Are You Sure You Want To Win the Heisman Trophy?

Posted by Dean Hybl on December-10-2009 Add Comments

There are five talented college football players being considered for the prestigious Heisman Trophy. However, if any of them truly want to have a long and successful NFL career they might want to hope that someone else’s name gets called on Saturday night.

Since the Heisman Trophy was first awarded in 1935, it has gained a somewhat notorious reputation for being a harbinger of NFL futility, rather than NFL success.

Of the 73 men who have won the award, only eight have gone on to earn induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In fact, the number of Heisman winners who could be branded as NFL “busts” is significantly greater than the number who were immortalized with a “bust” in Canton.

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