Halfway through the college football season, this Heisman Trophy voter has one observation.
Luther Burden III, so far, is mostly missing from one heck of a race.
Hopes were high for Missouri’s star receiver to make some Heisman noise in what is expected by all to be his final college season before entering the NFL Draft. The odds, as always, are stacked against any player who isn’t a quarterback. Yet here we are at the midpoint, and not one but two non-QBs are near if not at the top of my Heisman watch list.
Some don’t like the swagger of Deion Sanders and his attention-grabbing Colorado Buffs, and a College Football Playoff appearance for them seems unlikely after a second loss in six games, but none of that should detract from the impressiveness and rarity of two-way sensation Travis Hunter.