Alabama’s Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy in 2021, but no quarterback in college football had a better season than WKU’s Bailey Zappe.
The FCS transfer spent just one season with the Tops, but the six-foot, 213-pound quarterback set single-season FBS records for passing yards (5,967) and passing touchdowns (62). Playing for newly hired offensive coordinator Zach Kittley, Zappe helped lead Tyson Helton’s program to a 9-5 season with a huge win over Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl.
Zappe’s overall numbers were just unbelievably ridiculous.
The quarterback threw the ball 49.