It took 13 starts for Alabama QB Bryce Young to establish himself as the top player in college football. Oddsmakers aren’t expecting a repeat performance.
The Crimson Tide have produced four of the last 13 Heisman winners, including the last two. Young faces a historic task trying to repeat after his eye-popping 2021 campaign, so why not take a shot on the player many consider to be the best in the country?
Anderson finished fifth in Heisman voting last year and realistically deserved a better showing after leading the country in sacks and tackles for loss — amassing a dozen more TFLs than any other defender. He also ranked among the nation’s best in overall tackles and QB pressures and recorded at least one sack in seven consecutive games entering the College Football Playoff.
He did all that as a sophomore, so it’s anyone’s guess what the 20-year-old will do for an encore in 2022. If he can build on that production for an Alabama team that enters the season atop every major poll, he’ll be among the finalists in New York in December.It’s remarkable to see a talent such as Ewers dealing as a +5000 long shot just a year after he was battling Stroud for the Buckeyes’ starting job in 2021.
Much like Young before him, Ewers was the No. 1 quarterback prospect out of high school and has drawn comparisons to Trevor Lawrence as a prototypical arm with a clean delivery and some burst as a scrambler. He’s the perfect fit for Steve Sarkisian’s offense at Texas, where he will be surrounded by elite playmakers in running back Bijan Robinson – another Heisman dark horse at +4000 — and top wideout Xavier Worthy, who posted 981 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns as a freshman.
Ewers hasn’t been named the starter yet, which is likely inflating the price here, but it feels like a lock that the former top recruit will have the reins of this high-octane Texas offense. And he will have plenty of pressure to perform with mega-recruit Arch Manning on his way in 2023. This is a make-or-break year for Ewers, who has the talent and supporting cast to have a Young-like start to his collegiate career.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
’13: The Musical’ Review: A Teen Musical Too Wholesome for Words, But the Songs PopA piece of pop culture can mark a paradigm shift, even when it has no idea it’s doing so. (The lack of calculation is part of why the paradigm shifts.) That’s what happened in the summer of 1978, w…
Read more »
13 Virtual And IRL Things To Do Around DC This WeekA book talk at the Spy Museum, a mermaid-themed 'beach club,' and a ukulele festival are among the events on the calendar around the D.C. region this week:
Read more »
NFL Preseason Week 1: Texans 17, Saints 13 — Four Winners, Four LosersThe Houston Texans' first preseason game of the 2022 season, the first game of any sort with Lovie Smith as the new head coach, was a perfect microcosm of the preseason as a whole, thus far. The quality of play was a melange of sloppiness, youthful mistakes, but with just...
Read more »
13-year-old SF Bay Area girl reported missingThe Oakland Police Department is calling on the public to help find a 13-year-old girl from Alameda who went missing three days ago.
Read more »
The 13 Best Nail Polish Colors to Wear This FallIn addition to pumpkin spice lattes, we can’t wait to indulge in fall's latest nail polish colors and trends 💅
Read more »