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===Awards and recognition=== *Awarded the 2005 [[Walter Camp Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |publisher=Walter Camp Football Foundation |url=http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/awards/ |website=WalterCamp.org |access-date=September 20, 2010 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525021451/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2005 [[Doak Walker Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doak Walker Award |url=http://smu.edu/doakwalker/doak_recipients.asp |website=SMU.edu| publisher= Southern Methodist University |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110915040856/http://smu.edu/doakwalker/doak_recipients.asp |archive-date=September 15, 2011 |access-date= September 20, 2010}}</ref> *Won the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 2005, beating finalists [[Vince Young]] and 2004 Heisman winner and teammate [[Matt Leinart]].<ref name= "heisman.com">{{cite web| url= http://www.heisman.com/winners/r-bush05.html | title= 2005 β 71st Award: Reggie Bush: USC Back| website= heisman.com| publisher= CSTV Networks| date= | access-date= March 25, 2022| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081113142326/http://www.heisman.com/winners/r-bush05.html| archivedate= November 13, 2008}}</ref> After an NCAA investigation in 2010 ruled he was ineligible to participate as a student-athlete at USC, Bush became the first player in the history of the Heisman Trophy to forfeit the award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Nakia |date=September 15, 2010 |title=New Orleans Saints' Reggie Bush first player to forfeit Heisman Trophy |url=http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/09/saints_bush_decides_to_give_ba.html |website=NOLA.com |agency=Associated Press |publisher= |access-date=September 20, 2010 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918023446/http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/09/saints_bush_decides_to_give_ba.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Heisman Trust reinstated Bush's award in 2024.<ref name="PeteThamel" /> *Also in 2005, he was named [[The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C.]] Offensive Player of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Bio: Reggie Bush |website= usctrojans.cstv.com |publisher= University of Southern California Official Athletic Site |url=http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bush_reggie00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526033759/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bush_reggie00.html |archive-date=May 26, 2009 |access-date=September 20, 2010}}</ref> *In celebration of their stellar college football careers, Bush and Leinart appeared on the cover of the December 25, 2005, issue of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. The magazine anointed the pair as the "Best in College Football" in 2005. *Bush was the 17th player in NCAA history to gain over 2,000 all-purpose yards twice (2,330 yards in 2004 and 2,890 yards in 2005). *He was featured on the cover of ''[[NCAA Football 2007]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2006 |title=EA Drafts Heisman Trophy Winner Reggie Bush as Cover Athlete |url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/ncaafootball07/news.html?sid=6148575 |access-date=July 21, 2006 |website=GameStop |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929224508/http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/ncaafootball07/news.html?sid=6148575 |url-status=live }}</ref> released on July 18, 2006. *He was ranked No. 24 on ESPN's 25 Greatest Players in College Football list.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2008 |title=25 Greatest Players in College Football |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3086827 |access-date=September 20, 2010 |website=ESPN.com |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913201435/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3086827 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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