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SEC on Verge of Bucking the Heisman Trophy Quarterback Trend

Look out quarterbacks around the country. The SEC is coming for you like a freight train.

Specifically, running backs Leonard Fournette, Nick Chubb and Derrick Henry are coming for you.

That trio of running backs have set the college football world on fire during the first month of the season and are the conference's three best bets to buck the trend and win the Heisman Trophy.

Only twice since 2000 have running backs won college football's top award—USC's Reggie Bush in 2005 and Alabama's Mark Ingram in 2009.

SEC's Top 3 Rushers—2015 Season
Player Team Games Yds.