Dissonance

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, behind 474 first-place votes, became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Notre Dame's Manti Te'o and Kansas State's Collin Klein finished second and third, respectively.


Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total
J. Manziel, Texas A&M 474 252 103 2,029
Manti Te'o, Notre Dame 321 309 125 1,706
Collin Klein, Kansas St. 60 197 320 894


http://espn.go.com/college-football/...heisman-trophy

FSH

Such a horrible year for the Heisman. None of these guys really deserved it

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Dissonance

Manziel did.

FSH

Really? I thought he had 1 Heisman worthy game(against a good team) and that was against Bama. He was terrible against LSU and Florida. He Played South Carolina State, Southern Methodist and Sam Houston State...I just really didnt see that Heisman season from him beside the Bama game

I thought T'eo should have won it because of the things he did for ND that didnt show up on a stat sheet.

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ATLien

Te'o wasn't even the best defensive player on his own team! You could make an argument that Nix and Tuitt were more valuable.

Clowney should have been in New York if they wanted a defensive player.

And I'm sure if you went through the history of past Heisman winners, most played better against terrible teams than they did good ones.

hobojoe

Te'o is a great player, but he gets too much credit for Notre Dame's great defense. The line is fantastic and you can make the argument Stephon Tuitt and Louis Nix are just as good and valuable as Te'o but without being as charismatic and without as good of a story to tell.

Nimreitz

Thought Jarvis Jones was the best defensive player personally.

Dissonance

^Far and away.


People were throat deep on T'eo cuz of Notre Dame. Good player, but Jones gets invited if he played there.

ATLien

Jarvis probably was, but he missed a few games because of an injury. And hell, I could even argue he was Georgia's second best linebacker by the end of the year. Still finished in the top ten though!

FSH

Bullshit. Im not talking stats with Te'o im talking him Leading the defense. Directing everything and just being a Captain that Defense was great because he Lead them

Jones had the better stat season. But Te'o had the better season. Just watching him out there and the HUGE plays he makes when ND needed them. He was incredible this year

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FSH

ND would not be undefeated and in the BCS Championship game without Te'o leadership on that defense. Texas AM would be at the same place i think with a different QB. They probably wouldnt have beat Bama but still in about the same place

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Dissonance

They probably go 6-6 or 7-5 with a different QB.

ATLien

Good, that would have been dumb.

Jones: 11 games, 22.5 TFL, 7 FF, 12.5 sacks
Te'o: 12 games, 5.5 TFL, 0 FF, 1.5 sacks

FSH

Well you cant really compare the two. Jones is a outside rusher like Ware and Te'o is a coverage/tackler like London Fletcher

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FSH

Only team i see beating them other then Bama is LA Tech

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