20. Robert Griffin III (2011)
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During the 2011 season, Robert Griffin III transformed from a mostly-unheralded quarterback from an often overlooked school in Texas to a household phenom known nationwide simply as “RG3.” After becoming the first player in the history of Baylor University football to win the Heisman Trophy, there was a contingent of people who argued that Griffin should be taken with the #1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Even though he didn’t beat out the highly-heralded Andrew Luck from Stanford University to be the top draft pick in said draft, he did beat out Luck in the voting for the 2011 Heisman Trophy, when he completed he a season he famously described as “unbelievably believable.”
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