Photos: Top national sports stories of 2012
'Johnny Football' breaks class ceiling to win Heisman
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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Dec. 8 after a record-breaking debut. Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second in the voting and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third.
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