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For at least half the season, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner has been obvious. He is not that physically imposing or particularly flashy — until you see him play. Travis Hunter, Colorado’s Swiss Army knife, can do it all.
The superstar wide receiver/cornerback/special teams player has averaged 119 plays per game in his two years with the Buffaloes. Twice he played more than 160 snaps in a game.
That simply isn’t done.
Hunter is a true ironman chasing history in what figures to be a landslide Heisman win on Saturday. Michigan’s Charles Woodson and Georgia’s Champ Bailey are the best recent comparions, but quite frankly, they don’t match up to the attributes Hunter brings to the table.
Woodson won the 1997 Heisman as a shutdown defender while returning kicks and dabbling on offense. Georgia’s Bailey caught 59 passes in his career. Hunter caught 92 passes thisseason.
Ten years ago, the Heisman Trust decided to threaten voters if they wrote about their ballot during the week of the ceremony. The thinking was to preserve the “suspense” of the Heisman show.
There hasn’t been much suspense in Heisman voting, however. Eight of the top 14 first-place vote totals in history have occurred since 2006. That includes three of the top four first-place vote getters: Joe Burrow (second all-time, 2019), Troy Smith (third, 2006) and Marcus Mariota (fourth, 2014).
In the interest of transparency, I relinquished my ballot a few years ago. As such, here’s who would be on my 2024 Heisman ballot if I still had one to submit.
1. Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado
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Author : Dennis Dodd
Publish date : 2024-12-11 17:02:00
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