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2008 HEISMAN WATCH

Athlon's Top 25 Candidates To Win The Heisman Trophy


Name

Pos

School

Comments

Pat White

QB

West Virginia

Chris Wells

RB

Ohio State

Tim Tebow

QB

Florida

Matthew Stafford

QB

Georgia

Todd Reesing

QB

Kansas

DeMarco Murray

RB

Oklahoma

Knowshon Moreno

RB

Georgia

Joe McKnight

RB

USC

LeSean McCoy

RB

Pittsburgh

Colt McCoy

QB

Texas

Jeremy Maclin

WR

Missouri

Jake Locker

QB

Washington

Dan LeFevour

QB

Central Michigan

James Laurinaitis

LB

Ohio State

Percy Harvin

WR

Florida

Graham Harrell

QB

Texas Tech

Cullen Harper

QB

Clemson

Max Hall

QB

BYU

Matt Grothe

QB

South Florida

Arian Foster

RB

Tennessee

Noel Devine

RB

West Virginia

James Davis

RB

Clemson

Chase Daniel

QB

Missouri

Michael Crabtree

WR

Texas Tech

Sam Bradford

QB

Oklahoma




Submitted by MizzouTigers1 on October 8, 2008 - 11:13pm.

Why shouldn't Ringer be considered? He is in an overrated conference. Big 10, PAC 10, Big East, ACC, all crappy conferences. The Heisman belongs to a Big 12 or SEC player. The obvious answer, Chase Daniel. Go Mizzou!

Submitted by sooner777 on October 6, 2008 - 8:22pm.

matt grothe isn't up there either

Submitted by Football32 on October 6, 2008 - 8:15am.

Why isnt Ringer up there? Thats all I wanna know.. He doesnt even have to be #1 but atleast he should be up there. The guy is a freaking stud no other word.

Submitted by football maniac on October 4, 2008 - 10:54am.

i agree with the guy b-low me javon ringer should be up here he is so agile an well balanced,he will shake you in the open field or run over you on the line i think he should be in the run for the heisman he is just amazing

Submitted by feistystatefan4life on October 1, 2008 - 12:38pm.

why is it that everyone always likes to glorify qb's with the honor of the heismann? It is relatively easy for a qb on a good team to throw for 3000 yards because they have 4 or 5 great recievers to throw to, but in comparison think about how hard it would be to run for 3000 yards in a season with a team like michigan state. sounds pretty hard doesn't it? that's why the power house rb, javon ringer should be the one hoisting up the trophy in NY at the end of the year, not sam bradford, or usc's sanchez or colt mcCoy or any other well supported big name QB.

Submitted by gotballslsuhas2 on September 23, 2008 - 11:06am.

Charles Scott is only the 3rd leading rusher in the powerhouse SEC avergaing only 9.0 yds per carry. Show him some love. Oh yeah, and he has played in 1 less game than everyone else.

Submitted by markoftroy on September 22, 2008 - 4:50pm.

TIM TEBOW IS NO.1. PERCY HARVIN IS NO.2 THE REST ISNT EVEN CLOSE.

Submitted by MizzouTigers1 on September 21, 2008 - 5:31pm.

This is an easy call to make:
1. Chase Daniel(Missouri QB) - means the most to Mizzou and will set records all year long.
2. Tim Tebow(Florida QB) - Is NOT very important to Florida who has many play makers.
3. Sam Bradford(Oklahoma QB) - Highly impressive quarterback who can tear apart defenses.
4. Mark Sanchez(USC QB) - Looks impressive early, but can he handle playing in the worst conference in the country?
5. Jermey Maclin(Missouri WR/KR) - Best athlete in the country, Crabtree cannot compete. Makes big plays every Saturday.

What does this show us? The Big 12 dominates the SEC, no question. M~I~Z!!! Z~O~U!!!

Submitted by SCtrojans530 on September 21, 2008 - 1:31pm.

Sanchez's play against UVA and Ohio State was Heisman Trophy worthy. I predict he will perform equally if not better against the sorry PAC 10 teams. Look for Sanchez to be a TOP 5 Heisman Trophy Finalist.
Sanchez! Sanchez! Sanchez! Sanchez!

Submitted by sooner777 on September 5, 2008 - 7:02am.

tim tebow has played in a national championship and a january bowl game, also dan lefevour is a great duel threat qb he had more passing and rushing yards than pat white last season.

Submitted by TrappedNVA on September 4, 2008 - 4:28pm.

What other legit Heisman Candidate has three straight January Bowl victories to boast. Have to be good to get there, you have to be great to bring home the hardware three straight years.

