Here's where Hendon Hooker placed in Heisman Trophy voting for Tennessee football

Adam Sparks, Knoxville News Sentinel
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Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker got as close to being a Heisman Trophy finalist as he could without making it to the ceremony in New York.

On Thursday, ESPN announced that Hooker was No. 5 in voting during The Top Ten Heisman Trophy Finalists Show. The top four made the cut, so Hooker barely missed an invitation. The voting results have not been released.

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The Heisman winner will be announced on Saturday. The finalists who beat out Hooker are USC quarterback Caleb Williams, TCU quarterback Max Duggan, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett.

The bottom half of the top 10 included No. 6 Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, No. 7 Michigan running back Blake Corum, No. 8 Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., No. 9 Texas running back Bijan Robinson and No. 10 North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye.

Hooker, the SEC Offensive Player of the Year, had one of the best seasons in Vols history. He adds to the list of Tennessee players who got close to the Heisman without winning it.

Here's where Tennessee players have finished in past Heisman voting

  • 1938 George Cafego, tailback (7th, 55 votes)

  • 1939 George Cafego, tailback (4th, 296 votes)

  • 1940 Bob Suffridge, guard (6th)

  • 1951 Hank Lauricella, tailback (2nd, 424 votes)

  • 1956 Johnny Majors, tailback (2nd, 994 votes)

  • 1964 Steve DeLong, middle guard (8th, 176 votes)

  • 1967 Bob Johnson, center (6th, 76 votes)

  • 1967 Dewey Warren, quarterback (8th, 56 votes)

  • 1969 Steve Kiner, linebacker (9th, 109 votes)

  • 1973 Condredge Holloway, quarterback (14th, 98 votes)

  • 1976 Larry Seivers, wide Receiver (12th)

  • 1993 Heath Shuler, quarterback (2nd, 688 votes)

  • 1995 Peyton Manning, quarterback (6th, 109 votes)

  • 1996 Peyton Manning, quarterback (8th, 81 votes)

  • 1997 Peyton Manning, quarterback (2nd, 1543 votes)

  • 2022 Hendon Hooker, quarterback (5th, TBA)

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