Jason White - 2003 - 69th award
Jason White became the fourth Sooner to win the Heisman Trophy following Billy Vessels (1952), Steve Owens (1969), and Billy Sims (1978). White led his team to 12 straight victories, throwing for a school record forty (40) touchdown passes in a season and securing a spot for the Sooners to play in the Sugar Bowl.
In 2003, White was the Associated Press Player of the Year, a consensus All-American, a consensus Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, won the Davey O'Brien Award and the Jim Thorpe Courage Award.
| Points | ||||||||
| Place | Name | School | Class | Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 1st | Jason White | Oklahoma | Sr. | QB | 319 | 204 | 116 | 1,481 |
| 2nd | Larry Fitzgerald | Pittsburgh | So. | WR | 253 | 233 | 128 | 1,353 |
| 3rd | Eli Manning | Mississippi | Sr. | QB | 95 | 132 | 161 | 710 |
| 4th | Chris Perry | Michigan | Sr. | RB | 27 | 66 | 128 | 341 |
| 5th | Darren Sproles | Kansas St. | Sr. | RB | 15 | 30 | 29 | 134 |
No. of registered electors: 922
Date of announcement: December 11, 2003
The number of points by region and position within each region are as follows for the top four candidates:
| Name | North-east | Mid Atlantic | South | South-west | Mid-west | Far West | ||||||
| White | 227 | 2 | 247 | 2 | 236 | 1 | 316 | 1 | 193 | 2 | 262 | 1 |
| Fitzgerald | 229 | 1 | 296 | 1 | 196 | 3 | 221 | 2 | 198 | 1 | 213 | 2 |
| Manning | 109 | 3 | 112 | 3 | 200 | 2 | 115 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 98 | 3 |
| Perry | 53 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 99 | 3 | 59 | 4 |
Written on Thursday, 01 January 2009 21:15 by J. Robert Byrom
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