UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting revealed Saturday.
He was the third player in UCF history to earn a first-place Heisman vote, joining former quarterback Daunte Culpeper (sixth in 1998) and running back Kevin Smith (eighth in 2007).
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield won college football’s top individual prize with 2,398 points. Stanford tailback Bryce Love placed second with 1,300 points. Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, who won the 2016 Heisman, was third with 793 points.
Mayfield, Love and Jackson were the three finalists invited to New York for Saturday’s ceremony, but they were far from the only college football players to receive votes.
Penn State tailback Saquon Barkley finished fourth with 304 points, San Diego State tailback Rashaad Penny finished fifth with 175 points, Wisconsin tailback Jonathan Taylor finished sixth with 58 points and Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph finished seventh with 56 points.
Milton was close behind at No. 8 with 54 points. He received four first-place votes, 11 second-place votes and 20 third-place votes.
Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson, who Milton will face in the Peach Bowl, was No. 9 with 45 points and Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith was No. 10 with 38 points.
The Heisman ballot features three blank spaces and any college football player can be listed. Past Heisman winners and journalists covering college football in every corner of the country form the biggest blocks of voters.
The Heisman has added an online fan poll that counts as a Heisman vote. Mayfield won the fan poll as well.
Milton, winner of American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors, is 249-of-360 passing for 3,795 yards, 35 touchdowns and nine interceptions so far this season. He has rushed for 497 yards and seven touchdowns on 93 carries.
He played a critical in helping the Knights enter bowl season as the only undefeated team in the nation, going 12-0 and winning the American Athletic Conference championship.
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