On Tuesday, two weeks after Alabama’s national title game win over Georgia, Bovada released its early odds for the 2018 Heisman race. Both the 2017 winner, Baker Mayfield, and 2016’s, Lamar Jackson, are off to the NFL this spring, and this year’s crop of hopefuls is on the whole younger and less experienced than the players who topped last year’s list. In fact, of the 11 players with at least 12/1 early odds this time last year, only four return in 2018: Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts, Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley and Washington quarterback Jake Browning.
Unpacking the Early 2018 Heisman Trophy Odds
