As we get later into the season, the Heisman picture is starting to take shape, though it’s certainly not settled yet. There are five primary contenders for the award, and after those five there’s a steep drop-off.
While you’ll always hear that this could be the year for a defensive player (every season), that just won’t happen in modern college football.
Similarly, the Heisman winner is going to be a quarterback. While the most recent Heisman selection was a receiver in Alabama’s DeVonta Smith, the top six contenders according to Bovada are all quarterbacks.
We’ve reached the point in the season at which the time is right for one contender to separate himself, as there’s still a cluster of reasonable contenders.