It’s official as could be: Colorado’s Travis Hunter would be the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner.
That is the results of my annual straw ballot of Heisman voters — who had been granted anonymity in trade for his or her ballots — carried out this week. Those ballots have room for 3 spots, and 7 gamers acquired a minimum of one vote in our straw ballot.
Boise State working again Ashton Jeanty was No. 2 adopted by Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel. Four different gamers additionally acquired votes. Jeanty goes into the Fiesta Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal needing 132 yards to interrupt Barry Sanders’ 36-year-old file for speeding yards in a season.
Gabriel, in the meantime, is coming off a season-high 4 landing passes towards Penn State within the Big Ten Championship Game. The former UCF and Oklahoma QB was arguably the distinction this season within the Ducks ending the common season because the nation’s solely undefeated FBS workforce.
CBS Sports surveyed 29 Heisman voters. While that represents solely 3% of the 928 complete voters, the straw ballot has appropriately picked the Heisman winner throughout the final 4 seasons.
Hunter stays the favourite going into Saturday’s ceremony in New York to turn out to be the primary true two-way participant to win the Heisman since Notre Dame’s Paul Hornung in 1956.
Colorado’s excellent cornerback/extensive receiver averaged 119 gamers per sport in two seasons with the Buffaloes. Twice he performed greater than 160 snaps in a sport. Those numbers rely particular groups and penalties.
Hunter has already expressed his need to play each methods within the NFL. The professionals desire that gamers specialize, however Hunter could be that unicorn who can play on either side of the balls on the skilled degree. To his benefit, there are much less performs within the NFL to start with.
To his additional benefit, he’s a exercise and restoration warrior.
Hunter was named the No. 1 alternative on 28 of these 29 ballots obtained by CBS Sports. He was among the many prime two decisions on 27 of 29. His 76 complete factors had been 87% of the factors accessible. His teammate, Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, was named on solely one of many ballots (one third-place vote).
2024 Heisman Trophy odds
As of Wednesday, by way of BetMGM
- Travis Hunter, WR/DB, Colorado: 1-25
- Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State: 10-1
- Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon: 25-1
- Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL): 25-1
2024 Heisman Trophy straw ballot
