Each December, the Heisman Trophy Trust in New York City presents the Heisman Trophy to the most outstanding player in college football. The award has been presented every year since 1935 and is named for John Heisman, one of the pioneering figures in the early history of college football.http://www.heisman.com/history/trophy_history.php The voting for the award is conducted among college football writers, broadcasters and former winners of the award.http://www.heisman.com/history/balloting.php

The Heisman winner in 2010 was announced during the Heisman dinner on Saturday, December 11, 2010.http://www.heisman.com/dinner/2010-dinner.php The finalists for the 2010 Heisman Trophy were Auburn Tigers quarterback Cameron Newton, Oregon Ducks running back LaMichael James, Stanford Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck and Boise State Broncos quarterback Kellen Moore. Newton ended up being voted as the winner of the Heisman Trophy. Newton finished first on 93 percent of ballots that listed him. Luck finished in second place in the voting. James finished in third place and Moore was last in the voting.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5909569

In 2010, Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy, beating out fellow quarterback Andrew Luck from Stanford as well as running back LaMichael James from Oregon and Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5909569

Besting fellow finalists Nebraska Cornhuskers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, Texas Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy, Stanford Cardinal running back Toby Gerhart and Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow, Alabama Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram won the Heisman Trophy in 2009.http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/8068/suh-mccoy-among-five-heisman-finalists-invited-to-new-york-city http://www.heisman.com/index.php/heismanWinners#winners-year Ingram was the first player from the University of Alabama to win the award.http://www.heisman.com/index.php/heismanWinners#winners-year

Sam Bradford of the Oklahoma Sooners won the 2008 Heisman Trophy on December 13, 2008. On December 10, 2008, three quarterbacks were selected as Heisman finalists, Tim Tebow from the Florida Gators, Sam Bradford from the Oklahoma Sooners and Colt McCoy from the Texas Longhorns.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3760910

The only repeat winner of the award was Archie Griffin, who did so as a running back for Ohio State in 1974 and 1975. There has never been an award winner playing in their freshman season. In 2007, Tim Tebow of Florida became the first sophomore player to win the award, and was a finalist for the award in 2008. Charles Woodson of Michigan is the only player to play exclusively on defense and win the award when he did so in 1997.http://www.heisman.com/index.php/heismanWinners#winners-year