Power ranking the top players in the SEC after Week 10
Week 10 in the SEC brought rivalry revenge for Ole Miss and Alabama, rivalry redemption for Elijah Moore and Mac Jones, an epic comeback performance from Kyle Pitts, the final collegiate appearance of LSU great Terrace Marshall Jr. and last but certainly not least, a bit of history as Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller, already an SEC soccer champion in 2020, became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game.
Of course, COVID-19 had its say in Week 10 too, forcing Tennessee and Arkansas to reschedule football games. It wouldn’t be a week in 2020 without COVID-19 influencing something.
By and large, however, Week 10 was about what happened between the lines, and while outside of the Egg Bowl there wasn’t much drama, the week delivered some special performances, some of which will shake up this list as the season heads down the home stretch. This will also be the final week the “honorable mention” section casts such a wide net. At most, 3 players from any given school are listed. It’s hard to crack the top 10, and while there are dozens of good football players in the SEC, the list of the best of the best is a select fraternity, and beginning with Week 11, we’ll cap the section at 2 per school max.
Here are the top 10 players in the SEC this season after Week 10, honorable mentions first. You can check last week’s rankings here.
Honorable Mentions: Alex Leatherwood, OT (Alabama); Christian Harris, LB (Alabama); Jaylen Waddle, WR (Alabama); Feleipe Franks, QB (Arkansas); Grant Morgan, LB (Arkansas); Jalen Catalon, S (Arkansas); Smoke Monday, S (Auburn); Zakoby McClain, LB (Auburn); Owen Pappoe, LB (Auburn); Stone Forsythe, OT (Florida); Kadarius Toney, WR (Florida); Richard LeCounte III, S (Georgia); Ben Cleveland, G (Georgia); Azeez Ojulari, Edge, (Georgia); Kelvin Joseph, CB (Kentucky); Jamar Watson, LB (Kentucky); Michael Maietti, C (Missouri); Larry Rountree III, RB (Missouri); Terrace Marshall Jr., WR (LSU); Derek Stingley, Jr., CB (LSU); Jerrion Ealy, RB (Ole Miss); Matt Corral, QB (Ole Miss); Erroll Thompson, LB (Miss State); Aaron Brule, LB (Miss State); Kevin Harris, RB (South Carolina); Kinglsey Enagbare, DE (South Carolina); Eric Gray, RB (Tennessee); Bryce Thompson, CB (Tennessee); Henry To’o To’o, LB (Tennessee); DeMarvin Leal, Edge (Texas A&M); Jalen Wydermyer, TE (Texas A&M); Dayo Odeyingbo, DE (Vanderbilt).
10. Jamin Davis, LB (Kentucky)
The junior Kentucky linebacker returned from a week away with COVID to play against the Gators, and while he wasn’t quite his dominant self, he still managed to pick up 6 tackles and recover a fumble.
Davis has captured SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice this season and ranks among the SEC leaders in tackles with 79. He’s also forced 2 fumbles, recovered 1, collected 2 interceptions, defended several passes and scored a touchdown. He continues to grade out as the best linebacker in the SEC, per Pro Football Focus, but as the Wildcats’ defense staggers a bit, we’ve moved him back in the top 10 a bit this week.
9. Patrick Surtain II, CB (Alabama)
The SEC’s top corner didn’t have a huge stat line against Auburn, but that’s kind of the point. When you are a dominant corner, you take away a huge swath of the field and force the defense to look elsewhere. The bigger impact? How about the fact that with Surtain on the field, Auburn’s best gamebreaker at receiver, Seth Williams, was limited to just 3 receptions for 17 yards on 8 targets. He even lit Williams up on simple bubble screens.
Patrick Surtain II is a stud.
Lights up Seth Williams here.
Surtain is CB2 on our board.pic.twitter.com/DLs7zERevn
— Boom or Bust: The Draft Show (@BoomOrBustDraft) November 28, 2020
He shouldn’t last more than 10 picks in the 2021 NFL Draft.
