Johnny Football, Heisman WinnerJohnny Football. Johnny Heis-Manziel. Whatever you want to call the Texas A&M freshman quarterback, Johnny Manziel will be the winner of the Heisman Trophy this season.
Thanks to the play of Manziel, who has amassed a total of 4,600 yards and 43 touchdowns, the 10-2 Aggies are ranked No. 9 in the BCS poll and head into postseason play with their first double-digit win season since 1998—doing so in their first season in the SEC no less.
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The redshirted Manziel also became the first freshman quarterback in FBS history with 3,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season.
Mattering perhaps more than anything else in the Heisman race is timing. Texas A&M’s upset of No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa on the strength of Manziel’s great performance put the freshman on everyone’s radar. Yet it was the very next week that catapulted him to the forefront of the Heisman discussion.
Kansas State’s Collin Klein was the runaway ...
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PLAYERS:
Johnny Manziel,
Collin Klein,
Kevin Sumlin,
Charles Woodson,
Braxton Miller,
Marqise Lee
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, Kansas State Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, Kansas State Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes
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