ESPN.com · Nov 2, 2023
Why it's so hard for Heisman Trophy winners like Caleb Williams to repeat
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It was Dec. 13, 2008, in New York City and time for the three Heisman Trophy finalists to take their place at the front of the room, awaiting the announcement of who would win college football's most coveted individual award. But one member of the trio was missing. The one who had been there before.
"I was in the bathroom throwing up," Tim Tebow confessed nearly 16 years later. The Florida quarterback was there not simply as a Heisman finalist, but as the reigning Heisman winner, seeking to become the second two-time Heisman honoree and first in 33 years.