Many have tried to join Archie Griffin as a 2-time Heisman winner. None succeed. Bryce Young is next

Alabama sophomore quarterback Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy, beating out Ohio State redshirt freshman quarterback C.J. Stroud.

Unlike the two other Heisman finalists, Pittsburgh senior quarterback Kenny Pickett and Michigan senior defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Young and Stroud return to their college football teams in 2021.

That means there once again is a player who will try to join Buckeye legend Archie Griffin as the only two-time winner of the award.

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Griffin won the Heisman in 1974 and 1975. He rushed for 1,695 yards in 1974 and 1,450 yards in 1975. Griffin won the 1974 Heisman easily (by 1,101 votes) and despite lesser stats in 1975 (including just four rushing touchdowns), Griffin won a second Heisman by 1,070 votes.

Several players have had opportunities to join him. Here are all those who have had a chance.

Lamar Jackson, Louisville quarterback, 2016

Jackson won the award as a sophomore a few weeks before he turned 20. The quarterback passed for 3,543 yards and 30 touchdowns and added 1,571 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns on the ground.

Jackson beat out Baker Mayfield, who won the award the following season. Jackson's junior year wasn't bad. He threw more passing yards (3,660) and rushed for more yards (1,601) but scored fewer touchdowns in both categories.

Jameis Winston, Florida State quarterback, 2013

As a redshirt freshman, Winston won the Heisman after throwing for 4,057 yards and 40 touchdowns. More importantly, Winston led his team to a BCS National Championship as the 2013 Seminoles went 14-0 and beat Auburn for the title.

Winston returned to campus for what would be his final season and led Florida State to the first College Football Playoff, but he finished sixth in the Heisman voting behind — among others — 2014 Heisman winner Marcus Mariota, who was the quarterback at Oregon. Then Winston's team lost to Mariota in the national semifinals.

Ohio State beat Oregon for the 2014 National Championship a few weeks later. Winston, however, was the No.1 pick in the 2015 NFL draft.

Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M quarterback, 2012

The redshirt freshman quarterback set the college football world on fire at Texas A&M.

He threw for 3,706 yards and 26 touchdowns in his first year as a starter for the Aggies and added 1,410 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns.

His signature moment came when he led his team to a win over Alabama. As a result of that, Manziel beat Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein for the award.

He returned to campus in 2013, threw for 4,114 yards and 37 touchdowns and 759 rushing yards with nine touchdowns to finish fifth in the Heisman voting in 2013.

Mark Ingram, Alabama running back, 2009

The 2009 Heisman finalists included past winner Tim Tebow of Florida and two-time Heisman finalist Colt McCoy of Texas. But it was Ingram, the star running back for eventual-national champion Alabama, who won. Ingram rushed for 1,658 yards and 17 touchdowns and added 334 yards and three more scores in the passing game.

Ingram's win was the closest in Heisman Trophy history. He beat Stanford running back Toby Gerhart by just 28 votes and received just five more first-place votes than Gerhart.

Tebow was fifth in the voting.

Ingram's victory also marked the third straight sophomore. His junior season, his last at Alabama, he rushed for just 875 yards with 13 touchdowns.

Sam Bradford, Oklahoma quarterback, 2008

Bradford was yet another very strong contender to join Griffin as a two-time Heisman winner.

Bradford passed for 4,720 yards and 50 touchdowns with just eight interceptions to win in 2008.

He beat McCoy and Tebow. Tebow, the reigning winner, finished third in the voting. The Gators star was 152 votes shy of McCoy, and — outside of Griffin, of course — it's the closest anyone has ever come to taking home the trophy twice.

Bradford returned to campus in 2009 but suffered an injury against BYU in the first game of the season and was never fully healthy again. Following the game against Texas, Bradford's season ended with shoulder surgery and he announced he was entering the NFL draft.

Tim Tebow, Florida quarterback, 2007

Tebow was a three-time finalist (2007, '08, '09) but won the award only once, which happened his first year heading to New York City. He passed for 3,286 yards and 32 touchdowns and just six interceptions while adding 895 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns.

Coached by future Ohio State leader Urban Meyer, Tebow was a superstar during the 2006 Florida BCS National Championship season, and he took that fame to new heights when he became the full-time starter in Gainesville in 2007.

Matt Leinart, USC quarterback, 2004

Leinart's Heisman win in 2004 came as he was en route to a championship. Leinart threw for 3,322 yards and 33 touchdowns and beat reigning Heisman winner Jason White for the award.

In 2005, Leinart technically finished as the runner-up in Heisman voting.

"Technically" because the original winner, his teammate Reggie Bush, had the award stripped when it was revealed he accepted impermissible benefits. But the vote totals still exist. Reggie Bush received 2,541 votes, Texas' Vince Young had 1,608 and Leinart 797.

Jason White, Oklahoma quarterback 2003

White won the Heisman as a senior in 2003 after throwing for 3,846 yards and 40 touchdowns, and then he was given a medical redshirt that allowed him to return for a sixth college season in 2004.

In 2004 he threw for 3,205 and 35 touchdowns.

White tore his ACL twice at Oklahoma but still managed to leave Norman as the program's then all-time passing leader, although Bradford would later surpass many of those marks.

Ty Detmer, BYU quarterback, 1990

Detmer had three straight seasons in which he threw for more than 4,000 yards passing at BYU. That included his Heisman-winning campaign in 1990 when recorded 5,188 yards, 41 touchdowns and 28 interceptions on 562 attempts.

Detmer left Provo as one of the best college quarterbacks ever (15,031 yards passing and 121 touchdown passes) but lost the 1991 Heisman Trophy to Michigan's Desmond Howard.

Howard received 2,077 votes to beat out Florida State's Casey Weldon and Detmer.

Billy Sims, Oklahoma running back, 1978

Sims rushed for 1,762 yards and 20 touchdowns in 1978 for Oklahoma and followed his junior season with 1,506 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns.

He lost the 1979 Heisman to USC running back Charles White, finishing second in the voting but by a lengthy margin of 922 votes.

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