Heisman Picks

Now that the college football season is upon us and I have published a season preview and predictions for all of the conferences, I deemed it important to write a post on the potential Heisman hopefuls and who I believe will win the award.  First, I started by compiling a list of the players I could think of off the top of my head.

DeShaun Watson - QB Clemson

• 2015 season: 4,104 passing yards, 35 passing TDs, 13 INTs, 67.8%, 1,105 rushing yards, 12 rushing TDs
• Led Clemson to undefeated regular season and a 14-1 overall record
• Lost to Alabama in the National Championship game after single-handedly almost winning the game
• Finished 3rd in Heisman voting last season

Leonard Fournette - RB LSU

• 2015 season: 1,953 rushing yards, 163.7 yards/game, 22 TDs
• Was on pace to win Heisman last season before consecutive sub-100 yard games against Alabama and Arkansas derailed these hopes
• Finished 6th in voting last season
• LSU's offense goes through Fournette and opposing defenses will look to stop this
• Fournette will certainly be a favorite to win as long as QB Brandon Harris doesn't have to play well enough to take votes from Fournette

Christian McCaffrey - RB Stanford

• 2015 season: 2,015 rushing yards, 3,864 all-purposes yards, 15 total TDs
• Broke Barry Sanders' NCAA record of 3,250 all-purpose yards
• First Stanford player in history to rush for over 2,000 yards
• Selected as A.P. College Football Player of the Year
• Runner-up to Derrick Henry in Heisman voting last season
• Probably the most dynamic player in college football

Dalvin Cook - RB Florida State

• 2015 season: 1,691 rushing yards, 20 total TDs
• First team All-American
• Broke Warrick Dunn's school single-season rushing record of 1,242 yards

J.T. Barrett - QB Ohio State

• College Career (2014-2015) - 3,826 passing yards, 63.9%, 45 passing TDs, 14 INTs, 1,620 rushing yards, 22 rushing TDs
• Started for Ohio State in 2014 before injuring himself in the last game of the regular season
• Finished in 5th place in Heisman voting in 2014

Baker Mayfield - QB Oklahoma

• 2015 season: 3,700 passing yards, 36 TDs, 7 INTs, 68.1%, 405 rushing yards, 7 rushing TDs
• Finished in 4th place in Heisman voting
• Led Oklahoma to College Football playoff

Rest of the Candidates

Royce Freeman - QB Oregon

• 2015 season: 1,836 rushing yards, 17 TDs

Nick Chubb - RB Georgia

• 2015 season: 6 games, 747 rushing yards, 7 TDs

Josh Rosen - QB UCLA

• 2015 season: 3,668 passing yards, 60.0%, 23 TDs, 11 INTs

Winner

• I think that if Clemson can get by Florida State in late October, then the Heisman is DeShaun Watson's to lose.  A National Championship for Clemson will also go a long way to help Watson win the Heisman.