Did you know what freshmen won a Heisman Trophy?

Did you know what freshmen won a Heisman Trophy?

Did you know that Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy?

Did you know that Manziel became the first freshman to throw for more than 3,000 yards,  and rush for more than 1,000 yards in the same seasons?

Did you know that Manziel 4,600 total yards were more than recent Heisman winners, Cam Newton (2010) and Tim Tebow (2007
 

Did you know that Herschel Walker, Clint Castleberry, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Rex Grossan, Larry Fitzgerald, and Adrian Peterson were all elected for the Heisman Trophy as Freshman?

Michael Vick

Marshall Faulk

Did you know that Clint Castleberry, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Rex Grossan, Larry Fitzgerald, and Adrian Peterson received top-three placement as freshmen or sophmores, but never won the Heisman Trophy?

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Did you know that Marshall Faulk's went to  San Diego State?

Did you know that Marshall Faulk's received a game ball from the September 14, 1991 game when he ran for a NCAA-record 386 yards and scored 44 points. Faulk did this in his second game as a true freshman for San Diego State?

Did you know that Marshall Faulk's left  San Diego State University with many of the schools's offensive records, among them 62 career touchdowns, which is the 8th most in NCAA history?
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Did you know that Michael Vick played college football at Virginia Tech? 


Did you know that Michael Vick left after his sophmore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft? 


Did you know that Vick was the first African-American quarterback to be selected first overall in an NFL Draft?

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Did you know that Rex Grossman played college football for the University Of Florida?

Did you know that as a college quarterback Rex Grossman led the Florida Gators to the 2000 Southeastern Conference Championship, the 2001 Sugar Bowl, the 2002 Orange Bowl and the 2003 Outback Bowl?

Did you know that Rex Grossman was an All-American ant the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2001? 

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Did you know that Grossman in his three-seasons college career, he threw for 9,164 yards and seventy-seven touchdowns? 

Did you know that Grossman earned a 146.77 passer rating, becoming the third most efficient passer in the Southeastern Conference's history?

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Did you know that Adrian Peterson played college football at the University of Oklahoma? 

Did you know that Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman? 

Did you know that Peterson also set a freshman record by finishing as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting?

Did you know that Peterson nick name is 'A.D.' (fro "All Day") and "Purple Jesus"?

Did you know that Peterson finished as the school's third all-time leading rusher?

Did you know that Peterson was selected by the Viking with the seventh overall pick in the first 

round of the 2007 NFL Draft?

*************************************************************************************************************Did you know that Larry Fitzgerald played college football at Pittsburgh? 

Did you know that Larry Fitzgerald in 26 games caught 161 passes for 2,677 yards and set a Pit record with 34 receiving touchdowns?

Did you know that Larry Fitzgerald was the first player in school history with back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons?

Did you know that Larry Fitzgerald had 14 games with at least 100 yards receiving broke Antonio Bryant's previous all-time Panthers record of 13?

Did you know that Fitzgerald  also holds an NCAA record with at least one touchdown catch in 18 straight games?

Now if you didn't know, now you know...

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