Can Joe Milton put a stop to Michigan's quarterback carousel? Burrow, who spent the first three years of his career at Ohio State, is the heavy favorite to win after throwing for an SEC-record 48 touchdown passes and 4,715 yards, while leading the Tigers to the conference title. Hurts transferred to Oklahoma after spending his first three seasons at Alabama and is the third different Sooners quarterback in as many years to make the trip. ESPN Stats & Information contributed to this report. 1 LSU gets OU; OSU vs. Clemson, First look at LSU-Oklahoma and Ohio State-Clemson, The games that shaped the playoff and what an eight-team field would look like. "In my opinion, he's going to win it. Should D’Eriq King have better Heisman odds than Jamie Newman, Trey Sermon? Burrow has led the Tigers to dominant victories against some of the nation’s best teams, and LSU’s No. Maybe Stingley can be that for LSU in 2020? LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts, and Ohio State teammates quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young are headed to New York this weekend as finalists for the Heisman Trophy. Even better, he had his definitive Heisman moment during the SEC title game. Playing a little bit as a receiver helped him edge out Peyton Manning of Tennessee, Ryan Leaf of Washington State and Randy Moss of Marshall. 3 Clemson in the other semifinal in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, also on Dec. 28. Still, what Fields did was darn impressive, and he absolutely deserved to take the trip to New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation. Even though passing game coordinator Joe Brady has left the LSU program for the Carolina Panthers’ offensive coordinator role, head coach Ed Orgeron replaced him with a former NFL head coach and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, who will be overqualified to serve as Steve Ensminger’s passing game coordinator. In some ways, the Heisman Trophy is incredibly predictable. Here, we rank the four Heisman Trophy finalists, from fourth to first. All College Football news from FanSided Daily, Dodgers place Clayton Kershaw on IL right before Opening Day showdown with Giants, Even in limited action, Giannis Antetokounmpo still looks unstoppable. Mathieu was a return specialist for Les Miles’ Bayou Bengals on the team that nearly went undefeated. It’s a star-studded field, but one player stands above the pack as most deserving of the Heisman Trophy in 2019. Perhaps he’ll have a package he can feature Stingley? 1 overall draft picks, led the Sooners to College Football Playoff appearances. All we need is Stingley to have a few electrifying plays with the ball in his hands to give some uniformed Heisman voters a taste of what special looks like from a non-quarterback position. He starred in the defensive backfield for the 1997 Michigan Wolverines. A phenomenal dual-threat passer, Hurts has Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff and has clearly been one of the best players in the nation for the past few years. Can Oklahoma's Spencer Rattler be the third redshirt freshman to win the Heisman Trophy? Fields, who transferred to Ohio State after spending his freshman season at Georgia in 2018, seamlessly replaced Dwayne Haskins, who finished third in the Heisman voting a year ago. What about getting Stingley into Heisman consideration? He was the best player in college football this past season. It hasn’t been won by anyone but a quarterback or running back since defensive back/wide receiver Charles Woodson earned it in 1997. Stingley turned heads every time he took the field for the Bayou Bengals. The sophomore threw for 2,953 yards with 40 touchdown passes to just one interception and added 471 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns on the ground. 1 overall picks in the NFL draft. This guy has been leading the way for most of the year after stunning everyone with a torrid start that never let up. Here is a complete list of every Heisman … Derek Stingley Jr., LSU Tigers. Four players were announced as Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday, with Joe Burrow being joined by Justin Fields, Jalen Hurts and Chase Young. The best thing about Joe is he's a team player. There’s no doubt that Burrow will win the 2019 Heisman Trophy, right? definitive Heisman moment during the SEC title game. He’s not the most talented player on this team, as Stingley and wide receiver extraordinaire Ja’Marr Chase beat him to the punch there. Oklahoma's Kyler Murray is the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner. College football Power Rankings for Week 7, CFP set: No. Let the masterful wide receiver Chase do that for LSU. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images). He’s a long shot to win it, but adding receiving skills give him a chance at it. Saturday night the Heisman Trophy will be awarded, with Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson being viewed as the prohibitive favorite.Four of the five finalists … Individual awards are not high on his list. Entering his season second with the LSU Tigers, Stingley feels like the frontrunner to keep the Jim Thorpe Award in Baton Rouge. Since the Heisman Trophy began inviting finalists to New York City in 1981, Oklahoma is the first school to have a quarterback invited to the ceremony in four … 2 Ohio State will play No. Young is the first Ohio State defensive player to finish in the top four in Heisman voting, and the first defensive player from the Big Ten to do so since Michigan's Charles Woodson won the award in 1997. 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Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, both Heisman Trophy winners and No. Not since Billy Cannon starred for LSU in the late 1950s had the Tigers had a Heisman Trophy winner. Fields was outstanding this year. 71.8% passer, throwing for 3,634 yards with 32 touchdowns and seven interceptions. If Chase Young hadn’t been suspended two games, he almost certainly would rank higher on this list. 77.9% passer, throwing for 4,715 yards with 48 touchdowns and six interceptions. The other thing he has going for him is a handful of defensive players have been Heisman Finalists in recent years in Mathieu, Chase Young, Jabrill …