While odds are he won’t win it, Dwayne Haskins joins an elite group of Buckeyes on Saturday to finish as finalists for the Heisman Trophy, adding to Ohio State’s rich Heisman history. The Buckeyes are tied for the most Heisman trophies in college football history with seven, have one of the most lopsided winners in the awards’ history, and boast the only two-time Heisman winner. Here’s a look back at Ohio State’s Heisman winners. 1944 – Les Horvath Les Horvath is Ohio State’s first Heisman Trophy winner and the only winner that did not play football the previous season. Horvath exhausted his three years of eligibility in 1942 and enrolled in Ohio State’s school of dentistry in 1943, but the Buckeyes struggled after many players joined the military during World War II, leaving the roster depleted. So Ohio State took advantage of a war-time rule which granted an extra year of eligibility…
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