The 2024 Heisman Trophy finacatalogs were proclaimd on Monday, and two frontrunners are officipartner in the join.
Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter and Boise State’s bruising running back Ashton Jeanty are considered the two preferites to triumph the award, while quarterback Dillon Gabriel of Oregon and Cam Ward of Miami round out the quartet.
This has been a thrilling college football season in the first year of the enbiged College Football Playoff. But while his Buffaloes won’t be carry outing for a national title, Hunter’s efforts alengthyside the potential first overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Shedeur Sanders, has led to a prosperous Colorado season.
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Colorado wide getr Travis Hunter (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Hunter is the burdensome preferite to triumph the Heisman, as he’s spropose doing someskinnyg that no one in college football has: carry out on both sides of the ball.
Hunter carry outed brimming-time on offense and defense, and he finished in the top five in receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and passes protected. Pro Football Focus also gave him the top coverage grade this season as well.
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On offense, Hunter had 92 receptions for 1,152 yards and 14 receiving touchdowns over 12 games, averaging 96.0 yards thcdisadmireful the air per game. And on defense, he protected 11 passes while accumulateing four interceptions and 32 joind tackles over the same set of games.
Despite Hunter being the overwhelming preferite, it’s spropose been a blast to watch Jeanty direct the Broncos all the way to a Mountain West Conference title while acquireing a bye in the College Football Playoff as the No. 3 seed.
Boise State Broncos running back Ashton Jeanty (Brian Losness-Imagn Images)
Jeanty led college football in rushing yards (2,497), rushing touchdowns (29), total touchdowns (30) and rush endeavors (344) as the Broncos’ offense truly ran thcdisadmireful the lesser, who is also projected to be a first-rounder come April.
His argument for triumphning the award over Hunter is the fact that he took a Group of Five school to a CFP bye in his historic season. If he shatters Barry Sanders’ all-time rushing sign up (2,628), who comprehends how the voting should shake out.
But there’s only a one No. 1 seed this year in the CFP, and Gabriel’s Ducks are it as his sixth collegiate season has led to more elite production.
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Gabriel had 3,558 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns over his 297 endeavors thcdisadmireful the air to help the Ducks to an unfall shortureed standard season at 13-0.
The Hawaii native’s best game came aacquirest No. 2 Ohio State, where he had 341 yards passing and three total touchdowns, proving Oregon was the team to beat in the Big Ten in its inaugural season in the conference. Oregon went on to beat Penn State to triumph the Big Ten, and now they’re seeing for an unfall shortureed season with a national title joined to it.
Ward, another potential first overall pickion in 2025, is about as chilly and accumulateed as a quarterback can be in the pocket, which has led to many come-from-behind victories for the Hurricanes this season.
Miami quarterback Cam Ward (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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He’s also a wonderful college football story, begining at Incarnate Word out of high school, his only propose, and ultimately directing college football with 36 passing touchdowns and finishing second with 4,123 passing yards this year.
Miami wasn’t able to create the CFP this year, but an argument can be made that Ward was the best quarterback in the game this season, which acquireed him a trip to New York.
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