Who’s Going Home Immortalized Forever?
Three players who dominated through the air in 2018 will be in New York City this Saturday for a chance at college football’s most prestigious individual honor.
Tua Tagovailoa, Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins were selected as the finalists for the 2018 Heisman Trophy Award, which will be awarded on Saturday at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square in New York City.
During the regular-season, all three of these outstanding signal callers led their teams to new offensive heights,
Tagovailoa, who was named the starting quarterback heading into his sophomore year, dominated throwing the football.
He finished the season throwing for 3,333 passing yards with 37 touchdowns while throwing four interceptions. He also rushed for five touchdowns.
Murray, a two-sport athlete who will make the jump to the MLB following his outstanding season at Oklahoma, has a remarkable season as he finished with 4,053 passing yards with 40 touchdowns to seven interceptions. He also dominated on the ground, as the dual-threat quarterback rushed for 892 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns.
Dwayne Haskins, who figures to forgo a junior year for the NFL Draft after this season, finished with 4,580 passing yards with 47 touchdowns to eight interceptions. He added four touchdowns on the ground as well as he led Ohio State to a Big Ten title.
There is going to be quite a debate over who should win this award. While Tagovailoa’s numbers don’t compare with his competitors, he played less than the two because of how dominant his team was.
Alabama won every game they played in this season by an average of 33.1 PPG, forcing him onto the bench in the second halves of games.
In comparisons with Oklahoma (17.1 PPG) and Ohio State (17.8), it’s not much of a contest. That also could play a role in Kyler Murray, in particular, winning the award as he was such a driving force in a team finishing 12-1 with a Big 12 title.
Murray’s performance allowed a team with a suspect defense to breathe easy throughout the season as Murray had one so-so performance this season.
Whomever wins the award, it’ll be hard to question the Heisman voters decision.
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