NEW YORK — The Heisman Trophy will be awarded to the nation’s most outstanding college football player on Saturday evening in New York City.
Oregon's Dillon Gabriel, Colorado's Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, and Miami's Cam Ward were announced as the finalists earlier this week.
Two of the finalists played high school football in Texas, Jeanty and Ward, while Gabriel is from Hawaii and Hunter is from Florida.
This leads to the question of which state has produced the most Heisman winners in the trophy's history. The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most outstanding college football player since 1935.
More than 900 voters determined the top four vote-getters, who were selected as finalists. The voting panel included members of the media and former Heisman winners.
Heisman Trophy winners by state
Here are the states that have produced the most Heisman Trophy winners according to their website:`
California – 15
Glenn Davis, John Huarte, Mike Garrett, Gary Beban, O.J. Simpson, Jim Plunkett, Charles White, Marcus Allen, Gino Torretta, Rashaan Salaam, Ricky Williams, Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, Bryce Young, Jayden Daniels
Ohio – 10
Larry Kelley, Vic Janowicz, Dick Kazmaier, Howard Cassady, Roger Staubach, Archie Griffin, Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Troy Smith, Joe Burrow
Texas – 9
Davey O’Brien, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell, Tim Brown, Andre Ware, Ty Detmer, Johnny Manziel, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray
Pennsylvania – 6
John Lujack, Leon Hart, Ernie Davis, John Cappelletti, Tony Dorsett, Eddie George
Oklahoma – 4
Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Jason White, Sam Bradford
Florida – 4
Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, Derrick Henry, Lamar Jackson
Georgia – 4
George Rogers, Herschel Walker, Charlie Ward, Cam Newton
Iowa – 3
Jay Berwanger, Nile Kinnick, Joe Burrow
New Jersey – 3
Mike Rozier, Ron Dayne, Mark Ingram
Alabama – 3
Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson, Jameis Winston
Minnesota – 3
Bruce Smith, Terry Baker, Chris Weinke
Indiana – 2
Tom Harmon, Les Horvath
Louisiana – 2
John David Crow, DeVonta Smith
Missouri – 2
Clinton Frank, Billy Sims
Nebraska – 2
Johnny Rodgers, Eric Crouch
Massachusetts – 2
Angelo Bertelli, Joe Bellino
According to the Heisman website, the following states each have a single Heisman winner
- Hawaii – Marcus Mariota
- Illinois – John Lattner
- Kansas – Barry Sanders
- Kentucky – Paul Hornung
- Maryland – Doug Flutie
- Michigan – Pete Dawkins
- Mississippi – Billy Cannon
- New York – Vinny Testaverde
- South Carolina – Felix “Doc” Blanchard
- Wisconsin – Alan Ameche
- Washington, D.C. – Caleb Williams
