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Why N.J. native, Michigan LB Jabrill Peppers can win the Heisman Trophy

Jim Harbaugh didn't mince words when discussing why the player who lines up at 15 different positions for the Michigan football team should be the Heisman Trophy winner this season.

"Gosh, if there's a better player in the country, I don't know who it is,'' Harbaugh said of Jabrill Peppers after watching his star linebacker/Wildcat QB/returner compile 77 all-purpose yards, two touchdowns, two tackles and a quarterback hurry in one half of action of a 78-0 thumping of Rutgers in October. "I know there's a lot of great players out there, but this guy, to be able to coach a guy like Jabrill Peppers, is a real joy.