Every year we look at who has the biggest, gaudiest numbers. That isn't always the player who wins the Heisman Trophy as the best player. That's a good thing. However, one ESPN analyst said this about the award: "It is a two year campaign." No offense to the Heisman committee, but why should what a player did LAST year determine who is the best football player THIS year? That makes no sense to me. Also, why do we give most of the credit to the Quarterbacks? Last time I checked it is the rest of the team that finishes most of the plays. I would think that Heisman should be like the Player of the Year in other college sports - go to someone is the MVP of the team. Someone without whom the team would be a complete mess - and that is not always the QB. Also, where does it say that the best players are in the BCS conferences? Seems to me that there are players in the other conferences who deserve to win the award as well. So here is my short list of players who I think should be on the Heisman horizon midway through the college football season.
Donald Brown, UConn -- 1174 rushing yards, 12 TDs. Brown is one of those special players who leads by example. Every game he comes to play and does everything he can to help his team win. With their starting quarterback, Tyler Lorenzen, out with an injury, Brown has stepped his game up to help make up for the loss of their offensive leader. Just how good is he? He's averaging 170 yards rushing per game. Most players would love to have just one game that good - he does it every week - three times just this season he has gone over 200.
David Johnson, Tulsa -- 2397 yards, 31 TDs. Tulsa may be the most underrated team in the country. While people are talking about what Chase Daniel and Sam Bradford are doing, neither of those men have the highest QB rating in college football. That distinction is currently held by Johnson. In fact, he is the only QB with a rating over 200 points - 20 points higher than Bradford. In addition, Johnson is leading the highest scoring offense in the country - at 57 points per game. Another crazy stat is that he is averaging 12 yards per throwing attempt - not per completion; per attempt. That is an insane statistic. If Tulsa can keep this up they should find themselves in a BCS game and earn their QB an invite to the Heisman ceremony.
Brennan Marion, Tulsa -- 755 yards, 14 TDs. The numbers may not be huge but you have to look a little further than the obvious stats to see why this WR is so good. While other WRs have 60 or 70 receptions to get the number of yards that Marion has racked, he has only 28 receptions. That means he is averaging 27 yards per catch. That is why he is so important to the Tulsa offense. If there was a way to give the award to the Johnson-Marion tandem, that would be how I would vote.
Donald Brown, UConn -- 1174 rushing yards, 12 TDs. Brown is one of those special players who leads by example. Every game he comes to play and does everything he can to help his team win. With their starting quarterback, Tyler Lorenzen, out with an injury, Brown has stepped his game up to help make up for the loss of their offensive leader. Just how good is he? He's averaging 170 yards rushing per game. Most players would love to have just one game that good - he does it every week - three times just this season he has gone over 200.
David Johnson, Tulsa -- 2397 yards, 31 TDs. Tulsa may be the most underrated team in the country. While people are talking about what Chase Daniel and Sam Bradford are doing, neither of those men have the highest QB rating in college football. That distinction is currently held by Johnson. In fact, he is the only QB with a rating over 200 points - 20 points higher than Bradford. In addition, Johnson is leading the highest scoring offense in the country - at 57 points per game. Another crazy stat is that he is averaging 12 yards per throwing attempt - not per completion; per attempt. That is an insane statistic. If Tulsa can keep this up they should find themselves in a BCS game and earn their QB an invite to the Heisman ceremony.
Brennan Marion, Tulsa -- 755 yards, 14 TDs. The numbers may not be huge but you have to look a little further than the obvious stats to see why this WR is so good. While other WRs have 60 or 70 receptions to get the number of yards that Marion has racked, he has only 28 receptions. That means he is averaging 27 yards per catch. That is why he is so important to the Tulsa offense. If there was a way to give the award to the Johnson-Marion tandem, that would be how I would vote.
Derrick Richardson, New Mexico State -- 12.0 Tackles per game. Not a school you hear much about when it comes to national statistics but Richardson is leading the country in tackles per game. That isn't a stat that jumps off the page or will get him on a box of Wheaties but it does mean he'll be playing on Sundays next year somewhere in the NFL.
JaVon Ringer, Michigan State -- 1,179 yards, 14 TDs. Like Brown, Ringer has become the star for Michigan State. When the rest of the offense has struggled, Ringer has stepped up to the plate. The difference between he and Brown though is that Ringer hasn't been as efficient as Brown averaging 1.5 less yards per run. Ringer has had to make 60 more rush attempts to be as productive. Ringer is still someone who could be in the hunt for the trophy though.
JaVon Ringer, Michigan State -- 1,179 yards, 14 TDs. Like Brown, Ringer has become the star for Michigan State. When the rest of the offense has struggled, Ringer has stepped up to the plate. The difference between he and Brown though is that Ringer hasn't been as efficient as Brown averaging 1.5 less yards per run. Ringer has had to make 60 more rush attempts to be as productive. Ringer is still someone who could be in the hunt for the trophy though.
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