8. Isaiah Spiller, RB (Texas A & M)
It was tough sledding for Spiller at times Saturday night in rainy College Station, especially once LSU figured out they could cover the Aggies in man with Kellen Mond way off the mark from an accuracy standpoint.
Playing against cheating LSU safeties, Spiller still managed to grind out 141 grown man yards on 27 carries, handling the bulk of the Aggies’ offensive responsibilities on a night when Mond averaged 3.3 yards per pass attempt.
The biggest play? A tone-setting 52 yard touchdown run in the first half, which proved to be the winning score — and the Aggies’ lone offensive touchdown.
ISAIAH SPILLER HOME RUN HITTER
— PFF College (@PFF_College) November 29, 2020
For the season, Spiler now slots in at 3rd in the SEC in rushing and yards per rush attempt, behind only the Harrises (Najee and Kevin) in yardage and Najee Harris and Kentucky’s Chris Rodriguez Jr. in yards per rush. Not bad for a sophomore.
7. Nick Bolton, LB (Missouri)
The unfortuante injury to Richard LeCounte III has really made the race for SEC Defensive Player of the Year wide open. Nick Bolton’s case is as good as anyone’s: a team-leading 76 tackles that places him in the top 10 in the SEC, 2 sacks, a fumble recovery, a team-high 5 passes defended (which shows how versatile he is) and the 2nd-highest grade of any SEC linebacker, behind only Jamin Davis.
The question Bolton faces — and Davis, for that matter — is can you win SEC Defensive Player of the Year on a team that isn’t competing for a championship? Missouri has the look of a team that will finish with a winning record and a nice bowl berth. Is that enough? It will be for people who watch SEC football regularly. It might not for the legion of fans who tend to just watch their own team. No matter. I asked a scouting director from a 2019-20 NFL Playoff team their thoughts on Bolton. Here’s their endorsement:
“As tough a football player as there is in that league, and it is the best college football league. He’s not super fast, but he is one of the most instinctual guys we’ve seen on video in the last 5 years. People say he’s small — he doesn’t tackle like he’s small. We’ve counted two miss tackles and we’ve watched him enough to say he’s high on our board. There are guys that are bigger or play for bigger programs who were recruited harder and he’s just better than most all of them on video. Relentless.”
Hard to argue with any of that, really.
6. Najee Harris, RB (Alabama)
Harris falls out of the top 5 for the first time all season.
Look — maybe this is harsh, but there’s not any shame in being 1 of the 6 best football players in the SEC.
Harris’s numbers are marvelous: He’s 2nd in the SEC in rushing yard and yards per attempt and continues to lead the SEC in touchdowns with an astounding 17 in just 8 games. Throw in his value as a receiver — 24 receptions for 244 more yards, and you get a player who has produced well over 1,000 yards of total offense in just 8 games.
On most teams, he’d be the bona fide star with Heisman hype. At Alabama, he’s not even the best playmaker on his football team.
5. DeVonta Smith, WR (Alabama)
It’s agonizing ranking spots 3-5, but we begin the top 5 with Smith, the Alabama senior who just lit up the Iron Bowl for 171 yards on 7 catches and 2 touchdowns. On his first touchdown, the legendary Eli Gold pointed out that the active and living legend Smith was “so wide open he could have stopped and read War and Peace.”
DeVonta Smith might be the fastest WR in the country ⚡️ @DeVontaSmith_6 @AlabamaFTBL
(via @CBSSports) pic.twitter.com/ZNNJ8V2PjM
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) November 28, 2020
Smith takes the top off of any defense, and is so fast he makes one wrong step look like a full-on coverage bust. His body of work, especially without his partner in production Jaylen Waddle out for the season, has been remarkable, a testament to his work ethic and commitment to getting better as a senior.
4. Kyle Pitts, TE (Florida)
Welcome back, Kyle Pitts!
