NEW YORK: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy in college football Saturday after a season in which he played brilliantly but was also the focus of an NCAA investigation. Newton won in a landslide vote, easily beating runner-up Andrew Luck of Stanford to become the third Auburn player to win the sport's biggest individual award. Newton received 729 first-place votes and 2,263 overall points, 1,184 more than Luck. Oregon running back LaMichael James was third, followed by Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore, the other finalist. On the field and off, Newton has been the story of the college football season. He's carried the top-ranked Tigers to the Bowl Championship Series national title game against No. 2 Oregon, running and passing over opponents who looked helpless trying to stop him.
