Williams beat out Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud, TCU’s Max Duggan and Georgia’s Stetson Bennett to take home the 45-pound bronze Heisman Trophy, earning an immortal place in the history of the award and, indeed, all of college football.
The Trojans signal-caller earned the honor by completing 66 percent of his passes for 4,075 yards and 37 touchdowns to four interceptions while adding 372 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing.
Despite winning the Heisman, he did acknowledge one thing his fellow finalists had over him at that moment.
“I may be standing up here today,” Williams told Bennett, Duggan and Stroud during his acceptance speech, “but y’all got to go the College Football Playoff. Guess you can’t win them all.”
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Voters clearly valued the finalists’ contributions to their teams as they related to the Playoff: The lone player in New York to not make the Playoff was Williams, and he was a win away vs. Utah in the Pac-12 championship from leading the Trojans to the CFP.
The Heisman Trophy is one heck of a consolation prize.
Williams officially is the seventh Trojan to take home the top award in college football (Reggie Bush is not recognized by the Heisman Trust). He is also the first Trojan to win the trophy since Bush in 2005.
The Sporting News has everything you need to know about the 2022 Heisman Trophy race, including stats and a voting breakdown:
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Who won the Heisman Trophy in 2022?
The Heisman Trophy Trust revealed its 2022 winner, USC quarterback Caleb Williams, on Saturday, Dec. 10. Williams finished first in the Heisman voting ahead of fellow QBs C.J. Stroud, Max Duggan and Stetson Bennett.
The fifth- through 10th-place finishers were unveiled Thursday, with defending Heisman winner Bryce Young placing sixth in the voting. Only two players are non-quarterbacks: running backs Blake Corum and Bijan Robinson.
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Heisman voting results 2022
Heisman Trophy voting was done by 870 media members, 58 living Heisman winners and one nationwide fan vote.
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Heisman Trophy finalists’ stats
Caleb Williams
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Stetson Bennett
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C.J. Stroud
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Max Duggan
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College football award winners 2022
Heisman Trophy (outstanding player of the year): TBD Maxwell Award (player of the year): Caleb Williams, QB, USC Davey O’Brien Award (best QB): Max Duggan, TCU Doak Walker Award (best RB): Bijan Robinson, Texas Fred Biletnikoff Award (best WR): Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee John Mackey Award (best TE): Brock Bowers, Georgia Chuck Bednarik Award (best defensive player): Will Anderson Jr. , LB, Alabama Brono Nagurski (best defensive player): Will Anderson Jr. , LB, Alabama Butkus Award (best linebacker): Jack Campbell, Iowa Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back): Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU Rimington Trophy (best center): Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan Outland Trophy (best interior offensive lineman): Olusegun Oluwatimi, C, Michigan Lou Groza Award (best kicker): Christopher Dunn, N. C. State Ray Guy Award (best punter): Adam Korsak, Rutgers
