's achievements during his college career and that he met the qualifications set forth by the OP. Homerism or not, the kid was great.

I missed you talking about Spiller, he was a great player. In fact, I think he probably fits the mold of this thread as a kid who didn't really put up one group of stats in a huge way, but he affected the game in many different facets and he is a guy who defenses had to be constantly aware of. I'm talking about the mentions of guys like Shaun Alexander, Derrick Strait, or Gio Bernard. Those were good players but belong nowhere near this thread.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

giddy up!

 

[Bamabino]

Case Keenum, Timmy Chang.