The competition for the 81st Heisman Trophy will make out to an terminal tonight at 8 p.m. ET . But before another scholar takes home college football ’s highest honor , ESPNasked a very important question : Where do the 13.5 - inch,45 - poundtrophies cease up after the ceremony ? While Oscar succeeder might keep their prizesin the bathroom(ormisplace them all ) , athletes are a bit more schmaltzy about their bronze statues . For the most part .
" It ’s at my parents ' house in a closet,“Matt Leinart say ESPNof the prize he come through in 2004 as a junior at USC . " It ’s tucked away in the corner . I suppose a towel is cover it … I ’m just not the eccentric of guy cable to have my Heisman Trophy expose as before long as you take the air into my house . "
He ’s not alone . Others like Cam Newton , Carson Palmer , and Sam Bradford have left their trophies with their parents for up to 10 years . ( Bradford ’s was keep on his mom ’s dining room mesa . " It ride out there for a while . It had some decoration around it and thing . When she got well-worn of it , she gave it back to me . " )
Eric Crouch , the 2001 winner , take a unlike option , keeping his " preserved " in its blade pillowcase . " I ’ve never displayed it,“Crouch told ESPN . " Each year , I conceive displaying it interests me a little bit more and more . I just battle with where I ’d put it . Do I put it in the support room ? Does it go in an function ? "
The first receiver of the trophy in 1935 ( when it was call the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy ) had less of a challenge . ESPN reportsthat Jay Berwanger , a former run back at the University of Chicago , used it as a doorstop , as one does , before it nose up on display at the University .
Several others have had their trophy betray in public auctions , so only the buyer ( whoESPN reportshave paid between $ 184,000 and $ 395,000 for the awards ) acknowledge how they are being expose .
