| There have been seven football players from the | | | | only two colleges to produce seven different |
| University of Southern California (USC) Trojans | | | | winners. |
| who have won the Heisman Trophy. The seven | | | | The Heisman Trophy is named after football |
| football players that have won the seven Heisman | | | | pioneer John Heisman and was first bestowed |
| awards are as follows: | | | | upon Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago |
| - Mike Garrett, a halfback, won in 1965 | | | | in 1935. Over the decades the award has become |
| - O.J. Simpson, a tailback, received the award in | | | | widely accepted as the most highly touted and |
| 1968 | | | | prestigious individual accolade in the sport of |
| - Charles White, a running back, accepted the | | | | college football. Despite the association of the |
| honor in 1979 | | | | Heisman being given to the most outstanding |
| - Marcus Allen in 1981 became the fourth running | | | | college football player, winning the honor has |
| back from USC to win the award | | | | proved to be no guarantee of professional |
| - Carson Palmer was the first quarterback for the | | | | success. |
| Trojans to win the award when he accepted it in | | | | In terms of the seven Trojans players who have |
| 2002 | | | | had the honor of winning the Heisman Trophy |
| - Matt Leinart played quarterback for the | | | | two of those men transitioned from college |
| University of Southern California and received the | | | | football to the National Football League (NFL) as |
| Heisman award in 2004 | | | | the number one overall picks of the NFL Draft in |
| - Reggie Bush in 2005 was named the fifth USC | | | | their respective years. The two players chosen |
| running back to take home the award | | | | with the first pick of the first round in NFL Drafts |
| With a total of seven Heisman Trophies produced | | | | are Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson who was taken |
| by Southern Cal the institution of higher learning | | | | by the Buffalo Bills in 1969 and Carson Palmer |
| based in Los Angeles, California is tied for the | | | | who was selected with the first pick of the 2003 |
| most received by any school. Both the University | | | | NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. |
| of Notre Dame and Ohio State University each | | | | Despite slipping to the number 10 overall pick by |
| match the impressive number of seven trophies | | | | the Los Angeles Raiders in 1982 Marcus Allen |
| by a single school. Because Ohio State has the | | | | joined O.J. Simpson in 2003 as the only two |
| distinction of producing the only two time winner | | | | former USC players to win Heisman Trophies and |
| in Archie Griffin Notre Dame and the University of | | | | be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in |
| Southern California actually stand together as the | | | | Canton, Ohio. |
