Spencer Rattler a mainstay inside top-4 of Heisman odds for 2020

There has been no bigger buzz for the first year of a player in Norman since maybe the days Adrian Peterson walked around Oklahoma’s campus.

There has been no bigger buzz for the first year of a player in Norman, Oklahoma, since maybe the days Adrian Peterson walked around Oklahoma’s campus.

Spencer Rattler is the talk of town despite not starting a game for Oklahoma quite yet. The former five-star and No. 1 quarterback out of the 2019 class has provided a glimpse of what he could become in a game against South Dakota and then replacing Jalen Hurts against LSU in the Peach Bowl.

The potential under Lincoln Riley of Rattler being more aligned to Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray rather than Hurts has been felt in the sports gambling world. Back in Jan., odds started to come out for the 2020 Heisman—Rattler was found in fourth by multiple sports books. Another oddsmaker placed him at fourth on Thursday.

That’s higher than senior and fourth-year starter Sam Ehlinger at Texas. Higher than all-time Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, and just behind Ohio State’s Justin Fields and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence.

Rattler will have plenty of weapons at his disposal in 2020. Former five-stars Theo Wease and Trejan Bridges (after five games due to suspension) will be lined out wide. Tight end Austin Stogner became a key cog to Oklahoma’s offense at the end of 2019 and Bill Bedenbaugh returns four starters off his offensive line.

Mayfield and Murray won the Heisman Trophies in 2017 and ’18. Oklahoma has had seven Heisman Trophy winners in its program history.

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