Stanford, Calif. • Bryce Love ran out of Christian McCaffrey's shadow the same way he sprinted away from opposing defenses — with breathtaking speed that has carried him to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist.
After spending two years as an understudy, Love applied the lessons he learned watching McCaffrey set records and put his own spin on it in a season just as spectacular in its own way as McCaffrey was on the way to a Heisman runner-up finish in 2015.
Love delivered his own awe-inspiring performances for Stanford to earn a trip to New York as a Heisman finalist alongside Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and last year's winner, quarterback Lamar Jackson of Louisville.