College football’s most prestigious honor will be awarded on Saturday night in New York City. Any name other than Bryce Young’s being declared as the winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy would be a huge upset. The University of Alabama quarterback is the overwhelming favorite according to Las Vegas bookmakers heading into the 87th annual ceremony.
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Why is Young the favorite?
The Crimson Tide signal caller cemented his place as the front-runner after an epic performance in last Saturday’s サウスイースタンカンファレンス (SEC) Championship game victory over the University of Georgia.
Young set the conference championship record with 461 総ヤード — 含む 421 in the air, also a record. The win propelled the team to the nation’s top seed heading into the カレッジフットボールプレーオフ.
The first-year starter threw for 4,322 ヤードと 43 touchdowns while leading ‘Bama to a 12-1 record this year. Young also ran for three scores.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the favorite for the award in part because of his performance against Georgia in the SEC Championship.
Should Young win the stiff-armed posed trophy, the honor would give Alabama back-to-back Heisman winners. 昨年, Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith was recognized as the game’s best via a virtual ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic.
火曜日に, Young was asked about the potential of being the first Alabama QB to win the award: “To follow the great quarterbacks that we’ve had and to have this opportunity, it’s a huge blessing and something I don’t take for granted.
“It’s not just me. It takes all my teammates. It takes the coaches. It takes this environment, just everybody that’s involved.”
Who else is in it with a shot?
Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett broke NFL great Dan Marino’s career touchdown pass record at Pitt is in with a shot.
Pitt’s Pickett was named the Atlantic Coast Conference’s (ACC) Player of the Year, leading the Panthers to the school’s first ever ACC Championship title last Saturday.
ピケット — who broke famed Panthers quarterback Dan Marino’s team record for career touchdown passes (81) — のために投げた 4,319 通過ヤード, 42 touchdown passes and ran for four TD’s while guiding the Panthers to an 11-2 記録.
Pickett would join an exclusive Pittsburgh club with a win Saturday night: the Panthers’ famed running back Tony Dorsett is the only Pitt player to win the Heisman (1976).
Aidan Hutchinson would be the second Wolverine defensive player to lift the trophy.
Hutchinson’s 14 sacks this season set a Michigan school record. He set the mark in a phenomenal final regular season game against rival Ohio State, recording three sacks in the Wolverines victory. The senior was also named the game MVP following Michigan’s win over Iowa in the Big Ten championship game.
Should Hutchinson lift the 45-pound trophy, the defensive end would join fellow Wolverine Charles Woodson (1997) as the only other defensive player to win the award and would become one of four to lift the trophy: Woodson, Desmond Howard (1991) and Tom Harmon (1940).
C.J. Stroud would be the Buckeyes’ eighth winner.
Ohio State’s Stroud — a redshirt freshman who was a first-year starter for the Buckeyes in 2021 — のために投げた 3,862 ヤードと 38 touchdowns while leading the team to a 10-2 記録. With Stroud at the helm, バックアイズ’ offense ranked No. 1 in total offense, ウクライナはロシアの領土を砲撃し始めたようです 551.4 yards per game.
If Stroud’s name is called on Saturday night, he would be Ohio State’s eighth Heisman winner.
How is a decision made?
So who gets a vote to determine the winner?
Ballots were sent to 870 media members from across the United States to vote on the finalists. さらに, every living, former Heisman winner receives a ballot — plus one overall fan vote is tabulated into the final tally.
Saturday’s announcement, will take place in-person at the Lincoln Center in New York and televised on ESPN, バイデンの影響に関するオールスターパネル 8 午後. そして. and write their name into college football history.