Submitted by shoopn on September 4, 2008 - 11:14am.

usc just lucky Sanchez didn't get hurt when his teams up 52-7 and he's still in running up his stats along with most of the starting defense

Submitted by TexasTechRocks on September 2, 2008 - 10:20pm.

Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree are the top players this year. There is not one quarterback in the nation who is better and more accurate. And of course everyone knows Michael Crabtree. As a fresham he was over the top, he is now out of this world. Going to win this weekend also. Gotta love it. Never thought Tebow was better last year than Harrell anyway.

Submitted by sooner777 on September 1, 2008 - 8:16am.

let's see how your buck0eyes fair against usc if beanie can't come back

Submitted by buckeyeboy22 on August 31, 2008 - 7:42pm.

beanie didnt brake his ankle x-rays were negative and he came to the sidelines with just a boot on osu wont update his status till around tuesday if then

Submitted by MizzouFanatic21 on August 31, 2008 - 2:06am.

1 - Jeremy Maclin
2 - Tim Tebow
3 - Chase Daniel
4 - Grahem Harrel
5 - woulda been ohio state RB but he just broke his ankle or w/e so im have to go with Joe mcknight
and whoever said joe mcknight didnt get much yardage last year is because its USC (aka tailback U) every year they have a new running back with heisman expectations every single year. they have a RS freshman RS sophmore RS junior and a RS senior... joe mcknight

Submitted by sooner777 on August 27, 2008 - 7:57pm.

ya, he's not the only qb that is a better runner than tebow there is also pat white and dan lefevour

Submitted by sea west on August 27, 2008 - 5:54pm.

Jake Locker missed one game last year and broke the Pac-10 record for rushing QB (as a freshman). He accounted for 60% of Washington's offense. He's a better runner than Tebow, but needs to work on his passing accuracy if he is to really be considered for the heisman.

Submitted by RedRaiders101 on August 22, 2008 - 11:18am.

1 Micheal Crabtree
2 Chris Wells
3 Graham Harrel
4 Todd Reesing
5 Tim Tebow

Submitted by sooner777 on August 21, 2008 - 3:26pm.

he isn't number one my top five is 1 pat white
2 dan lefevour
3 tim tebow
4 chris wells
5 demarco murray

Submitted by mattlog16 on August 21, 2008 - 11:47am.

#1. Chris Wells, RB, Ohio State
#2. Pat White, QB, West Virginia
#3. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
#4. Chase Daniel, QB, Missouri
#5. Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
There it is fellas, if you weren't sure...now you are.
GO BUCKS!!! "Wish"-again, Michigan!!!

Submitted by sooner777 on August 20, 2008 - 7:15am.

the big twelve has a lot of hiesman candidates, BOOMER SOONER

Submitted by RedRaiders101 on August 19, 2008 - 2:09pm.

What are you. A critick to all football players other than players on OSU. And FYI I think LSU will smash florida.

Submitted by sooner777 on August 18, 2008 - 8:04pm.

sam bradford doesn't suck just cause ou lost doesn't mean sam bradford sucks and you guys lost the nc game twice and i'm no saying any of ohio states players suck, sam bradford did better in his freshman season than any other freshman qb in history.

Submitted by buckeyes_boyy94 on August 18, 2008 - 6:41pm.

First and foremost...Oklahoma got RAN OVER by West Virginia, so take Bradford off the list. He sucks anyway. I think Florida will smash LSU. Colt McCoy is a wuss. Jake Locker missed most of last season, so he should not be up there. GO BUCKEYES!! CHRIS WELLS IS YOUR NEXT HEISMAN WINNER!!

Submitted by boomer777 on August 11, 2008 - 9:48pm.

colt mccoy is fun to watch, i always thought someon had to learn not to throw it to the other team before they could be considered to win the hiesman

Submitted by boomer777 on August 11, 2008 - 9:46pm.

joe mcknight? he hardly got any yardage and td's last year, and i'm not sure about his leadership either. BOOMER SOONER

Submitted by boomer777 on August 8, 2008 - 7:55am.

central michigan has dan lefevour who is a duel threat at quarterback, also georgia has two big time players: mathew stafford and knowshon merino. and usc has rey maualuga so watch out for those guys... BOOMER SOONER

Submitted by jaxpap on August 7, 2008 - 1:45pm.

If you look closely at the list, you will see that it is in reverse alphabetical order. This isn't a ranking, only a list of those who are being considered for the trophy.

Submitted by jaxpap on August 7, 2008 - 1:43pm.

If you look closely at the list, it is in reverse alphabetical order. There are no rankings, just the names of those who are being considered for the trophy.

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