Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Stetson Bennett and TCU Horned Frogs signal caller Max Duggan were two of the unlikeliest Heisman Trophy finalists. Bennett was the 2,569th-ranked player in the 2017 Class per the 247Sports composite rankings and began his career at UGA as a walk-on.
While Duggan was a four-star recruit with 29 starts in three seasons at TCU, he started the 2022 campaign as the backup in Fort Worth after losing the quarterback battle to Oklahoma transfer Chandler Morris. When Morris went down with a knee injury in the third quarter of TCU’s opener, Duggan came off the bench, raced 33 yards on his first play, and never looked back.