Stroud finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2021 as a redshirt freshman and is now once again well in the mix to win it this season.ĭespite starting slow against Notre Dame in Week 1, Stroud has been rolling with 2,154 yards and 27 TDs in the following seven games - including four over Iowa's stingy secondary in Week 8 - but is no longer the betting favorite ahead of Week 10. Stroud (+200)ĭespite Ohio State missing out on the College Football Playoff, C.J. Should Tennessee continue to win ( at Georgia in Week 10), Hooker's lead could grow fast. 3 Alabama - and has thrown for 2,338 yards and 21 touchdowns on 71.2% completions with just one interception. He's led the Vols to an undefeated 8-0 record - including its biggest win over No. Hooker threw for just under 3,000 yards last season with a very efficient 31-3 touchdown to interception ratio, and has been even better to start 2022. Hutchinson's Wolverines face Georgia in the other semifinal later that day in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.Favorites to win the Heisman Trophy Hendon Hooker (+100)Ĭontinuing his climb up the board - and now occupying the top spot for the first time this year - is Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker. 31 in the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Young and the top-seeded Tide will take on No. In the last three games of the season, the ground game averaged just 99 yards per game but Young and his talented receivers constantly burned secondaries, as he threw for almost 1,300 yards, 10 touchdowns and one interception. In a 20-14 victory against LSU in early November, Alabama rushed for only 6 yards, but Young passed for 302. 1 Georgia and the nation’s top-ranked defense, throwing for 421 yards and three touchdowns and adding 40 yards and a score on the ground as Alabama again dispatched the Bulldogs in a 41-24 rout.Īt times, Young carried the offense when its usual potent running game couldn't get going. In last week’s SEC championship game, Young shredded No. He then hit John Metchie for a two-point scoring play in the fourth overtime to secure the 24-22 victory. It was important for me to live up to that, to meet that standard.”Īgainst in-state rival Auburn, Young led a 13-play, 97-yard drive in the last 90 seconds, tying the score at 10 with a 26-yard touchdown pass with 24 seconds left. 'It was big for me understanding the quarterback tradition and the standard that was being a quarterback at the University of Alabama. Because I couldn't do it without any of those guys,' Young said. 'Whenever you can win an award like this, it goes as an individual award, but it's a team award. Young thanked his offensive linemen, receivers and defense during his acceptance speech, noting there were many distractors along the way to success because of his size. The presentation was held in January - and virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic - but quarterbacks have now won 18 of the last 21 Heismans. Last year, Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith won the Heisman. NEW YORK - Alabama sophomore quarterback Bryce Young became the school’s first quarterback and its second straight player to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy as college football's most outstanding player on Saturday, easily outpacing the three other finalists in attendance at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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