There was a time, not that long ago, when Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was considered the favorite to be both the 2019 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 1 overall selection in the 2020 NFL draft.
Then two things happened. The first was Joe Burrow's ascension from graduate transfer to record-setting program savior at LSU. The second was a fateful November afternoon in Starkville, Mississippi, when Tagovailoa crumpled to the ground in a heap with a dislocated hip.
As a result, it's Burrow who won the Heisman in New York. It's Burrow who most draftniks have penciled in as the Cincinnati Bengals' pick at No.