SEC
Eight of the last 10 Heisman Trophy winners have been quarterbacks. The other two (Mark Ingram and Derrick Henry) have been Alabama running backs.
To find the last non-QB and non-RB to win the prestigious award, you have to go all the way back to 1997, when Michigan DB/PR Charles Woodson took home the trophy.
Basically, you have an inside track on the award if you’re a quarterback, but other players do have a chance. This week, Sports Illustrated put together a list of 117 players it believes have a chance to win the Heisman in 2019. As you can see below, 25 SEC players make the list (including every starting quarterback):
- Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
- Jake Fromm, QB, Georgia
- Joe Burrow, QB, LSU
- Feleipe Franks, QB, Florida
- Kellen Mond, QB, Texas A&M
- Kelly Bryant, QB, Mizzou
- Jake Bentley, QB, South Carolina
- Joey Gatewood and Bo Nix, QBs, Auburn
- Tommy Stevens and Keytaon Thompson, QBs, Mississippi State
- Jarrett Guarantano, QB, Tennessee
- Terry Wilson, QB, Kentucky
- Ben Hicks, QB, Arkansas
- Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss
- Riley Neal, QB, Vanderbilt
- D’Andre Swift, RB, Georgia
- Najee Harris, RB, Alabama
- Lamical Perine, RB, Florida
- Rakeem Boyd, RB, Arkansas
- John Emery Jr., RB, LSU
- Trey Sanders, RB, Alabama
- Jerrion Ealy, RB, Ole Miss
- Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama
- Grant Delpit, S, LSU
Of course, college football is unpredictable, so we can’t wait for someone not on this list to take home the trophy.
So Keshawn Vaughn doesn’t make the list but 3 unproven freshman RBs do, makes sense.
That’s exactly what I was seeing. Y’all have one of the best in the sec in Keshawn. If I say the best, in my opinion, feathers will be ruffled and we will never hear the end of it. In all honesty though, Vaughn is a beast and is a true weapon.
thank you both, ridiculous list.
for real though this whole list was basically name off a bunch of sec players
Hysterical but at least it doesn’t prejudice the season’s work before it happens. Wait i have to write it ? Franks ? Perine but not Rountree ? Take your pick of a dozen of these players, not highly favored to even be all-conference 1st team.
Jake Bentley gets listed get out of here with that nonsense, he needs to beat ranked teams first. Bryan Edwards should be listed long before Bentley.
cola whats your problem if Bentley can play like he did vs Clemson last season all season long hes a legit threat to win it
who thats just a guess just saying “yeah an auburn qb might win it”