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Heisman: USC’s Caleb Williams wins; Georgia’s Stetson Bennett fourth

Pool photo by Todd Van Emst via AP / USC quarterback Caleb Williams holds the Heisman Trophy after being awarded college football's most prestigious individual honor Saturday night in New York.
Pool photo by Todd Van Emst via AP / USC quarterback Caleb Williams holds the Heisman Trophy after being awarded college football's most prestigious individual honor Saturday night in New York. Pool photo by Todd Van Emst via AP / USC quarterback Caleb Williams holds the Heisman Trophy after being awarded college football's most prestigious individual honor Saturday night in New York.

By RALPH D. RUSSO / The Associated Press 6 min read

NEW YORK — Caleb Williams brought sizzle, excitement and star power back to University of Southern California football.

And now the Heisman Trophy, too.

Williams, the dynamic sophomore quarterback who was the catalyst for the Trojans’ turnaround season, won the Heisman on Saturday night to make USC the first school to take home college football’s most prestigious player of the year award eight times.

Williams received 544 first-place votes and 2,031 points to easily outpoint TCU quarterback Max Duggan (1,420), who received 188 first-place votes.

Williams, who played last season at Oklahoma, is the fourth transfer to win the Heisman in the past six years, joining Baker Mayfield (2017) and Kyler Murray (2018) of Oklahoma and Joe Burrow (2019) of LSU.