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Who Was the Last Wide Receiver to Win the Heisman Trophy

Alabama star wide receiver DeVonta Smith could cap off his historic 2020 college football season with a Heisman Trophy award.

The senior wideout was already named the AP Player of the Year, but he also enters Tuesday's Heisman Trophy ceremony as the favorite to take home the most prestigious honor in college football.

If Smith does win the award, he would be the first wideout to do so since Michigan wide receiver/returner Desmond Howard in 1991. That season, Howard finished 11th in the nation with 985 receiving yards, 12th with 62 catches and scored in an NCAA-best 19 touchdowns in 12 games.