Enhanced email blasts and social media spreaders have started at Ohio State for this college football season’s Heisman Trophy race. The top-ranked and unbeaten Buckeyes are campaigning for two potential finalists in the conversation — quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith — and are trying to become the eighth team since 2000 to send multiple players to New York for the ceremony.
Troy Smith became Ohio State’s sixth Heisman winner in 2006 and is the last Buckeyes player to earn the prestigious honor despite producing a couple of finalists and national championships since.
According to FanDuel Sportsbook’s updated odds entering Week 11, Sayin, a redshirt freshman, is the frontrunner with his teammate a few players behind him.
Locked in a legitimate competition with redshirt sophomore Lincoln Kienholz during spring camp and the early portion of fall practice, Sayin was Day’s pick to lead based on a year-long evaluation that went well beyond arm strength and accuracy.
Sayin needed to be a dependable facilitator given Ohio State’s weaponry, like Smith, and be able to move around the pocket given the Buckeyes’ changes along the offensive line. His numbers have impressed through eight starts — 2,188 yards passing and 23 touchdowns — and Sayin’s become even more lethal as the season has progressed.
Teams with multiple Heisman finalists since the turn of the century include 2020 Alabama with DeVonta Smith and Mac Jones, the 2019 Buckeyes with Chase Young and Justin Fields, 2016 Oklahoma with Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook, 2004 and 2005 USC with Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush, 2004 Oklahoma with Jason White and Adrian Peterson and 2002 Miami with Ken Dorsey and Willis McGahee.
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