Summary Mariota received 788 first-place votes and a total of 2,534 points.
NEW YORK (AFP) - Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota on Saturday won the 2014 Heisman Trophy, the prestigious award given annually to the top player in US collegiate football.
Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon and Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper were also finalists, but the vote wasn t even close.
Mariota received 788 first-place votes and a total of 2,534 points. Gordon finished second with 37 first-place votes and 1,250 points and Cooper had 49 first-place votes, to finish third with 1,023 points.
"This award belongs to my teammates," Mariota said during his acceptance speech Saturday. "The amount of hard work and sacrifice that each of them has made has not gone unnoticed."
Mariota is the most prolific quarterback in Oregon history. He claimed 90.9 percent of the votes, second only to Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith s (91.6) win during the 2006 season.
He led the Ducks to 35 victories in his three seasons as a starting quarterback.
So far this season, Mariota has passed for 3,773 yards and 38 touchdowns with 669 yards rushing and another 14 running touchdowns.
He completed 68.3 percent of his 372 passes with just two interceptions on the season.
The Ducks ended the season number two in the American college football rankings and will face Florida State in the national semi-finals at the Rose Bowl in southern California on January 1.
