Alabama's Derrick Henry lifts up the Heisman Trophy after being announced as the winner, Saturday in New York. Henry is the second Crimson Tide player to win the award.

NEW YORK — Hand it to Derrick Henry.

Alabama’s bulldozer of a tailback with the super-sized workload won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night after carrying the Crimson Tide offense for most of the season.

“I’m just so thankful to have this trophy,” Henry said. “It’s just a blessing and an honor.”

The 6-foot-3, 242-pound Henry is the second Alabama player to win the Heisman, joining running back Mark Ingram. Since Ingram won the award in 2009, it had gone to five straight quarterbacks.

Stanford’s do-it-all running back Christian McCaffrey, who broke the NCAA record for all-purpose yards in a season, was the runner-up, making it four second-place finishes for Cardinal players in seven years.

Deshaun Watson, quarterback of No. 1 Clemson, finished third.

Henry was considered the favorite going in, though it didn’t make it any easier for him.

“I didn’t know at all,” he said. “Them two guys were great contenders for the trophy. Deshaun, with how consistent and efficient he is at the quarterback position, all the success he had, I was kind of worried. Christian, breaking Barry Sanders’ record, doing all the things he does, he’s just unbelievable.”

The moment right before the winner was announced was the toughest for Henry.

“My heart was about to bust out my chest. I thought I was going to have a heart attack,” he said.

It was the closest Heisman voting 2011, when Baylor’s Robert Griffin beat out Stanford’s Andrew Luck by 280 points, but still a comfortable victory for Henry. He received 1,832 points, 293 more than McCaffrey (1,539).