Written by Terry P. Johnson at Bloguin
As a friend of mine was listening to the radio Wednesday morning, he heard one of the talk show hosts ask the question, “How can you not have Leonard Fournette on your Heisman list?”
Naturally, this friend immediately sent me a text message asking me the same question, since he didn’t see Fournette’s name on my mock Heisman ballot, which included my top three choices for this coveted award.
Now, before I explain my reasoning on the subject, I want to make it absolutely clear that this isn’t a knock on Fournette as a player. The man is clearly one of the best running backs in the country, so much so that many college football experts are comparing him to other SEC legends such as Herschel Walker. The fact that he’s in those type of conversations speaks volumes about how good he really is.
He certainly has the numbers to win college football’s highest honor. After six games, Fournette is still averaging over 200 yards per game, which — if it holds up — would make him just the fourth player in history to accomplish that feat. He’s also averaging 8 yards per carry, and leads the nation in second-down rushing, running for 572 yards on 58 carries (9.86 ypc), with 32 of those runs resulting in a first down.
It tough to argue with those results.
Yet, I’m not ready to say that he’s the most outstanding player in college football.
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