The top Heisman contender to watch is Lamar Jackson playing NC State, a team that is coming off a heart breaking loss to Clemson. Now NC State is going up against Jackson whose Cardinals also suffered a heartbreaking loss to Clemson and then came out flat against Duke in their follow up game. Now Jackson looks to get back on track.
Jabrill Peppers is becoming more and more recognized as a legitimate Heisman contender. Now he has another easy matchup against Illinois to help pad his stat line. This is an opportunity to get some sacks, tackles for loss, and offensive production on a weak team.