Before They Were Stars
Historic Heisman Trophy Winners—Before They Were Football Stars!
How’s your fantasy football team doing? Hope you placed some bets on contender quarterbacks Johnny Manziel and Collin Klein, and linebacker Manti Te'o for the 2012 Heisman Trophy award! Started in 1935 by the Downtown Athletics Club of Manhattan, New York (John Heisman was the athletics director at the time), the Heisman Trophy has become the holy grail of collegiate football players. It is awarded to the most outstanding player in the nation, which is saying a lot! Whether you’re biting your nails or running stats numbers, it’s going to be a close one with this year’s talented bunch. Here is a look at another group of iconic football stars... but way before they were Heisman winners, when dreams of going pro were still just dreams. By Brittany Carson
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Eric Crouch—2001
Millard North High School QB, Eric Crouch, had a promising career ahead of him. He went to play for the University of Nebraska but an ankle injury kept him off the field for the 1997 championship-winning season. Injuries plagued him the next two years but as starting quarterback in 2001, Crouch was breaking records like they were nothing. That year he was awarded the Heisman Trophy and continued to play professionally and internationally until as recently as 2011, when he made the Omaha Nighthawks official roster.
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