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If the three quarterbacks who arrived in New York as finalists for the Heisman Trophy — Jalen Hurts of Oklahoma, Justin Fields of Ohio State and Joe Burrow of Louisiana State — harbored this dream when they set off for college, the reality came in a different hue.
Hurts figured he’d be representing Alabama, Fields envisioned coming from Georgia, and Burrow pictured arriving from Ohio State.
“You just never know what life brings,” Hurts said in a nod toward his journey, which began with his starting two national title games at Alabama before he was supplanted by Tua Tagovailoa.