NEW YORK (December 10, 2025) – The fifth through tenth spots in the 2025 Heisman balloting were released Thursday night (Dec. 11) on The Top 10 Heisman Trophy Finalists Show Presented by Nissan that aired live on ESPN.
The six standouts that complete the 2025 Heisman Trophy Top 10 complement the top four finishers that were announced Monday, which include (listed alphabetically) Notre Dame junior running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana senior quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt senior quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State freshman quarterback Julian Sayin.
Joining the four finalists are fifth-place Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, sixth-place Ohio State sophomore wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, seventh-place Georgia junior quarterback Gunner Stockton, eighth-place Mississippi senior quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, ninth-place Ohio State junior safety Caleb Downs and 10th-place Georgia Tech senior quarterback Haynes King.
The 2025 Heisman Trophy winner will be announced during the Heisman Trophy Ceremony Presented by Nissan that will air Saturday (Dec. 13) at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.
Ohio State’s three top 10 finishers mark the seventh time in the last eight years that there has been at least two players from the same team in the Heisman Top 10 balloting and the first time there has been three in the Top 10 since Alabama’s DeVonta Smith, Mac Jones and Najee Harris finished first, third and fifth, respectively.
Rodriguez is Texas Tech’s highest finisher since 2008 when Red Raider teammates Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Rodriguez’s fifth-place Heisman finish is the highest among strictly defensive players since Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson was second in 2021. Rodriguez and Downs are the first pair of defensive players to finish in the Heisman Top 10 since the trio of Hutchinson, fifth-place Alabama linebacker Will Anderson and ninth-place Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis.
Smith is the first strictly receiver to finish in the top 10 since fellow Buckeye Marvin Harrison Jr. in 2023.
Stockton is Georgia’s highest finisher since Bulldog quarterback and Heisman finalist Stetson Bennett was fourth in 2022.
Chambliss is Mississippi’s highest finisher since quarterback Matt Corral’s seventh-place finish in 2021.
King is the first player from Georgia Tech to finish in the top 10 since wide receiver Calvin Johnson was also 10th in 2006. The highest Yellowjacket finisher before that was the program’s only finalist, quarterback Joe Hamilton, who was second in 1999.
