Tebow won the Heisman in 2007 as a sophomore because he deserved it, accounting for 55 touchdowns by himself. This season he slipped a bit, if you dare to call it that, throwing for only 28 touchdowns (with only two interceptions) and rushing for 12 touchdowns.
With more talent around him, Tebow didn't need to do as much this season, yet he still did plenty in leading Florida to the Southeastern Conference title.
In 25 career starts, Tebow has 108 touchdowns, 65 passing and 43 rushing.
Bradford and Tebow, though, are from different personality planets.
Bradford still seems stunned and awed by his Heisman victory and not sure yet what it all means.
Maybe he needs time to grow into it.
"There's times you want to go where no one knows your name," he said of his anonymity loss.
After becoming Oklahoma's fifth Heisman winner, Bradford couldn't wait to get back to Norman to become "as normal as possible."
He was relieved when professors did not make too big a deal out of him winning the award.
"They've never really said anything in front of the class," he said.
Bradford, reared in Oklahoma City, said his Heisman was somewhere "at his parents' house."
Bradford may also be sobered by the bad-luck history of Heisman winners in bowl games, most notably Oklahoma's White, who was less than brilliant in a BCS title loss to Louisiana State after his Heisman victory.
White also performed poorly in 2004 in the title game loss to USC.
Tebow, conversely, oozes confidence and pizzazz.
Since becoming the first sophomore to be awarded the Heisman, Tebow has used the afterglow to champion football and other worldly endeavors.
Tebow has put an imprint on everything he touches while maintaining a humility that makes every spoken word sound like a Boy Scout pledge.
A man of faith, Tebow has used fame to promote, but not exploit, his good works, taking off-season time to do missionary work in Croatia, Thailand and the Philippines.
"Pressure is not having to win football games," he said Sunday, "pressure is having to find your next meal."
Unlike Bradford, who wouldn't stir up a can of beans, Tebow has enough confidence to throw his weight and words around.
After Florida's only defeat, against Mississippi on Sept. 27, it was Tebow who vowed afterward that no player in the country would play harder than he would the rest of the season.
