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What were the final 2016 Heisman voting results?

BySarabeth Pollock|
Dec 10, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Heisman finalists Oklahoma wide receiver Dede Westbrook (left to right) and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers and Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson pose with the Heisman trophy during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis before the 2016 Heisman Trophy awards ceremony. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Heisman finalists Oklahoma wide receiver Dede Westbrook (left to right) and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and Michigan linebacker Jabrill Peppers and Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson pose with the Heisman trophy during a press conference at the New York Marriott Marquis before the 2016 Heisman Trophy awards ceremony. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Lamar Jackson runs away with the 2016 Heisman Trophy with a huge margin in the final votes. Here’s the breakdown of the final 2016 Heisman votes.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few weeks, there was little doubt that Louisville’s Lamar Jackson would win the 2016 Heisman Trophy. Jackson won, to absolutely no one’s surprise. But it gets interesting when it comes down to the final voting results: Jackson won by a landslide. A big landslide.

Here’s how the 2016 Heisman voting breaks down: Lamar Jackson came in 1st with 2144 votes, followed by Deshaun Watson with 1524 votes. Baker Mayfield came in third with 361, Dede Westbrook came in fourth with 209, and Jabrill Peppers rounded out the group with 208 votes.

Jackson came in with 620 more votes than Watson, while the top two candidates were separated by a span of a whopping 1163 votes. However, the race for 4th and 5th place was decided by a single vote. That’s quite a spread across the board.

That kind of surge in voting only serves to solidify what fans already knew—Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson winning the Heisman was a foregone conclusion. He’s the youngest winner by a few days, but this sophomore quarterback’s resume speaks for itself. Jackson racked up 51 touchdowns in a single season, crushing the ACC single-season TD record. Those 51 touchdowns break down to 30 passing and 21 rushing TDs, and with that Jackson also smashed a school record with his 1538 rushing yards.

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Jackson will be leading 9-3 Louisville against the LSU Tigers in the Citrus Bowl.

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