The Heisman race has likely narrowed to three quarterbacks: Oregon‘s Bo Nix, LSU‘s Jayden Daniels, and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr.
Daniels leads the country with 417.4 total yards per game and 36 touchdown passes, but his team has lost three games. Nix has the efficiency, with the best completion percentage in the country and 35 touchdowns against just two interceptions. Penix has the volume, leading the country with 3,695 passing yards, and he defeated Nix in a head-to-head matchup. So which of these arguments wins out in the end?
According to The Athletic, the combination of Oregon’s dominance and Nix’s stats is too much to ignore. He earned 11 first-place votes among the staff’s 33 voters, the same number as Penix, and he was either first or second on a leading 24 ballots. He earned 64 total points from the voting, 10 more than Daniels and Penix in second.
Will the Heisman voters agree with The Athletic’s lean? Will the final week of the regular season sway the voting? Only time will tell.