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| • ILLINOIS FOOTBALL HISTORY • |
| Illini in the Heisman Voting |
| 1944 | |
| 1. | Les Horvath, Ohio State |
| 2. | Glen Davis, Army |
| 3. | Dock Blanchard, Army |
| 4. | Don Whitmire, Navy |
| 5. | Buddy Young, Illinois |
| 1951 | |
| 1. | Dick Kazmaier, Princeton |
| 2. | Hank Lauricella, Tennessee |
| 3. | Babe Parilli, Kentucky |
| 4. | Bill McColl, Stanford |
| 5. | John Bright, Drake |
| 6. | John Karras, Illinois |
| 7. | Larry Isbell, Baylor |
| 1953 | |
| 1. | John Lattner, Notre Dame |
| 2. | Paul Giel, Minnesota |
| 3. | Paul Cameron, UCLA |
| 4. | Bernie Faloney, Maryland |
| 5. | Bob Garrett, Stanford |
| 6. | Alan Ameche, Wisconsin |
| 7. | J.C. Caroline, Illinois |
| 8. | J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma |
| 9. | Lamar McHan, Arkansas |
| 10. | Steve Meilinger, Kentucky |
| 1959 | |
| 1. | Billy Cannon, Lousiana St. |
| 2. | Richie Lucas, Penn State |
| 3. | Don Meridith, SMU |
| 4. | Bill Burrell, Illinois |
| 5. | Charlie Flowers, Mississippi |
| 1963 | |
| 1. | Roger Staubach, Navy |
| 2. | Billy Lothridge, Georgia Tech |
| 3. | Sherman Lewis, Michigan St. |
| 4. | Don Trull, Baylor |
| 5. | Scott Appleton, Texas Coll. |
| 6. | Dick Butkus, Illinois |
| 7. | Jim Sidle, Auburn |
| 8. | Terry Isaacson, Air Force |
| 9. | Jay Wilkinson, Duke |
| 10. | George Mira, Miami (Fla.) |
| 1964 | |
| 1. | John Huarte, Notre Dame |
| 2. | Jerry Rhome, Tulsa |
| 3. | Dick Butkus, Illinois |
| 4. | Bob Timberlake, Michigan |
| 5. | Jack Snow, Notre Dame |
| 1965 | |
| 1. | Mike Garrett, Southern Cal |
| 2. | Howard Twilley, Tulsa |
| 3. | Jim Grabowski, Illinois |
| 4. | Don Anderson, Texas Tech |
| 5. | Floyd Little, Syracuse |
| 1980 | |
| 1. | George Rogers, South Carolina |
| 2. | Hugh Green, Pitt |
| 3. | Herschel Walker, Georgia |
| 4. | Mark Herrmann, Purdue |
| 5. | Jim McMahon, BYU |
| 6. | Art Schlichter, Ohio State |
| 7. | Neil Lomax, Portland State |
| 8. | Jarvis Redwine, Nebraska |
| 9. | Ken Easley, UCLA |
| 10. | Dave Wilson, Illinois |
| Anthony Carter, Michigan | |
| 1982 | |
| 1. | Herschel Walker, Georgia |
| 2. | John Elway, Stanford |
| 3. | Eric Dickerson, SMU |
| 4. | Anthony Carter, Michigan |
| 5. | Dave Rimington, Nebraska |
| 6. | Todd Blackledge, Penn St. |
| 7. | Tom Ramsey, UCLA |
| 8. | Tony Eason, Illinois |
| 9. | Dan Marino, Pitt |
| 10. | Mike Rozier, Nebraska |
| 1989 | |
| 1. | Andre Ware, Houston |
| 2. | Anthony Thompson, Indiana |
| 3. | Major Harris, West Virginia |
| 4. | Tony Rice, Notre Dame |
| 5. | Darian Hagan, Colorado |
| 6. | Dee Dowis, Air Force |
| 7. | Emmitt Smith, Florida |
| 8. | Percy Snow, Michigan State |
| 9. | Ty Detmer, Brigham Young |
| 10. | Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame |
| 35. | Jeff George, Illinois |
| 2001 | |
| 1. | Eric Crouch, Nebraska |
| 2. | Rex Grossman, Florida |
| 3. | Ken Dorsey, Miami |
| 4. | Joey Harrington, Oregon |
| 5. | David Carr, Fresno State |
| 6. | Antwaan Randle El, Indiana |
| 7. | Roy Williams, Oklahoma |
| 8. | Bryant McKinnie, Miami |
| 9. | Dwight Freeney, Syracuse |
| 10. | Julius Peppers, North Carolina |
| 12. | Kurt Kittner, Illinois |
(updated 2/09)
