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The All-Quarterback Heisman Finalist Group Overshadows Several Other Worthy Stars

Football in 2018 is a quarterback’s game. But should the Heisman be only a quarterback’s award?

On Saturday night, the finalists for the 84th Heisman Trophy—Tua Tagovailoa, Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins, all quarterbacks—will gather in New York City missing a few worthy candidates.

Voters spurned the nation’s leading rusher, Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor, for the second consecutive year despite him buoying a disappointing Badgers team by running for nearly 2,000 yards. Clemson tailback Travis Etienne wasn’t selected despite his 20 touchdowns. (Neither was Memphis star Darrell Henderson, who one-upped both Taylor and Etienne with an eye-popping 8.