It’s that time of year again, the time of the year college football fans look forward to...yes, I’m talking about the Heisman Trophy race. This year, like every year, there are five great prospects to win, but as you may or may not know only the top three vote getters are invited to the ceremony, which will take place on Monday, Dec. 15.
The race for college footballs most coveted award this year is probably one of the closest races in the awards history. Among the five finalists are four outstanding quarterbacks in Tim Tebow of Florida, Colt McCoy of Texas, Graham Harrell of Texas Tech, and Sam Bradford of Oklahoma, and a running back from Iowa by the name of Shonn Greene.
As of now, it looks like Sam Bradford has a slight edge over the other candidates, but close behind are Harrell and McCoy. All three of these outstanding quarterbacks play for teams in the Big 12, an offensive powerhouse of a conference this year.
Last year's award went to none other than Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow, who is on the ballet this year, has a chance to become only the second ever two time Heisman trophy winner, joining former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin.
But with as much talent that is in this year’s race, it will be very difficult for Tebow to win the award back to back, seeing as how his numbers aren’t quite as good as last years.
Tebow with 2,299 passing yards, 25 TDs, two interceptions, and a 65 percent completion percentage is a great quarterback, but his numbers just aren’t that of other quarterbacks in the race for the Heisman.
But, Tebow does have 507 yards on the ground with 12 TDs. The hype at the beginning of the season about Tebow repeating his Heisman run has been slowed down due to the fact that his numbers just aren’t as good as last year or as good as other quarterbacks in the race.
With 4,080 passing yards, 46 passing touchdowns, only six interceptions, and a 68.2 percent completion rating, Sam Bradford heads up the finalists. But what some of the other candidates have that give them an edge over Bradford are better ability to run the ball. With just five rushing TDs, Bradford has had the least amount of success running the ball.
Graham Harrell can do it all, he can run and pass, and doesn’t have very many interceptions. With 4,747 passing yards, 41 passing TDs, just seven interceptions, and a 71.5 percent completion percentage, Harrell is nearly mistake free even though he throws the ball a lot.
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