Bleacher Report · Sep 21, 2021
Ranking the Heisman Favorites Heading into Week 4
Early in the college football season, the beliefs we build up during the summer months carry us into September. After only three weeks, however, those perceptions can be shattered.
Such is the case in the Heisman Trophy race, where Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei is leaving the discussion and Oklahoma star Spencer Rattler is moving the wrong way. He joins Miami QB D'Eriq King and USC QB Kedon Slovis as preseason contenders who are no longer in serious consideration.
Perhaps they return! But a three-game sample size—though neither large nor definitive—is enough to start making changes in our weekly Heisman Trophy update.