Nothing like a 3-touchdown performance to announce you are healthy and ready to finish your Florida career strong. Like DeVonta Smith, I’m not exaclty sure what you do to defend Pitts, who is 1 behind DeVonta Smith for the SEC lead in touchdown receptions despite playing 2 1/2 less games. Florida’s offense, which remains in the top 5 nationally in S&P+ offensive efficiency and passing success rate isn’t quite what Alabama’s is — but with Pitts, it’s a force of nature that is just terribly difficult to defend. Here he is torching Kelvin Joseph, one of the best corners in the nation per Pro Football Focus, in a man situation in the first half. Joseph entered the game saying that he felt “Pitts should be concerned because he hasn’t faced anyone like me.” How did that work out?
Welcome back, Kyle Pitts. pic.twitter.com/1ZAmCwgUEL
— Neil W. Blackmon (@nwblackmon) November 28, 2020
Pitts is so good Urban Meyer called him the best non-QB in college football this weekend. You could certainly make that argument — but you could make it for Smith or the guy we have at No. 3 too, which is what makes this top 5 so difficult.
3. Elijah Moore, WR (Ole Miss)
Consider the Elijah Moore Redemption Tour complete.
A year after one of the worst nights of Moore’s life, when a touchdown celebration gone terribly wrong sent Ole Miss to a stunning Egg Bowl defeat, Moore vanquished whatever was left of those demons. Working against what has been a salty Miss State defense all year, Moore was unstoppable, catching 12 of 14 targets for 139 yards. He didn’t score Saturday, but the Rebels won the game, largely because Moore fought through double teams and constant safety help to free things up for his teammates elsewhere.
Moore heads into the season’s backstretch leading the SEC in receptions (86) and receiving yards (1,193) and by the way, neither category is close: Moore is 14 receptions and 109 yards ahead of DeVonta Smith, who ranks 2nd in each category.
2. Kyle Trask, QB (Florida)
Trask falls a spot this week, not because a 21-27 for 256 yards and 3-touchdown afternoon against Kentucky isn’t a stat line “most quarterbacks would give a whole lot up for,” as Dan Mullen put it after the game, but because he didn’t dominate the Iron Bowl on national television like Mac Jones did.
Nevertheless, with Justin Fields and Ohio State playing so few games, and Trevor Lawrence missing a month with COVID, it’s hard to see anyone but Trask or Alabama’s Mac Jones winning the Heisman Trophy come January. The fact that Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book, who is having a stupendous senior year, can’t even break into the top 3 in straw polls is a testament to how good this battle between Trask and Jones is.
On the season, Trask’s 34 touchdown passes through 8 SEC games is a conference-only record and makes him the 3rd-fastest player in NCAA history to 34 touchdown passes. A national television audience awaits at rival Tennessee this weekend, providing ample opportunity for the nation’s 4th-rated passer to continue to put his signature on his Heisman résumé.
1. Mac Jones, QB (Alabama)
Mac is back on top after a 5-touchdown Iron Bowl for the ages. Not only did Jones completely redeem his 2019 Iron Bowl, which saw 2 critical pick-6s mar an otherwise great performance, but he did it making absurd throws like this one:
This is basically a perfect throw from Mac Jones. pic.twitter.com/dFwTItyzZq
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 28, 2020
There’s no way to defend that stuff. It’s why Jones, who many Alabama fans thought would be sitting the bench for Bryce Young by the 2020 Iron Bowl, may become Alabama’s first Heisman winner at the quarterback position. More important to Tide fans? The fact he makes the Crimson Tide the prohibitive favorites to win their 2,748th national championship. (Or close to it.)
I expected Mac to have a good year but I think he is exceeding everyone expectations.
100%
Mac Jones has less yards and 11 less TDs than Kyle Trask in an offense with way better players around him he is not better than Trask
Trask has to pass the ball because UF had no run game
Yep, UF doesn’t score rushing the ball. Whereas Bama is pretty balanced.
Wouldn’t the fact Bama has a better O-line and a running back like Najee Harris prove DieselNova’s point?
Would it? Or does the fact Bama has Najee take away opportunities from Mac?
