Running back, USC, 1976–79
Charles White
Lettered 1976–79 (school media guide)
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Charles White played running back at USC (1976–79). He won the 1979 Heisman Trophy, the 1979 Maxwell Award and the 1979 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1978 and 1979. The Cleveland Browns took White in the first round, No. 27 overall in the 1980 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
At a glance
Honors
- 1979Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1996College Football Hall of Fame
- 1977First-team All-Pac-8
- 1978, 1979Consensus All‑American
- 1978, 1979Pac-12 Player of the Year
- 1978, 1979First-team All-Pac-10
- 1978, 1979National leader in rushing yards
- 1978Fourth in the Heisman vote
- 1979Maxwell Award
- 1979Walter Camp Award
- 1979Chic Harley Award
- 1979Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1979UPI College Football Player of the Year
Team titles: Pac-8 champions, 1976; National champions, 1978; Pac-10 champions, 1978 and 1979
Regional honors: W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy 1978; Pop Warner Trophy 1979
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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