Christian McCaffrey finishes second in Heisman voting

But the Alabama defence put an end to that talk, holding Fournette to 31 yards rushing, while Henry ran for 210 and three touchdowns. Yet, the junior from Alabama, a running back, was the choice of the 2015 voters. He bound around the defense from that spot all season. Even current Atlanta All-Pro receiver Julio Jones had two carries for 36 yards and a touchdown.

While Henry will likely play in the NFL next season, Watson and McCaffrey still have plenty of college football left to play and are early Heisman favorites heading into the 2016-17 season.

“Looking at the stats, Christian McCaffrey should win this thing”, said Brian Bonn, who taught McCaffrey at Valor Christian and also shot many of his high school highlights for Valor Sports Network.

Rightfully so, Derrick Henry’s family was quite pleased with his Heisman win on Saturday night.

McCaffrey finished second, and Watson finished third. His game and history of dominance is no different than any other Alabama running back in their collegiate years and although I hate to group him with anybody else, it’s hard not to see direct similarities to the other “average” running backs that the Tide has produced.Green: College success and the production of past performers inside the same program can be both detrimental as well as favorable.

Henry received 1,832 points to beat McCaffrey (1,539) and Watson (1,165).

The team released Sunday features Henry and Leonard Fournette of LSU as first-team running backs.

But hey, that’s what is expected of Heisman Trophy winners.

Bowling Green sophomore wide receiver Roger Lewis was named to the third team.

Sure, the SEC has not won the national championship the past two seasons, but it did win it the previous seven. His grandfather, Dave Sime (Lisa’s father), was the silver medalist in the 100 meters at the 1960 Olympics. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford, 234; 3.

Alabama running back Derrick Henry won this year’s Heisman Trophy with numbers similar to Greene’s.

The Heisman Memorial Trophy is presented each year to the most outstanding individual player in college football. You’d like to think that those voting in the Heisman race do not have bias, but in reality they do.

Did it hurt McCaffrey that his team didn’t get into the College Football Playoff?

McCaffrey, often playing on TV late on the East Coast – fans call it “Pac-12 After Dark” – trailed Henry at No. 2 in the nation for rushing yards, with 1,847.

Florida coach Jim McElwain compared the 6-foot-3, 242-pound Henry to a runaway train before the Gators played the Tide in the SEC championship game. His 271 rushing yards against the Tigers broke Bo Jackson’s Iron Bowl single-game rushing mark (256). But mine wasn’t just an MVP vote – the Watson I watched was the best player, too.

This year’s Heisman voting reflected the regional rivalries.

“God bless and roll tide”, said Henry in his brief acceptance speech after winning the closest vote since Mark Ingram Jr. He also carried the midwest, southwest, mid-Atlantic and northeast.

Despite a record-setting year for Colorado’s own Christian McCaffrey, the Stanford star running back fell just short of winning the Heisman trophy on Saturday night.

He will return to Stanford next season as a junior – with another shot at the Heisman. “Following with anything less than that is unacceptable for me”.