College football’s Heisman Trophy: from Berwanger to Manziel

Where some famous nonwinners finished:

Jim Brown: 5th in 1956 (behind Paul Hornung)

Mike Ditka: 6th in 1960 (behind Joe Bellino)

Dick Butkus: 3rd in 1964 (behind John Huarte)

Archie Manning: 3^rd in 1970 (behind Jim Plunkett) and 4th in 1969 (behind Steve Owens)

Dan Marino: 4^th in 1981 (behind Marcus Allen)

John Elway: 2^nd in 1982 (behind Herschel Walker)

Jerry Rice: 9^th in 1984 (behind Doug Flutie)

Emmitt Smith: 7^th in 1989 (behind Andre Ware)

Brett Favre: nonfactor (played out of limelight at Southern Mississippi)

Peyton Manning: 6^th in 1995 (behind Eddie George), 8^th in 1996 (behind Danny Wuerffel) , and 2^nd in 1997 (behind Charles Woodson)

Joe Montana: nonfactor (was not a first-team All-America in college)

Tom Brady: nonfactor (only an All-Big Ten honorable mention quarterback at Michigan)

Drew Brees: 3^rd in 2000 (behind Chris Weinke)

Eli Manning: 3^rd in 2003 (behind Jason White)

Aaron Rodgers: 9^th in 2004 (behind Matt Leinert)

Adrian Peterson: 2^nd in 2004 (behind Matt Leinert)

Andrew Luck: 2^nd in 2010 (behind Cam Newton) and 2^nd in 2011 (behind Robert Griffin III)