With his stellar play in recent weeks, Kyler Murray appears to be narrowing the national Heisman Trophy gap with Tua Tagovailoa. On top of that, he has been named a finalist for a pair of other prestigious awards.
The Maxwell Award is given to the to the nation’s top player, and Murray is joined by finalists Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama and Will Grier of West Virginia. In the race for the Davey O’Brien Award — presented to college football’s top quarterback — Murray made the cut with Tagovailoa and Washington State QB Gardner Minshew.