Winning the Heisman Trophy is one of the greatest achievements a young man and his school can be recognized for in major college football.
It’s an elite class of the Who’s Who in College Football. Over the years 43 running backs, 32 quarterbacks, two wide receivers, two ends and one defensive back have brought back this elusive trophy back to their school.
At Clemson, though John Heisman—for whom the trophy is named for—coached the Tigers for four years, no player as ever won the Heisman Trophy. The closest a Clemson player has ever come to winning the award as the nation’s most outstanding player came in 1978 when quarterback Steve Fuller finished sixth in the balloting, and in 2009 when running back C.