Ashton Jeanty is on the point of a historic season for a operating again, and the Boise State star thinks that ought to have been sufficient to push him to the Heisman Trophy over Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter.
“I actually felt like I ought to’ve walked away with the award, however kudos to Travis for successful,” Jeanty instructed reporters Saturday after ending because the Heisman runner-up. “But yeah, it is easy as that. Work more durable, go more durable.”
Hunter won the Heisman after receiving 552 first-place votes and a couple of,231 factors. Jeanty was second with 309 first-place votes and a couple of,017 factors, making it the closest margin of victory since 2009, when Alabama operating again Mark Ingram edged out Stanford operating again Toby Gerhart.
Jeanty has rushed for two,497 yards this season and wishes 132 within the College Football Playoff to interrupt Barry Sanders’ single-season speeding document of two,628 that was set at Oklahoma State in 1988.
The Broncos will face the winner of the SMU–Penn State sport in a CFP quarterfinal on the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31.
Jeanty, who on Thursday gained the Maxwell Award as school soccer’s prime participant and the Doak Walker Award for the nation’s prime operating again, stated he was “100%” motivated by not successful the Heisman.
“There’s much more to come back,” he instructed reporters. “This is not the top, that is only the start. So I simply have to try this rather more to get the issues that I would like.”
Information from The Associated Press was used on this report.
