For this year’s 928 voters for the Heisman Trophy, the instructions were as straight forward as ever: select as many as three candidates for college football’s most outstanding player.
The media members (145 in each of six geographic regions) and former Heisman winners (58 currently living) who electronically submitted their votes by 5 p.m. on Monday were not told to consider how valuable a player is to his team’s success, whether he plays at the highest level — an Oberlin College player is just as eligible one from Oklahoma — or whether to value one position or side of the football over another.