Who Will Win The Heisman Trophy?
“The Heisman Trophy has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid, and the chance to go to NY as a finalist is fantastic”, Henry said in a statement Monday. Watson will look to be the 6th straight quarterback to win the award since 2009 when running back Mark Ingram (Alabama) took home the award.
On the Tuesday broadcast of “Pardon the Interruption” on ESPN, co-host Michael Wilbon reacted to the three Heisman Trophy finalists being named, calling Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey “the best player in college football by far”.
He also saved his best for last, accumulating 461 all-purpose yards in Stanford’s 41-22 win over USC for the Pac-12 title.
McCaffrey ranks second in rushing yardage (1,847), and his 3,496 all-purpose yards broke the single-season record set by Barry Sanders in 1988. Are you, a voter, succumbing to the Alabaman royalty of recent years? This time, Watson is pictured celebrating on the podium Saturday after he accounted for five touchdowns in the top-ranked Tigers’ 45-37 victory over North Carolina in the 2015 ACC Championship in Charlotte.
Despite McCaffrey’s contributions, he is the only Heisman finalist who will not be playing in the College Football Playoff.
The Heisman selection show is certainly a gaudy, exasperating affair for viewers, but it means the world to the players selected to attend.
The Stats: 3,512 passing yards, 8.5 yards per attempt, 30 passing touchdowns, 887 rushing yards, 5.44 yards per rush, 11 rushing touchdowns.
In 2015, DeShaun Watson led the Clemson Tigers to a flawless 13-0 regular season and the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings heading into the postseason. But Watson doesn’t deserve to be a Heisman finalist simply because of that; Watson deserves to be a Heisman finalist because he’s one of the most outstanding players in college football. After setting the national high school record for career rushing yards, Henry split carries with T.J.
Among those missing out was Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, LSU running back Leonard Fournette, who was the early season favorite, and Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds. Henry has put the Alabama offense on his back bulldozing through defenses en route to 1,986 yards. Former Heisman victor Herschel Walker revealed the names of the finalists on ESPN’s “SportsCenter”.
Watson missed half of last season with injuries but has emerged as the best player on the top-ranked and only undefeated team.
The SEC record is remarkable in a conference that has produced several great runners through the yet, and it’s whose record Henry broke that is even more telling.
He has rushed for 11 touchdowns and an average of 209 yards in the Tide’s last six games vs. FBS teams. But, he’s not done there, as he also returns kicks for the Cardinal adding another 1,042 yards on 36 kick returns and a touchdown to boot as well as 14 punt returns for 67 yards.