Mariota received 90.92% of the total possible points, which is the second-highest all time to Troy Smith (91.63%).

 

Mariota was named on 95.16% of all ballots, which is the highest of all time.

 

Percentage of total ballots on which the top 3 were named:

Mariota -- 95.16%

Gordon -- 80.09%

Cooper -- 69.43%

 

For comparison's sake, the 2013 winner, Jameis Winston, was named on 84.59% of the ballots. A.J. McCarron, who finished second last year, was on 41.38% of ballots.

 

The three finalists in 2014 received 86% of the total points. In 2013, the six finalists received 85% of the points.

 

Percentage of ballots received each week during Heisman voting

Week 1 -- 2%

Week 2 -- 17%*

Week 3 -- 81%

 

* - represents all ballots received before games started on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014.

 

Number of ballots received and tabulated: 894 of 929 (96%)

 

Number of players receiving votes, by place:

First - 11 players

Second - 20 

Third - 39

Total players receiving votes - 44

(47 received votes in 2013)

 

Mariota is the 15th Heisman winner to exceed 2,000 points.

His 778 first place votes is third-most all time.

His 2,534 points is also third-most all time.

 

Mariota won every Heisman region. Melvin Gordon was second in every region and Amari Cooper was third in every region, EXCEPT for the South, where Cooper was second and Gordon was third.

 

Gordon's 1,250 points was the most points by a running back since Toby Gerhart scored 1,276 points while finishing second to Mark Ingram in 2009.

 

Cooper's total of 1,023 points was the most by a third-place finisher since Colt McCoy had 1,145 points in 2009. It was the most by a receiver since Larry Fitzgerald had 1,552 points in 2003.

 

Mariota is the first Oregon Duck to win the Heisman Trophy.

 

He is the first Heisman winner born in Hawaii.

 

He's the first Heisman winner to play for a team in the Pacific Northwest since Terry Baker won it for Oregon State in 1962.

 

He's the first junior to win the trophy since Robert Griffin III in 2011.

 

Mariota is tied with Sam Bradford of Oklahoma for most touchdowns produced by a Heisman winner (53).

 

He's the first Pac-12 player from a school other than USC to win a Heisman since Jim Plunkett won it for Stanford in 1970.

 

He's the fifth-consecutive quarterback to win the Heisman and 13th in the last 14 seasons.

 

His 4,452 yards of total offense places him sixth on the all-time Heisman total offense chart.

 

His 3,783 passing yards puts him seventh on the all-time Heisman passing yardage chart.

 

His 186.33 passer rating is the fourth best in Heisman history behind Robert Griffin III (192.31), Jameis Winston (190.05) and Sam Bradford (188.55).

 

He's the first Heisman winner from St. Louis High in Honolulu.

 

He joins Frank Sinkwich (Croatia), Tim Tebow (Phillipines) and Robert Griffin III (Japan) as Heisman winners not born in the continental United States.

 

He and Davey O'Brien are the only other Heisman winners to wear the No. 8.

 

He's the first Pac-12 player to win since Matt Leinart in 2004 and the 10th player to do so while playing for a Pac-12 school.

 

He's the second Heisman winner with the name 'Marcus'.

 

He's the first Polynesian to win the Heisman.