Texas Longhorns star running back Bijan Robinson wasnβt a Heisman Trophy finalist, but he was among the top 10 vote-getters for the prestigious accolade awarded to the top college football player for the year.
The Tucson native finished ninth in Heisman voting behind winner and USC quarterback Caleb Williams, TCU quarterback Max Duggan, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett, Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, Michigan running back Blake Corum and Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr; North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye finished 10th in voting.
Robinson had four first-place votes, 12 second-place votes and 39 third-place votes.
Texas running back Bijan Robinson could become the highest-drafted Tucsonan in NFL history.
Robinson joined fellow KaβDeem Carey, who was a two-time All-American for the Arizona Wildcats, as Tucsonans to finish in the top 10 of Heisman voting. Carey was 10th during the 2013 season.
Robinson recently won the Doak Walker Award, a national accolade given to the top running back in college football. The former Salpointe Catholic Lancers is the third Texas running back, along with Ricky Williams and Cedric Benson, to win the Doak Walker Award.
Robinson had 258 carries for 1,580 yards and 18 touchdowns in his junior season at Texas, along with 314 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Robinson also has 3,410 yards and 33 touchdowns in three years at Texas.
No. 21 Texas battles No. 12 Washington in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29 at 7 p.m.
Ricky Williams, former NFL running back and winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy, is now co-owner and face of his own budding cannabis brand Highsman (wink, wink). Williams sat down to chat with Here Weed Go! along with Highsman CEO Eric Hammond, to talk about how Williams was introduced to cannabis, what it's like being a cannabis pioneer in professional sports and what sets his brand apart from other celebrity-fronted brands in a super-competitive market.