I always love the argument people use when it comes to Bama players… Nobody is good because everyone is good..
None of that matters as the heisman is an individual awward, and stats say Trask is having the better season!You want to penalyze the guy because he has to do more with less?
That’s funny.. The gator resident know everything nashvillegator said Florida has more offensive weapons than Bama….
Also if you don’t think the team around a player plays a role in who wins the Heisman you’re just being foolish..
sure you cant put up huge numbers and be on a bad team and still win, but lets say Trask throws 300 and 3tds against bama, but they lose the game by a small margin. Mac has 1 or 2 td’s in the same game. Your saying Mac should win because Uf has 2 losses?
I know we are biased here but if you were an NFL GM who would you take? Jones or Trask? I would have to say Trask if you look at a full resume of this year and last, right? I know this does not dictate the heisman but it is very telling. I think seeing Trask’s confidence and numbers has Bama fans a little nervous. Also, the fact that we will be underdogs is awesome. I also like Mullen to outscheme Sark in the underdog scenario. Our defense will tell the story. If we can get a few stops then we will be ok. Also our O-lines ability to stop the front four push of Bama will dictate whether or not we will make it a game. They have to protect and Trask has to get the ball out.
Also, I do not think we are as unblanaced offensively as was previously stated. The only difference is Bama runs to set up the pass and Florida passes to set up the run. We have a variety of skill at the reciever position where Bama has the skill in the back field. Not discouning Smith but Trask has the ability to spread the ball to 6+ receivers at will. Also, I love the ability and talent in our backfield. I think some fans are connecting our run game with last years team and it could not be more different. Our line and backs have made great strides from this year to last.
Well I didn’t read your wall of text past your question but I have to ask..
What does where either gets selected in the draft have to do with the Heisman?
Also I have to ask does someone have to get selected high in the draft or have a great NFL to be a top player at the college level?
Bamatime, I think you confused “didn’t read,” with “can’t read.” Thanks for the ignorant comment though. Really thought provoking. Also, nice job of skirting the answer with more questions. See you in Atlanta though. I think all your questions about who the better QB is will be answered then.
So you have nothing so you start taking personal shots…
You would think a fanbase that had one of the best players of all times IMO at the college level in Tebow would grasp that what happens In the pros doesn’t have any bearing on a players CFB success…
Stay stupid…
Troll, you are truly Bama’s version of King Negan. Speak out of both sides of your mouth. Talk about personal insults and then end your post by saying “stay stupid.” Sound like a complete moron. First off you started by insulting my post by saying it was too long? Just because you cannot comprehend intelligent conversation does not mean that you get to hate on it troll. You dodge answers to questions you do not want to answer. You know if you had a choice you would choose Trask all day everyday. NFL, College or backyard football; does not matter. You would choose him. Your pride wont let the words come out of your mouth, but deep down you know. Keep trollin though!
I started by telling you I didn’t read it all because I didn’t. I then addressed the part I read. I called you stupid to return the favor of your personal attacks on me…
I didn’t dodge your question it’s just not relevant to the topic IMo. We’re talking about college not Pro.. Remember Brady got drafted in the 7th round..
I’m also not trolling. Nothing I’ve posted is trolling but since you don’t like it you call names and try to label it as such…
Like I said… Stay stupid.
It is ridiculous to comment on a post if you did not read it. It states some of the same sentiments that you have addressed. In fact, the sentence after you stopped reading states your sentiment. lol. Started out by trying to have an intelligent conversation and you trolled it up with your ignorant comment.
Still not answering the question. OK, If you were fielding a COLLEGE team today and your choices were Jones and Trask, who would you take? Everyone knows the answer.
I would take Harris over Pierce as a running back even though I love Pierce and I am a gator fan I would still take Harris.
Commenting ignorance about a post you didn’t read is trolling. You are doing it for attention, and you will continue to do so. I have seen many times before from you and your troll kind.
Keep trolling…
I didn’t comment ignorance about your post. I addressed your questions.
