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If all goes properly with tickets and I’m able to persuade my spouse to get on a airplane in December, I hope to attend the 2026 Heisman Trophy ceremony … for the primary time.
I do not actually have a bucket checklist, but when I did being on the Heisman ceremony can be excessive on it.
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With all that in thoughts, I’m totally invested within the award first handed out to Chicago’s Jay Berwanger in 1935. The Heisman has been hoisted by 29 representatives of the present 18 Massive Ten colleges. Sure, including Southern California did lots for the Massive Ten’s Heisman haul.
Final yr, it was Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who hit the trifecta: excellent season, received the Heisman and first choose within the NFL draft,
Who follows him?
Over the following couple of weeks, I’ll depend down the candidates. First, my Prime 10 in inverse order. Then a handful of wildcards that manner embody a defensive participant or two.
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One man who will not seem on the checklist: Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Although I assist him being on the sphere if the courts enable it, I can not think about the Heisman voters placing his title on their ballots.
So, right here goes:
Why is he on the checklist?
Not due to what he did in opposition to Illinois in Duke’s blowout loss at Durham. In that sport, he didn’t reside as much as expectations.
However he discovered a brand new dwelling within the portal with the Hurricanes, the place he’ll discover dynamic teammates and a coach prepared to let him present his abilities.
Mensah has assist in Miami, staring with do-everything Malachi Toney. You will notice him on this checklist later. Coach Mario Cristobal additionally welcomes the return of the operating again Mark Fletcher and the addition of receiver Cooper Barkate, who caught greater than 1,000 yards value of passes at Duke.
The Georgia switch simply missed main the crew to the title. Mensah, who’s extra gifted, has an opportunity to take the following step.
