If Convicted Felon Can Win the Heisman Why Not Cam Newton?
Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers Won ’72 Heisman after Conviction for Robbing Gas Station: Heisman Voters At Odds with Heisman Trust Mission Statement In 1972, Nebraska’s Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers won the Heisman Trophy balloting–after being arrested, charged and convicted of robbing a gas station while being a student at the university. Thus making Cam Newton’s 2008 […]