The 75^th presentation of the Heisman Trophy was historic in many ways. Mark Ingram became the third consecutive sophomore to win college football’s highest award and also became the first to ever win the award from the University of Alabama.  Ingram has been the backbone of Alabama's offense, rushing for a school-record 1,542 yards, gaining 6.2 yards per carry and scoring 18 touchdowns. He finished a shallow 28 points ahead of Stanford’s Toby Gerhart, making it the closest race in the history of the award. Ingram received 227 first-place votes and 1,304 points. Gerhart got 222 first-place votes and 1,276 points, while Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, last season's runner-up, received 203 and 1,145. Nebraska defensive tackle, Ndamukong Suh, was fourth and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman two years ago, was fifth.