NEW YORK, NY – Deshaun Watson fell just short of winning the 2015 Heisman Trophy Saturday, but can kick-start his 2016 campaign against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl later this month.
Derrick Henry won the trophy with 1832 votes, while Christian McCaffrey finished second with 1539 and Watson finished third with 1165.
Watson had 148 first place votes, 240 second place votes, and 241 third votes. Henry had 378 first place votes while
McCaffrey had 290.
Watson and the Tigers will play Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff Semifinal in Miami on New Year’s Eve. The winner of that game will play for the National Championship and would be a good opening stanza for Watson’s 2016 campaign.