Running back Keith Byars set a Big Ten record with 1,764 rushing yards , won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten 's most valuable player , was selected as a consensus All - American .
Running back Keith Byars finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting .
Running back Keith Byars set a Big Ten record with 1,764 rushing yards , won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten 's most valuable player , was selected as a consensus All - American , and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting .