It’s a four-player race and we head into the home stretch

For the rest of the college football season, Yahoo Sports will highlight the leading candidates for the Heisman Trophy on a weekly basis. All odds are via BetMGM.

Is the Heisman Trophy race starting to crystallize?

The Heisman odds at BetMGM have fluctuated on a week-to-week basis, but based on past performance and opportunities ahead, there are four players who seem to have separated themselves from the pack as we enter the final two weeks of the college football regular season.

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix is currently the betting favorite to win the Heisman. Nix is listed at -110 as of Tuesday afternoon with Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. (+375), LSU QB Jayden Daniels (+400) and Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (+550) not far behind from an odds perspective.

From there, there’s a significant drop-off on the odds board to other quarterbacks, like Georgia’s Carson Beck, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, Florida State’s Jordan Travis and Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, all of whom are listed between +3500 and +10000.

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) is one of four top Heisman contenders who have seemingly separated themselves from the pack. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Those four play for teams still in the national championship conversation, so they should not be wholly dismissed from the Heisman conversation. But do they have the combination of eye-popping statistics and opportunities ahead on a national stage to warrant consideration from the contingent of Heisman Trophy voters?

Beck and Milroe will be able to make their case as they close out the regular season and then square off against each other in the SEC title game, but do they have the season-long track record of the other quarterbacks? Travis is the leader on offense for an undefeated Florida State team, but his overall statistical profile…

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Publish date : 2023-11-15 13:00:36

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