The Heisman Trophy’s 2022 award ceremony wasn’t the least bit surprising.
All week long, USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams was the favorite to win the award, and he did just that on Saturday night.
Williams defeated TCU QB Max Duggan, Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud, and Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in that order to win the award and become USC’s 8th (including Reggie Bush) Heisman winner.
Moreover, he is now the third quarterback to win the award with Lincoln Riley as the head coach. Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield were the other two at Oklahoma.
The reactions were pervasive. After the season Williams just had, this was an easy decision: