What Is The Difference Between College Football's Heisman Trophy And The Maxwell Award?

Fox Sports notes that the Maxwell Award is a good indicator of who will receive the Heisman Trophy. This is because the Maxwell Award ceremony occurs before the Heisman Trophy ceremony. In 2022, the Maxwell Award winner announcement came on December 8 (per WKU Sports). Meanwhile, the Heisman Trophy ceremony transpired on December 10 (via Sports Illustrated). Sports-Reference reports that between 2019 and 2022, the same individuals that received the Maxwell Award also received the Heisman Trophy.

However, for all their commonalities, according to the Bleacher Report, the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award have one big difference; their voters. The Heisman Trophy explains that its voting committee primarily consists of sports journalists from various media outlets around the United States. All in all, there are around 870 media voters. Furthermore, all previous living Heisman winners vote. Since 1999, one lucky fan also gets a vote.

These individuals do not meet up at a designated voting area; the voters use electronic ballots. As for the Maxwell Award, the Pac-12 Conference reports that 131 college football coaches and sports information directors who are involved in the public relations aspect of athletics vote for the winner.

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