Heisman Trophy 2014: Winner, Voting Results and Highlights from Award Ceremony

To the surprise of almost no one, Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota won the 2014 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Ducks player to win the award.

Oregon celebrated Mariota's triumph on Twitter:

Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman provided the top 10 vote-getters. Melvin Gordon and Amari Cooper, the other two Heisman finalists, finished second and third, respectively:

The voting wasn't even close. Many wondered if this would be the biggest landslide in Heisman history. According to Feldman, Mariota collected the second-highest percentage of possible points ever:

In addition, voters listed Mariota on a little over 95 percent of the Heisman ballots, which is the highest total ever, per Nicole Auerbach of USA Today:

Fox Sports' Joel Klatt was more surprised that any voters left Mariota off their ballot:

Many expected Saturday's presentation to be a coronation for Mariota, with Cooper and Gordon being present to at least present some form of drama. The voting bears out just how far ahead Mariota was from the rest of the competition.

Former Heisman winner Tim Tebow praised Mariota's composure, per ESPN College Football:

USA Today's Paul Myerberg noted that Mariota not only beat out Cooper and Gordon but also overcame the perceived East Coast bias:

Jim Plunkett at Stanford in 1970 was the last winner from a West Coast school that wasn't Southern Cal.

Mariota is also the first Hawaiian-born player to win the Heisman, and it's a designation he isn't taking lightly. During the press conference before the presentation on Saturday, Mariota said that his triumph could serve as motivation for other Hawaiians down the line, per Feldman:

It's been quite a road for Mariota to get here. As ESPN's Darren Rovell pointed out, Mariota wasn't exactly a sure thing coming out of high school:

Now, the Ducks star will be remembered as one of the greatest quarterbacks in college football history.

Gordon and Cooper will undoubtedly be remembered for their excellence as well, but they had little chance of lifting the Heisman on Saturday night.

Only two wide receivers have ever won the Heisman Trophy—Tim Brown and Desmond Howard—both of whom also impressed voters as kick and/or punt returners. Despite his gaudy numbers, Cooper didn't figure too heavily on the final outcome.

Gordon was in a similarly tough position. Only two running backs have won the Heisman since 2000. Gordon lacked the dynamism of Reggie Bush and the on-field success of Mark Ingram. Had Wisconsin finished unbeaten or at least made the College Football Playoff, voters might have been swayed by Gordon's credentials.

Instead, the Badgers rusher, despite running for the fourth-most yards in a season since 1956, was on the outside looking in.

Mariota had both the numbers and team success to vault ahead of the field. He enters the CFP having thrown for 3,783 yards and 38 touchdowns to just two interceptions. The junior added 669 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground.

According to ESPN Stats and Info, his TD-to-turnover ratio was the best in the last decade:

Mariota can't take sole credit for Oregon's earning the No. 2 seed in the playoff, but he's the biggest on-field reason for the Ducks' 12-1 regular season.

Grantland's Matt Hinton argued that Mariota covered all the bases for a typical Heisman winner:

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One reason the outcome seems so inevitable is that Heisman winners tend to be cut from the same cloth, and that template happens to fit Mariota about as snugly as it’s fit anyone in the past decade. One, he’s a quarterback, and 12 of the 14 winners since the turn of the century have been quarterbacks. Two, he’s a known quantity, having logged 39 career starts for a team that’s spent exactly three weeks outside of the top 10 in his three years at the helm. Three, his team will play for a shot at the national championship in January. Four, he has a Boy Scout’s reputation off the field. Everyone who gets an invite to New York as a Heisman finalist can check at least a couple of those boxes; the last guy who could check every one of them was Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford back in 2008.

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While the field was a bit weak this year, few will contest the final result.

Not only is this a landmark moment in Mariota's playing career, but it's a landmark moment in the history of Oregon football.

Former Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington finished fourth in the 2001 Heisman voting. Earlier in the week, he spoke about what a Mariota win would mean for Oregon.

"For the University of Oregon, it's just another feather in their hat, if you will," said Harrington, per CSNNW.com's Aaron Fentress. "It's hard to put into words. It means so much for recruiting, it means so much for donors, and just the pure pride that there's a Heisman Trophy winner from your school."

The 2014 season could be a banner year for Oregon, between Mariota's Heisman and a potential national championship. The Ducks take on the Florida State Seminoles on Jan. 1 in the Rose Bowl. The winner will advance to the national title game.