Probably the most prestigious particular person award in school soccer shall be handed out Saturday night time in the course of the 2023 Heisman Trophy ceremony. 4 finalists all turned in spectacular seasons to earn invites to this 12 months’s occasion. LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels stands because the consensus favourite, using the wave of a monster season as a runner and passer. If he wins, it will be the fourth time since 2007 a Heisman winner got here from a workforce with three regular-season losses.
Oregon quarterback Bo Nix, Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and Ohio State vast receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. are additionally in competition with the foursome taking middle stage on the Lincoln Middle in New York Metropolis Saturday night time.
Penix captured the Maxwell Award Friday night time, given yearly to the perfect participant in school soccer. He’s the lone finalist taking part within the Faculty Soccer Playoff. Penix led the No. 2 Huskies to a 13-0 file and a Pac-12 title win over Oregon.
Six of the final seven Heisman winners have been quarterbacks, together with USC quarterback Caleb Williams, who took dwelling the award in 2022. The 2023 Heisman Trophy ceremony will start at 8 p.m. ET and air on ESPN. It will also be streamed reside on fuboTV (Attempt free of charge).
You possibly can see outcomes from our Heisman straw ballot right here.
Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU: Daniels is the primary participant to throw for at the very least 12,000 yards and rush for at the very least 3,000 yards in a profession that began at Arizona State and ended within the SEC at LSU. He’s seeking to be a part of Joe Burrow and 1959 winner Billy Cannon because the third Tigers participant to take dwelling the Heisman. Daniels truly has extra complete yards, touchdowns and a greater passer ranking than Burrow did by way of 12 video games of his blistering 2019 marketing campaign. Daniels is is simply the fifth quarterback in school soccer historical past to attain 50 or extra touchdowns, the 4 who preceded him all received the Heisman.
Michael Penix Jr., QB, Washington: Penix’s season hit a little bit of a statistical lull– he threw for 300 or extra yards in simply three of the Huskies’ closing seven video games — however he nonetheless threw for 4,218 yards (most in FBS) and 33 touchdowns. Penix began the 12 months as one of many favorites to win the award and even had a Heisman second when he led Washington to a comeback victory over Oregon — first of two wins over the Geese. He’s making an attempt to turn out to be the primary Heisman winner in program historical past.
Bo Nix, QB, Oregon: Nix actually has the stats to backup his Heisman case. The previous Auburn quarterback loved the perfect season of his profession in 2023 by passing for 4,145 yards and 40 touchdowns whereas solely throwing three interceptions. Probably the most spectacular of his video game-like numbers is his completion proportion (77.2%) which ranked No. 1 amongst all FBS quarterbacks. These numbers got here even if Nix routinely sat out video games late within the second half due as Oregon compiled insurmountable leads towards most of its opponents. He’s the fourth Heisman finalist in class historical past. Marcus Mariota is the one Duck to win the award.
Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State: The lone non-quarterback on the record has been touted as one of many biggest vast receiver prospects in a era. Harrison is the second Ohio State participant to win the Biletnikoff Award, which honors the nation’s most excellent receiver. Regardless of opposing defenses constructing whole sport plans round stopping Harrison, he completed the season with 67 catches for 1,211 yards and 14 touchdowns. He first Buckeye to file two separate 1,000 yard receiving seasons in his profession. Ohio State has produced seven earlier Heisman winners, tied for first in FBS.
