On Saturday night, the best player in college football earned the award that we all knew he would win. [autotag]Jayden Daniels[/autotag] became the third Heisman Trophy winner in LSU history. [autotag]Billy Cannon[/autotag] (1959) and [autotag]Joe Burrow[/autotag] (2019) were the other two Heisman winners from Baton Rouge.
The Tigers set another record last night that not many people even thought about. LSU became the first SEC school to have a player win the Golden Spikes Award (best player in college baseball) and the Heisman Trophy from the same school in the same year.
[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] won the Golden Spikes Award after leading LSU baseball to a national championship with a win over Florida in the College World Series. Crews had a season batting average of .426 with 16 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, and 70 RBI.
Those stats led to him being selected as the No. 2 overall draft pick of the 2023 MLB draft by the Washington Nationals. Crews was picked one spot behind teammate [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] who was drafted No. 1 overall by the Pirates.
From The Path to The Powerhouse, the Tigers are winners
Congratulations, @JayD__5! pic.twitter.com/jBYAmNPygs
— LSU Tigers (@LSUsports) December 10, 2023
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