Last Word on College Football Heisman Rankings

It’s never too early to talk about the Heisman Trophy. It’s one of the most coveted awards in collegiate athletics. However, it also comes as one of the most scrutinized as well. Does the award go to the best overall player in College Football? Does it go to the best player on the best team? Or, is it simply the most valuable player? Let’s take a look at our inaugural Last Word on College Football Heisman Rankings.

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Player	Position	School	Total Points
1. Saquan Barkley	RB		65
2. Baker Mayfield	QB		47
3. Bryce Love	RB		33
4. Lamar Jackson	QB		27
5. Rashaad Penny	RB		15
6. Mason Rudolph	QB		12
7. Sam Darnold	QB		5
8. Josh Rosen	QB		2
9. Luke Falk	QB		2
10. Kelly Bryant	QB		1

11. Jaylen Samuels

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Top Five Candidates

1. Saquon Barkley

 

 

RB | Penn State                                               Next Game: 9/30 vs Indiana

Barkley leads our LWOS Heisman rankings after a dominating performance against Iowa. He had his best overall game in 2017 as he topped 300 total yards from scrimmage in the last second victory.

WEEK 4 AT IOWA RUSHING YDS TD YPC 211 1 7.5	RECEIVING REC YDS YPR TD 12 94 7.8 0
2017 SEASON RUSHING YDS TD YPC 518 4 7.8	RECEIVING REC YDS YPR TD 23 335 14.6 2

 

2. Baker Mayfield

 

 

 

QB | Oklahoma                                         Next Game: 10/07 vs Iowa State

Mayfield didn’t do anything to hurt his chances, he was just overshadowed by Barkley. Perhaps the most impressive stat for Mayfield is that he still has yet to throw an interception in his first four games.

WEEK 4 AT BAYLOR PASSING YDS TD INT CMP% QBR 283 3 0 68.4 86.5	RUSHING YDS TD YPC 30 0 3.8
2017 SEASON PASSING YDS TD INT CMP% QBR 1329 13 0 75.2 93.2	RUSHING YDS TD YPC 17 0 0.8

 

3. Bryce Love

 

 

 

RB | Stanford                                         Next Game: 9/30 vs Arizona State

Love has the tough challenge of playing at times when there is not quite as many eyes on his games. Nevertheless, he had arguably the best performance of the weekend.

 

4. Lamar Jackson

QB | Louisville                                         Next Game: 9/30 vs Murray State

The problem for a returning Heisman winner is that you have to do something off the charts to repeat. He didn’t do anything special last week against Kent State and may not have an opportunity for a Heisman moment, as Louisville doesn’t face another ranked opponent during the regular season.

WEEK 4 VS KENT STATE PASSING YDS TD INT CMP% QBR 299 2 2 81.8 78.7	RUSHING YDS TD YPC 34 1 4.3
2017 SEASON PASSING YDS TD INT CMP% QBR 1387 10 3 63.1 93.2	RUSHING YDS TD YPC 337 4 5.2

 

5. Rashaad Penny

RB | San Diego State                           Next Game: 9/30 vs Northern Illinois

Mr. Penny suffers from the same challenge that Love does on top of being from a Group of Five team. However, he is becoming a household name very quickly. He’s going to continue to rack up the yards and touchdowns, but the question remains if it will be enough without a marquee match-up.

 

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