AUBURN, Alabama — Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson didn’t play a whole season but he still managed to garner votes for the Heisman Trophy.

The junior finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting Saturday. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield won by a wide margin.

Johnson picked up 45 points, but was not voted first on any ballot. He picked up 14 votes for second place and 17 for third place.

Three Auburn players have won the Heisman Trophy — quarterback Pat Sullivan (1971), running back Bo Jackson (1985) and quarterback Cam Newton (2010) — and nine have finished in the top six voting. Johnson is the first Auburn player to finish in the top 10 since running back Tre Mason finished sixth in 2013.

Johnson enters bowl season with 1,320 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground. He is the SEC’s leading rusher at 120 yards per game. He missed the bulk of the first three games of the season with a hamstring injury, and was slowed by the injury for two games after that.

Thirteen Auburn players have finished in the top 10 of Heisman voting, including five since 2000.

Heisman Trophy voting (2017)

Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma 732 87 28 2,398 Bryce Love, Stanford 75 421 233 1,300 Lamar Jackson, Louisville 47 197 258 793 Saquon Barkley, Penn State 15 73 113 304 Rashaad Penny, San Diego State 7 37 80 175 Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin 2 7 38 58 Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State 2 14 22 56 McKenzie Milton, UCF 4 11 20 54 Kerryon Johnson, Auburn 0 14 17 45 Roquan Smith, Georgia 3 11 7 38

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