The Big 12 is the youngest of the Power Five conferences, but it’s old enough to have some of its top quarterbacks nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame.
Three who were Heisman Trophy finalists — Kansas State’s Michael Bishop, Nebraska’s Eric Crouch and Texas’ Vince Young — are among the 76 players from major colleges on the 2019 ballot.
Crouch won the Heisman in 2001 in the league’s sixth year. Bishop (1998) and Young (2005) finished second in the voting.
The ballot also includes six coaches who spent most of their careers in the Football Bowl Subdivision and 100 players and 32 coaches from the divisional ranks.