Good morning. In what has been something of a storybook season for WSU, star quarterback Gardner Minshew II continues to gain some national recognition. A few days after Minshew II was recognized as Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, as well as the Unitas Golden Arm Award recipient, we learned that he finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy vote.
While Minshew II didn’t finish among the top three in any of the Heisman’s six voting regions, he did garner six first-place votes, two more than fourth-place finisher Will Grier. Minshew II finished just a hair behind Grier for fourth (126-122) largely because Grier collected six more third-place votes.