26 votes -- DT Suh of Nebraska 20 votes -- RB Gerhart of Stanford 6 votes -- QB McCoy of Texas 6 votes -- RB Ingram of Bama 1 vote -- QB Tebow of Florida Since the AP started handing out a player of the year award in 1998, all the winners have been quarterbacks or running backs. It's the fourth time the AP award went to a player other than the Heisman winner and first since Iowa quarterback Brad Banks beat out USC's Carson Palmer in 2003. His name, Ndamukong, means "House of Spears" in the language of the Ngema tribe. Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska Cornhuskers is first defender named AP College Football Player of the Year - ESPN
This confirms what I have believed all along: Out of the two most inept voting bodies for sports, the Heisman Committee is worse than the AP.
