2024 Heisman Trophy winners: voting results, finalist stats

Six days after 12 teams were selected to compete for a national title in the College Football Playoff, a different kind of college football award was presented.

The Heisman Trophy is college football’s highest individual achievement, and even the trophy itself – depicting a player throwing a stiff-arm throw – is considered a central element of the sport’s mythology.

This week, four college football standouts – Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel and Miami’s Cam Ward – traveled to New York with the dream of becoming the latest player to join a roster with joins some of the sport’s most famous figures. Ultimately, however, only one of them was able to leave Manhattan with the trophy.

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Here’s what you need to know about the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner:

Who won the 2024 Heisman Trophy?

Colorado’s Travis Hunter was awarded the 2024 Heisman Trophy at a ceremony in New York on Saturday evening.

Hunter won the award after putting together a season with few, if any, peers in the history of modern college football.

The Georgia native and Jackson State transfer did a little bit of everything for the Buffaloes, leading them to a 9-3 record in her second season under coach Deion Sanders. Hunter played both offense and defense and played a total of 1,360 snaps during the 2024 season, despite missing the second half of Colorado’s games against Kansas State and Arizona due to injury.

Hunter had emerged as a heavy betting favorite in recent weeks, with the latest odds from BetMGM putting him at -2500 to win. Ashton Jeanty had the second best odds at +1000.

The possibility of winning the Heisman haunted Hunter most of the season, as he had seven games with at least 100 receiving yards and five games with a forced turnover. He regularly struck the Heisman pose after a big play, starting with a Sept. 28 win at UCF after an acrobatic interception.

With the Heisman race seemingly coming down to Hunter and Jeanty, Hunter’s coaches and teammates regularly promoted his candidacy. After Hunter had an interception and three touchdown receptions in Colorado’s 52-0 win over Oklahoma State on Nov. 29, Sanders said his two-way star had “earned” the coveted award.

“You’ve never seen this before,” Sanders said. “He’s the best player in college football. You can find ways to hate him and criticize him and you won’t look professional doing it because now you’re just looking for something, like the idiots with the (Jim) Thorpe (Award) talked about, which I guess he did I don’t have enough tackles. Well, if a cornerback has a lot of tackles, that means he has caught a lot of balls. It’s just stupid. Travis Hunter has proven today and every week that he is the best player in college football.

“You have to give me a different definition of the award. Who does the prize go to? The best quarterback? I don’t know how you can be chosen one way or another in every category. I think he’s nominated for best offensive player, best defensive player and best receiver. Who else has done this?”

Hunter is the second Heisman winner in Colorado history, joining the late Rashaan Salaam, who won the award in 1994.

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2024 Heisman voting results

Places five to ten were announced on Friday. This section will be updated once full voting results are published.

5th place: Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo
6th place: Army QB Bryson Daily
7th place: Penn State Tyler Warren
8th place: Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders
9th place: Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke
10th place: Syracuse QB Kyle McCord

Travis Hunter Stats

During his Heisman-winning season, Hunter truly did everything for Colorado.

As a wide receiver on offense, he recorded 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns. Hunter ranks fifth among FBS players in receptions, sixth in receiving yards and second in touchdown receptions. He also has a rushing touchdown.

While playing for a coach who is arguably the greatest defensive back in football history, Hunter also excelled as a cornerback, recording 11 pass breakups and four interceptions, ranking him first and second, respectively, among all Big 12 players placed. He also had a forced fumble that allowed his team to earn an overtime win against Baylor on September 21.

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Heisman Trophy finalist stats

Here’s a look at the stats of the four Heisman Trophy finalists in 2024:

Travis Hunter

Attack: 92 catches, 1,152 yards, 14 touchdowns; two runs, five yards, one touchdown
Defense: 31 tackles, 11 pass breakups, four interceptions, one forced fumble

Ashton Jeanty

Rush: 344 carries, 2,497 yards, 29 touchdowns, 7.3 yards per carry
Reception: 20 catches, 116 yards, one touchdown

Dillon Gabriel

Consist: 297 of 406 passes (73.2%), 3,558 yards, 8.8 yards per attempt, 28 touchdowns, six interceptions
Rush: 63 carries, 192 yards, seven touchdowns

Cam Ward

Consist: 293 of 435 passes (67.4%), 4,123 yards, 9.5 yards per attempt, 36 touchdowns, seven interceptions
Rush: 58 carries, 196 yards, four touchdowns
Reception: One catch, 7 yards, one touchdown

Heisman Trophy winner

Here’s a look at the last 10 Heisman Trophy winners, with Saturday’s honoree being the youngest on the list:

The full list of winners can be found here.

2024: WR/CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
2023: QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
2022: QB Caleb Williams, USC
2021: QB Bryce Young, Alabama
2020: WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
2019: QB Joe Burrow, LSU
2018: QB Kyler Murray, Oklahoma
2017: QB Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
2016: QB Lamar Jackson, Louisville
2015: RB Derrick Henry, Alabama

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