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While Howard showed remarkable consistency--he scored at least two touchdowns in nine of Michigan's 11 games--preseason Heisman favorites Detmer and Houston quarterback David Klingler faltered early and fell so far behind that they couldn't catch...
Emtman, who was the leader of the nation's best defense, already has won the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy as the top lineman in the country. But no pure defensive player has ever won the Heisman. The best finish by a defender was in 1980, when Pittsburgh's Hugh Green was runner-up to George Rogers of South Carolina...
...defensive player winning the Heisman is like the governor of Idaho or Montana becoming president," Cook said. "It could happen someday, but probably not in our lifetime...
Howard, who plans to return for his senior season, would be the second Michigan player to win the Heisman. Running back Tom Harmon won the trophy...
Howard, a 5-foot-9, 176-pound native of Cleveland, also would become only the fifth Heisman winner who was not a quarterback or running back...