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Quarterback, UCLA (from Oklahoma), 1984–⁠88

Troy Aikman

Troy Aikman played quarterback at Oklahoma (1984–⁠85) and UCLA (1986–⁠88). He won the 1988 Davey O’Brien Award. He finished third in the 1988 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1988. The Dallas Cowboys took Aikman first overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

Best season
1988
Davey O’Brien Award and Consensus All-American
Heisman vote
3rd
In the 1988 vote
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 1989 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Honors

Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1984 and 1985; National champions, 1985 (Oklahoma); Pac-10 champions, 1987

All-America: consensus 1988; AP second team 1987; UPI second team 1987; NEA second team 1987

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.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 6 (1991–⁠96) · First-team All-Pro: 1993

All-Pro teams: Sporting News first team 1993.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

And 7 more

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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