Sports Illustrated names 25 SEC players among 117 athletes who could win 2019 Heisman Trophy
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.