NORTHWESTERN

1. Pat Fitzgerald (LB): First two-time winner of the Nagurski and Butkus awards, which he won in 1995 and '96.
2. Brett Basanez (QB): Left school with a share of 11 career records, 15 single-season records, and three single-game records. Thirteenth on the NCAA's list for total offense and fell just 4 rushing yards shy of becoming the first player in NCAA history with 10,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards.
3. Otto Graham (HB): Originally went to Northwestern on a basketball scholarship, but ended up a star on the football field and finished third in the 1943 Heisman voting.

OHIO STATE

1. Archie Griffin (RB): The list of players who have won more than one Heisman includes just one name, and it's Griffin, who did it in 1974 and 1975. He also took home the Maxwell Award and two Walter Camp awards.
2. Howard Cassidy (RB/DB): Consensus All-American in 1954 and 1955 and a Heisman winner in '55. Held many Ohio State rushing records when he graduated and never had a pass completed on him in four years.
3. Chic Harley (RB/S/K): Two-time consensus All-American helped the Buckeyes to their first win over Michigan in 1919. His 8.74 points per game remains a school record and he's one of the charter members of the College Football Hall of Fame.

PENN STATE
 
1. John Cappelletti (RB): The 1973 Heisman Trophy winner helped Penn State to an undefeated season while also capturing the Maxwell Award and All-American honors. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
2. Larry Johnson (RB): 2002 All-American, Heisman runner-up and winner of Doak Walker, Maxwell and Walter Camp awards. His 8.02 yards per carry is an NCAA record for highest average carry over the regular season.
3. Kerry Collins (QB): Led the Nittany Lions to an undefeated season and Rose Bowl win in 1994 and was named the winner of the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien awards, finishing fourth in Heisman balloting.

PURDUE

1. Bob Griese (QB): Two-time All-American was runner-up in the 1966 Heisman race. Guided Boilermakers to very first appearance in the Rose Bowl, a 14-13 win over USC in 1966. A 1984 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and winner of the Sammy Baugh trophy in 1966.
2. Drew Brees (QB): Left Purdue with five conference passing records and finished in the top five of the Heisman balloting twice (1999 & 2000). Runner-up for the O'Brien Award in '99 and won the Maxwell Award in 2000.
3. Leroy Keyes (RB): Two-time All-American in 1967 and 1968 and finished runner-up to O.J. Simpson in the '68 Heisman race. (He's lived to tell about it.) Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.

WISCONSIN

1. Ron Dayne (RB): NCAA Division I record holder for career rushing yards. 1999 Heisman trophy winner, a three-time All-American and one of six numbers retired by the Badgers. First player to eclipse 7,000 rushing yards (including bowl games) and one of only five players in NCAA history to rush for a 1,000-plus yards in each of his four years.
2. Alan Ameche (FB/LB): 1953 Walter Camp winner and 1954 Heisman winner earned All-American honors and his 3,212 yards rushing were an NCAA record at the time. Along with Dayne, one of six players to have their number retired by the Badgers.
3. Dave Schreiner (E): Two-time All-American end was a 1955 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee.