Reggie Bush brings back the Heisman Trophy

Former NFL quarterback Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy while attending the University of Southern California in 2005. He gave up the honor in 2010 after NCAA officials discovered he had accepted improper advantages. After years of fighting to regain the trophy, the NCAA restored the honor on April 24.

Heisman Fund announced that he reinstated Bush due to changes in college athletics which have occurred over the past few years.

“I have always acted honestly and in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth by the NCAA,” Bush said. “The allegations against me were baseless and unsubstantiated, and I am grateful that the truth has finally prevailed.”

The fund said it might get the trophy back and USC would receive a duplicate of the Heisman Trophy, awarded to school football’s most eminent player. The replica shall be placed alongside seven other Heisman trophies won by the famed school. Starting in December, Bush shall be invited back to all future Heisman ceremonies.

“We are thrilled to welcome Reggie Bush back to the Heisman family in recognition of his achievements at the collegiate level,” Michael Comerford, president of the Heisman Trust, said in a written statement. “We have considered the tremendous changes in college athletics over the last few years, deciding that now is the right time to bring back the Reggie Trophy. We are very happy to welcome him back.”

The Heisman Trust said the NCAA’s latest rules allowing athletes to receive compensation for his or her name, image and likeness modified that call due to the NIL contracts now offered to students.

“Recognizing that compensating student-athletes is accepted practice and appears prone to remain so, these fundamental changes in college athletics have led the Trust to come to a decision that now could be the appropriate time to return the trophy to Bush, who was undoubtedly the 2005 college football player of the 12 months “

reported that Bush was given his Heisman Trophy at the conclusion of the April 24 summit meeting outside Jacksonville, Florida.