If I had to select today between Mac and Kyle for a college team I would still take Mac.. Why wouldn’t I?
He has a 76% completion rate and the highest QBR in CFB currently. He throws the best long ball in CFB IMO.
You can call it trolling all you like. You’re just making yourself look foolish.
It is ignorant to comment about a post without reading it’s entirety. The fact that you did just that and then felt the need to tell everyone on the thread about it is a revealing characteristic of a troll. A keyboard cowboy. The type of behavior of someone that is overcompensating for something. It demeans the other person’s point of view in a conversation and reeks of a pompous troll stinch. It is something that a respectful person would not do in the real world but a troll would do behind a keyboard. It is the reason that most interesting conversations can not happen because they are highjacked by homers such as yourself.
Just because you say it does not make it true troll. You know the truth and one thing is for sure, everyone here sees it.
You also know you would take Trask.
I only commented on the part of your post I read. You act as if I trashed your post which I didn’t do.
I told you I would select Mac and even gave you a couple reasons why and yet you want to tell me who I would select. It seems you’re the one actually being a pompous troll. You’re also the one that led off with personal attacks..
You continue to act as if it’s crazy for someone to select Mac instead of Kyle but it’s really not. I don’t think you would go wrong with either of them.
I already explained to you what started this. Trolls always expect for people to stand down and just deal with their troll behavior but it is a catch 22 because they love the attention and the argument. Yet I continue to feed you. I guess it is my fault just as much as yours.
What started this is your personal attacks… It has nothing at all to do with trolling..
What you expect is that you can take personal shots at someone and they will suck it up and move on but that didn’t happen.
You want to talk about aggressive comments and trolling but I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t have made those personal shots to my face either.
You’re now crying over someone doing the same thing you did.
If I were speaking to you in the real world about this and you cut me off or rudely disregarded something I said and then made a point to tell everyone around me that what I said was not worth listening to, I would address it with you. That is all I was doing here. It is not complicated. Again I do not seek conflict nor do I covet it. I was simply reacting to something I thought was rude.
I didn’t address you personally anywhere. I addressed the part of your post I read. I didn’t cut you off because your post is out there for whoever wants to read it…
You on the other hand went after me personally and then started crying as though you’re the vi(Tim of something…
Even after this has now been addressed multiple times you continue to push the subject as though I have wronged you somehow. While even trying to tell me what I think.
“Well I didn’t read your wall of text past your question but I have to ask…”
I took that as “What you have to say about this is insignifigant but here is my question for you…”
To me if someone did that in real life I would probably laugh because it is kind of rude IMO. If it is not to you then that is just a difference of opinion. Maybe it did not merit my response, however it seemed to me like it was the start of a troll job.
Mr2bits: doesn’t having 6 viable receivers make it easier on the QB who has 3? Trask leads in 2 categories and your average running game plays a role. How many TD’s has Trask thrown inside the ten? When comparing stats it more fair to show averages. Trask leads in yards per game but he also throws more passes per game. That is either a reflection of your coaches choice or lack of a run game.
Your argument about the NFL is off base since Lawerence has a much better chance of having a successful career as a starter.
Bama attempts this season:
Pass – 245
Rush – 293
Florida attempts this season
Pass – 291
Rush – 259
I think it’s important to consider that although Mac has almost a 76% completion rating but he has more than 50 less attempts than Trask. Trask has a completion rating of almost 72% but attempts more passes. Also to answer Darth’s question, Trask has multiple td’s inside the 10 and I would think that it is difficult to spread ball around to that many receivers as you have to get through multiple reads and checks against SEC defenses. One might consider that a QB that spreads it around is a better decision maker than one who doesn’t. Not always about the quality of receivers. Also, the NFL argument is not totally irrelevant when it comes to the Heisman. The college QB style is starting to spill over into the NFL. Offenses are changing. See: Baker Mayfield, Lamar Jackson, Burrows and Tua. All dynamic college qbs in the Heisman race that are making good in the NFL. As far as the rushing goes, I would say it’s much easier to be a good QB if you have a monster back like Harris to suck those backers and Safeties up on play action.
