2005: Reggie Bush
The Heisman trust made Reggie Bush forfeit and return his trophy. The USC tailback had an amazing year in 2005 en route to then being awarded the trophy over Texas’ Vince Young. The Longhorns got even for Young in the remarkable Rose Bowl. With the national title down to a final play, fourth-and-5, Young scrambled untouched for an 8-yard touchdown with 19 seconds left and the No. 2 Longhorns stunned No. 1 Southern California, 41-38. Young ran for 200 yards and passed for 267. Bush scored on a 26-yard run, part of his 82 yards rushing. He also had 95 yards on six catches. However, Bush also made an unfortunate lateral early and was not on the field on a fourth-and-2 from USC’S 45-yard line with 2:09 left, a play that came up short and set up Texas for its winning drive.