Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty and Miami’s Cam Ward have been introduced because the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night time.
The Heisman has been given to the nation’s most excellent school soccer participant since 1935. This 12 months’s winner can be introduced Saturday in New York. The prime 4 vote-getters decided by greater than 900 voters are chosen as finalists. The voting panel consists of members of the media and former Heisman winners.
A glance, in alphabetical order, at every of the finalist’s highway to Manhattan.
Gabriel
Gabriel, who transferred from Oklahoma within the offseason, led unbeaten and top-ranked Oregon to the Big Ten championship in its first 12 months within the league and the No. 1 seed within the College Football Playoff.
Gabriel averages 274 yards passing per recreation and has thrown for 28 touchdowns with six interceptions. His 73.2% completion price is second within the nation. His 35 complete touchdowns are tied for seventh nationally, and his profession complete of 187 is the very best in NCAA historical past.
He set the all-time Football Bowl Subdivision file for profession quarterback begins together with his 62nd within the Big Ten title recreation.
Hunter
Hunter, will go down as one of many nice two-way gamers in historical past. His accomplishments harken these of Charles Woodson, the Michigan cornerback who in 1997 turned the primary Heisman winner who primarily performed protection.
Woodson additionally frolicked at receiver, however Hunter’s offensive manufacturing dwarfs his. Hunter was named All-Big 12 first-team receiver and earned honorable point out for offensive participant of the 12 months. He leads the Big 12 with 92 receptions and 14 receiving touchdowns and is second with 1,152 yards. His 21 receiving performs of 20-plus yards lead the nation.
He is also Big 12 defensive participant of the 12 months and a unanimous first-team defensive again after recording 31 tackles, tying for the Big 12 lead with 11 move breakups and tying for second with 4 interceptions.
Jeanty
The junior working again has had one of many best seasons in school soccer historical past. His 2,497 yards dashing are the fourth-highest single-season complete within the FBS, and his 192.1 yards per recreation lead the nation and are 58 greater than the subsequent highest common. Jeanty has rushed for at the least 125 yards in 13 straight video games.
Jeanty has gone over 200 yards in his final two video games and a complete of six instances this season. He averages 7.26 yards per cary, and his 344 makes an attempt are probably the most within the FBS in two seasons. He and Army’s Bryson Daily share the nationwide lead with 29 dashing touchdowns.
Ward
The Miami quarterback was named Associated Press offensive participant of the 12 months and newcomer of the 12 months within the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday. He leads the nation with a school-record 36 passing touchdowns and his 4,123 passing yards, 4,319 complete yards, 343.6 passing yards per recreation and 41 complete touchdowns rank second.
Ward leads the nation’s highest-scoring offense (44.2 ypg). He turned the primary Miami quarterback to put up seven straight 300-yard video games, and he has 10 video games with 300-plus yards and three or extra TD passes.
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