Mac doesn’t almost have a 76% completion rate he is actually slightly over it….
I don’t understand how you’re using Mac attempting less passes as a knock on him. You don’t apply that same logic to trask having more yards…. You don’t think Trask throwing the ball more contributes to him having slightly more yards?
Florida fans try everything possible to knock Mac.
Bamatime, Be careful about classifying “all,” Florida fans. That is unfair. I would never knock Mac. He is a great QB. I am just doing my best to objectively compare them. I would take Trask over Mac, not because I am a Gator but because I feel he is a better QB with a better overall resume. Yes I do feel like that him attempting more causes more yards. That is true, but also when you attempt more, you have more opportunity to miss more. I.E. Comparible completion ratings. I also think having a Heisman canidate and beast of a back helps take a lot of pressure off Mac. Linebackers and Safeties are easily sucked in by a Bama playaction where as we pass to set up the run.
Well I didn’t say all Florida fans. I said Florida fans because there is multiple fans on this site alone that constantly knock him.
My point is knocking his completion percentage because he hasn’t throw the ball as much even though he has passed plenty of times is not fair if you don’t knock trask for his ypa… Based off of YPA and completion percentage Mac would have more yards that Trask with the same amount of attempts..
I also don’t think Trask resume is better IMO… Wins and losses is included in a QBs resume.
Which means that Trask is constantly going against 8 man coverage, and defenders know hes passing so they can just straight rush him.
But he isn’t constantly going against 8 man coverage… Do you actually watch the games
or just make it up as you go?
Another agressive troll comment. Proof is in the post. Something a respectable human would not say to another in a real world conversation.
Aggressive troll post? LMAO
Yes. You would not speak in such a degrading way to DieselNova if you were standing face to face with him.
You can’t be serious..
These are some of your posts.
“The takeaway and the point is that it is clear that Grantham is not living up to the Gator standard. It’s about winning the SEC and then winning a National title. You wouldn’t understand.”
Maybe this one keyboard warrior..
“I think being on a “high horse,” would be degrading a teams coach on an opposing teams SDS forum and expecting not to get push back. I would have never known GOUGA or you existed if you were not blabbering away on the wrong teams forum. “
I did not start those conversations, I finished them. Big difference.
Their is no difference. Your reply was to people that didn’t actually say anything wrong but just like you did here you start crying and attacking the poster…
And like I said above.. You want to say my comments are aggressive but you wouldn’t make your comments to someone face. Stop being foolish.
“Ha facts? Those are hard to find on the UGA forum. Like National Championships.”
The comment above is you trolling Boxster…
There is a big difference. One is reactionary and is standing up for ones self or ones team. You will not find me seeking out conflict on another teams forum. This is the same thing I would do in the real world. I do not seek conflict but will react accordingly to it.
The conflict we’re currently having was started by you. My comments are about football while you got personal…
Those comments I posted aren’t you just defending your team as some of your replies are to people that said nothing wrong… You just attacked them because they had a G beside their name and dared to comment….
So you’re not reacting accordingly..
I was simply seeking your opinion 9or anyones) but particularly an objective Bama fan and thought your reaction was rude because if you read the original commment part of that was deliniating between the Heisman and being a good NFL player. It sounded pompous. Maybe I read it wrong. If I did I apologize but my sentiment was reactionary. I never start a fight on a forum. It is not what I am interested in. Looking for objective opinions about college football and UF foorball.
(or anyones)*
No worries and I apologize as well for all the off topic back and forth we have been going through.
lol we did a good job. This article is officially trending now on SDS.
And defenses know it. All the more reason his performance – more yards and more touchdowns than Jones – makes him better.
Defenses know that Smith is the main target so they do their best to stop him. Mr2bits pointed out Trask has 6 targets making it harder to cover everyone. QBR tells you who the best across all the metrics is and that makes Jones better.
