There was a time when Penn State’s Saquon Barkley was considered the odds-on Heisman favorite. Well, the Nittany Lion running back won’t even be in New York, as he finished 800 yards behind Stanford’s Bryce Love and out of the race, leaving it up to the country’s best back to carry the load this weekend.
The junior running back out of Raleigh, North Carolina, picked up where 2016 Heisman Finalist Christian McCaffrey left off, running for 1,973 yards on 237 attempts despite missing one game and being hobbled for several others with an ankle injury. Love averaged an insane 8.