Williams received 544 first-place votes. He's the first Trojan to win the award since running back Reggie Bush in 2005.
Williams and No. 8 USC fell short of the Pac-12 championship and a spot in the playoff, but it was still a rebirth for a college football blue blood that has had only short spurts of success over the last decade.
The last time USC had a Heisman winner was 2005, when running back Reggie Bush was the second of consecutive Trojans players to win the award. Matt Leinart won the Heisman in 2004 on the way to a national championship. Bush’s Heisman win, the Trojans’ seventh, was later vacated for NCAA violations that began the descent of USC.All the news you need to know, every day
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