Did Julian Sayin win Heisman Trophy? Ohio State QB's stats, voting results
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Ohio State football will have to wait at least another year to end its Heisman Trophy drought.
Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin was the fourth-place finisher in the 2025 Heisman Trophy race on Saturday, Dec. 13 during the award ceremony inside Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in New York City.
Beating out Sayin for the honor was Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, with Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia finishing as the runner-up and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love in third.
Sayin, the 6-foot-1 quarterback, is the first Ohio State player to be named a Heisman Trophy finalist since Marvin Harrison Jr. in 2023, and the seventh Buckeye to receive the invite to New York since 2018. This season, Sayin has led the Buckeyes to a 12-1 overall record and a No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff.
Here’s everything to know about how Sayin did in the Heisman Trophy race, including the finalists’ stats and the voting results:
Did Julian Sayin win the Heisman Trophy in 2025?
No, Sayin did not win the Heisman Trophy in 2025. The Ohio State quarterback came in fourth place in the Heisman Trophy race. He finished 1,960 points behind Mendoza.
Heisman Trophy 2025 voting results
Here’s the full points total for the 2025 Heisman Trophy, including first-place votes:
- 1st place: Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (2,392 points — 643 first-place votes)
- 2nd place: Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia (1,435 points — 189 first-place votes)
- 3rd place: Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love (719 points — 46 first-place votes)
- 4th place: Ohio State QB Julian Sayin (432 points — 8 first-place votes)
- 5th place: Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez (295 points — 17 first-place votes)
- 6th place: Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith (84 points — 4 first-place votes)
- 7th place: Georgia QB Gunnar Stockton (43 points — 3 first-place votes)
- 8th place: Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss (23 points — 2 first-place votes)
- 9th place: Ohio State S Caleb Downs (22 points — 2 first-place votes)
- 10th place: Georgia Tech QB Haynes King (18 points — 2 first-place votes)
Julian Sayin stats
Sayin heads into the College Football Playoff with 3,323 passing yards and 31 touchdowns. He leads the country with a 78.4 completion percentage and is second in the country in touchdown passes, only behind Mendoza. The California native has finished with at least 300 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in five games this season.
Two of Sayin’s six interceptions on the season have come in the last two games against Michigan and Indiana, the latter being in the Big Ten championship game.
Here’s a breakdown of Sayin’s stats this season at Ohio State:
- Passing: 279 of 356 passing (78.4%) for 3,323 yards with 31 touchdowns and six interceptions
Heisman Trophy finalists’ stats
Here’s a look at the regular season stats for the three other 2025 Heisman Trophy finalists:
Fernando Mendoza
- Passing: 226 of 316 (71.5%) passing for 2,980 yards with 33 touchdowns and six interceptions
- Rushing: 240 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns on 69 carries
Diego Pavia stats
- Passing: 242 of 340 passing (71.2%) for 3,192 yards with 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions
- Rushing: 826 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns on 152 carries
Jeremiyah Love
- Rushing: 1,372 yards and 18 rushing touchdowns on 199 carries
- Receiving: 280 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns on 27 receptions
Heisman Trophy winners
Here’s an updated look at past Heisman Trophy winners dating back to 2016:
- 2025: QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
- 2024: WR/CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
- 2023: QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
- 2022: QB Caleb Williams, USC
- 2021: QB Bryce Young, Alabama
- 2020: WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
- 2019: QB Joe Burrow, LSU
- 2018: QB Kyler Murray, Oklahoma
- 2017: QB Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma
- 2016: QB Lamar Jackson, Louisville
For the full list of Heisman Trophy winners, click here.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Did Julian Sayin win Heisman Trophy? Ohio State QB’s stats, voting
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