It is ignorant to comment about a post without reading it’s entirety. The fact that you did just that and then felt the need to tell everyone on the thread about it is a revealing characteristic of a troll. A keyboard cowboy. The type of behavior of someone that is overcompensating for something. It demeans the other person’s point of view in a conversation and reeks of a pompous troll stinch. It is something that a respectful person would not do in the real world but a troll would do behind a keyboard. It is the reason that most interesting conversations can not happen because they are highjacked by homers such as yourself.
Just because you say it does not make it true troll. You know the truth and one thing is for sure, everyone here sees it.
You also know you would take Trask.
Not to interrupt but if the best player actually got the Heisman this argument should be between Pitts & Smith. I do like your post about if Trask has better #’s than Jones but lost should Jones get the trophy? It depends if you only measure stats. I think the #1 job for a QB is to win. If Trask throws for 12 more TDs than Jones but losses twice than just what were those extra TDs worth?
Exactly. Trask deserves the Heisman more because he’s putting the whole team on his back, consistently facing dime defenses that make it even more imperative that his throws are accurate and timed well. Trask has consistency faced teams where ALL the pressure was on him to make the crazy throws or the team loses.
Would Mac have comparable stats with Florida’s roster? I don’t think so.
Mac has the top WR and top RB going into the NFL Draft next year. Not to mention a ridiculous O-Line
It’s funny to me that Bama fans are too dumb to understand this concept. Bama has a Heisman candidate running back to keep defenses honest and open up passing lanes. The defenses are always on their toes not knowing if its a run or pass, making Jones’ job much easier. Not to mention he has multiple 1st rounders blocking for him and giving him all the time in the world. Every team Florida faces knows they’re going to throw the ball pretty much every down and they still can’t stop Trask. Maybe they do understand this concept, but they just refuse to accept that anyone can possibly be better than anyone on their team.
If Mac and Trask are neck and neck in Heisman ratings going into the SECCG, the winner will certainly win with comparable stats. Tua was the leader going into the SECCG. He got hurt in that game and Kyler Murray (OK) won it.
To be fair, that was the first good defense Tua had faced that year and looked pretty pedestrian before he got hurt.
Thank goodness for our backup QB.
Joe Marks:It’s funny that Florida fans are too dumb to understand that when you throw the ball more your numbers should be higher. Too dumb to realize that having a great RB cuts into the QBs stats. Even dumber to realize that the job of the QB is to win. Yet one more stat that Trask trails in.
Correct. Trask has done more (Passing Yards, TDs) with less talent around him.
Jones leads in all but 2 metrics while also having a running game.
Those “metrics” are yards & Tds lol! Stahp! Trask is the most outstanding player in CFB.
He isn’t the most outstanding player on his team much less CFB.
Jones and Trask are both having great seasons. I fully expect one to win the Heisman. It’s just a question of which has a subpar game, if either. If not, it will probably come down to the CCG. Jones could be Bama’s first QB Heisman winner. Nobody thought that two years ago.
How in the world is Matt Corral not on the top 10 list? He is second in the SEC in passing (8 yards per game behind Trask), 19th in the SEC in rushing, making him #1 in the SEC in total yards per game.
this is where wins start to play a role, he has the stats no doubt!
Jones has thrown 3 ints this year.
Trask has thrown 3 ints this year.
Corral threw 6 ints in one game.
He’s a great quarterback, but that’s why
I agree, that was an awful game. But it is clearly an outlier. But Corral affects game way more than several on the list of top 10 here.
*games, not game
“…who many Alabama fans thought would be sitting the bench for Bryce Young by the 2020 Iron Bowl…”
I don’t know a single Bama fan who thought that. All my friends thought Mac did quite well with his time under center after Tua’s injury.
That’s not an unfair comment. Many here thought so.
Not only has Trask thrown for more yards and more touchdowns, he has done so with less. How does that make him 2?
Bolton is having a great season, I really hope he can make it in the next level
Neil, did you really link your own tweet within your own article?
Absurd A&M’s DeMarvin Leal was not included. The kid is a manster and future top 5 pick.