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Final 2017 Heisman Trophy voting

By Christopher Novak

ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 2: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half during the Big 12 Championship at AT&T Stadium on December 2, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 2: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners throws against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half during the Big 12 Championship at AT&T Stadium on December 2, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) /
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Baker Mayfield is the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner. See how Mayfield finished, as well as the rest of the candidates.

Baker Mayfield is your 2017 Heisman winner. The Oklahoma QB won the coveted trophy on Saturday night, earning the award after a brilliant season. Mayfield beat Bryce Love and Lamar Jackson, and did so while amassing an impressive vote total, earning 2,398 points. Love, the Stanford standout, finished second to Mayfield with 1,300 points. Jackson, last year’s winner, could only fetch 793 points to finish out the Top 3.

No one but Mayfield was able to amass more than 75 first-place votes. Baker grabbed 732 of them which is mpressive, to say the least. Love had the most second-place votes of anyone. Just 25 third-place votes were between him and Lamar Jackson. The only other player to get more than 100 third-place votes was Saquon Barkley. The Penn State superstar found himself on the outside looking in after a terrific campaign but finished with a hearty 304 points.

Other notables in the Top 10 who didn’t make it to New York included San Diego State’s Rashaad Penny. Penny, one of the best tailbacks in the country, had 175 points to finish fifth in the race. Freshman Wisconsin Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor was just outside the Top 5, landing 58 points to finish sixth. Mason Rudolph, McKenzie Milton, Kerryon Johnson and Roquan Smith then filled out the rest of the Top 10.

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All in all, there aren’t too many surprises here. You can make the quip that Jackson almost certainly deserved better than a third-place finish of this magnitude. Given that some of his numbers were better than last year when he won the award, you could argue he did nothing to lose it. But outside of the Jackson debate, nobody who finished in the Top 10 didn’t belong. There won’t be much deliberation about the winner, either. Baker is one of the best quarterbacks in college football history. He certainly earned the victory on Saturday night.

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