College Football 1993

1. Charlie Ward: Won Heisman Trophy. Won by the second widest margin ever at the time. He was a consensus All-American.

His won the awards for Player of the Year (Camp and Maxwell), and QB of the year (Unitas and O’Brien). He won the Sullivan award given to the “best amateur athlete” in the US.

He passed for 3032 yards, completed 69% of his passes including 27 TDs and just 4 Ints.

He was ACC Player of the Year.

He torched #15 Miami for 256 yards and a rushing and passing TD in 28-10 win. He finished the regular season in stomping rival #5 Florida 33-21. In Gainesville Ward smoked the Gators for 38-53 446 yards and 4TD tosses.

In the National title game in the Orange Bowl, he passed 286 yards.

Florida State won the National Championship 18-16 over Nebraska and finished the season 12-1, 8-0 as ACC Champs. Their only loss was 31-24 at #2 Notre Dame.

He directed and offense that scored over 41 points per contest.

Ward was also a basketball standout for the Seminoles.

2. Trev Alberts: Was a consensus All-American and the top defensive player in the nation.

He won numerous awards including Big 8 Male Athlete of the Year. Football News National Defensive Player of Year. He was the Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year.

He was the NCAA’s top linebacker garnering the Butkus and Lambert awards.

He put up staggering numbers with 96 tackles, and 21 of those behind the line. He had 15 sacks in 11 games.

In the National Title, Albert broke loose with three sacks while being named Orange Bowl defensive MVP.

Nebraska started the season 11-0 and won the Big 8. They lost 18-16 to #1 Florida St. and finished #3 in the final polls.

3. Heath Shuler: Was the runner-up in the Heisman voting. He was the SEC Player of the Year and a finalist for the QB of the Year.

He threw for 2353 yards 25 TDs and completed over 64% of his passes.

He passed for 355 yards and five TDs in a loss to #5 Florida.

Shuler threw for 215 and a score in a 45-10 route of then #13 Louisville.

He set a school record with 18 straight games with a TD pass, including all 12 in 1993.

Tennessee went 10-2, including 7-1 in the SEC (East co-champs). They lost to eventual #8 Penn St. in the Citrus Bowl. The Vols, who scored 40.3 points per game, finished #12 in the final poll.