Follow AP’s live coverage of the 2024 NFL draft. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner kicked off an historic NFL draft Thursday night that had five other teams selecting quarterbacks among the top 12 picks, setting a record with five in the top 10 and tying a record for the most in the first round. The Washington Commanders followed up by …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., transfer quarterbacks who have all played at least five college seasons, and Ohio State receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists on Monday night. With Nix and Penix, the Pac-12 has …
Washington’s second victory of the season over Oregon in last Friday’s Pac-12 Championship Game altered the leaderboard of The Athletic’s final Heisman straw poll results. It was the quarterback whose face was on a billboard outside the stadium in Las Vegas — LSU’s Jayden Daniels — who benefited from the Ducks’ loss. LSU put up a Jayden Daniels billboard in …
The Heisman Trophy shouldn’t be a quarterback-only honor. With all that in mind, here’s how I’d bucket the quarterbacks in the Heisman conversation, if the season ended today: Finalists Jayden Daniels, LSU: 2,573 yards, 30 TDs, 3 INTs, 73.1 percent completions, 521 rushing yards J.J. McCarthy, Michigan: 1,799 yards, 21 TDs, 3 INTs, 78.1 percent completions, 3 rushing TDs Vegas …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Washington sixth-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr. highlights The Associated Press midseason All-America team, one of 19 players honored who have been in school at least five years. North Carolina State linebacker Payton Wilson joined Penix on the first team, and UConn guard Christian Haynes, Missouri tackle …