Heisman Trophy goes to Auburn’s Cam Newton

Star quarterback earns third Heisman for school

Video: Cam Newton accepts the Heisman Trophy.

Auburn is on a roll.

An undefeated season. An SEC championship. A spot in the BCS National Championship Game. And tonight, its junior quarterback Cam Newton has won the Heisman Trophy, college football’s highest individual honor.

This season, the Atlanta native threw for 2,589 yards, which includes 28 touchdowns and six interceptions. Oh, and he ran for 24 touchdowns, too. Newton had been the odds-on favorite this week leading up to the award presentation.

The runners-up were running back LaMichael James of Oregon and quarterbacks Andrew Luck of Stanford and Kellen Moore of Boise State. Newton and James will face each other again in the BCS game.

Bo Jackson won the previous Heisman for Auburn in 1985, and Pat Sullivan won it in 1971.

The state of Alabama has seen two Heisman winners in a row: Alabama running back Mark Ingram won the school’s first trophy in 2009. The Crimson Tide at the time last year was also undefeated and headed for the national championship game.

Auburn is currently No. 1 in the BCS and plays Oregon on Jan. 10