CBS Sports analyst has Texas A&M Marcel Reed as top-3 Heisman contender
By Jacob Moss
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The 2025 Heisman Trophy race has become one of the most wide-open contests for college football’s highest individual honor in recent memory, with the award still largely up for grabs heading into the final few weeks of the regular season.
Several of the nation’s top quarterbacks have all found themselves in the mix for the coveted award, with Alabama’s Ty Simpson, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin currently leading in the betting odds department.
CBS analyst Brian Jones also believes another gunslinger deserves to be mentioned in the Heisman talks, though, and that’s Texas A&M‘s Marcel Reed, who Jones actually had No. 2 in his current Heisman rankings.
Reed has been the driving force on offense that has led the Aggies to their first 8-0 start since the 1992 season, currently boasting 2,321 total yards and 23 total touchdowns on the season.
Reed’s dual-threat ability is what truly sets him apart from his peers, as he has proven time and time again that he can beat teams both with his arm and with his legs in a way A&M fans haven’t seen since Johnny Manziel was running the show in College Station.
He’ll likely have some work to do if he wants to surpass the names in front of him, but there’s no doubt that Reed still has an outside shot at making his way to New York come December.
