Sam Bradford has won the 2008 Hesiman Trophy. The Oklahoma Sooners sophomre QB beat out the 2007 Heisman Trophy winnter Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators and Colt McCoy, junior QB of the Texas Longhorns.
The award marked the eight time in the last nine years that a quarterback has won the Heisman Trophy. The original was Ohio State's Archie Griffin who repeated the feat in 1974 and 1975.
The Award was presented live in New York and televised on ESPN.
The top 3 candidates were all underclassman and all quarterbacks.
Bradford's competition was Florida junior QB and reigning Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Texas's Junior QB Colt McCoy.
Here are some statistics of the top 3 Heisman Trophy candidates:
Sam Bradford of the Oklahoma Sooners had a QB rating of 186.29 in 2008. He passed for 4,464 yards and 48 touchdowns. He was born on November 8, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Ok. He is 6-4 218 pounds. He is only a sophomore and is also 21 years old.
Tim Tebow had a QB rating of 176.74. He passed for 2,515 yards and 28 touchdowns. Over his career he has thrown for 6,159 yards and 65 touchdowns. Tebow was born on August 14, 1987 in Jacksonville, Florida. He is 6-3 240 lbs. He is only a junior and 21 years old.
Colt McCoy of the Texas Longhorns had a QB rating of 179.20 in 2008. He has thrown for 3,445 yards and 32 TDs.Colt was born on September 5, 1986 in Tuscola, Tx. He is 6-3 210 lbs. He is junior and 21 years old.
Why is it that quarterbacks are dominating the award this decade? The reason is that football has grown-up and morphed to utilize the pro-style Shot-Gun offense. The days of the Wishbone and Option running offenses just aren't enough to get teams to the college football titles games.
Sam Bradford's season is not finished. He will lead his Sooners against Tebow and the Florida Gators for the national championship in the BCS Championship on January 20th.
Congratulations to Sam Bradford!
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