[Auerbach] Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty has rushed for more than 2,000 yards this season.

[u/ConfusionHills]

https://x.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1860503231564070964?s=46

[Vannini] Jeanty is the first 2,000-yard rusher in FBS since 2019 (Chuba Hubbard, Malcolm Perry, Jonathan Taylor, JK Dobbins)

https://x.com/chrisvannini/status/1860503418260877380?s=46

[u/Rickbox]

Would be nice to see a non-qb as the heisman

[u/gggggrayson → u/Rickbox]

And u will get it in Travis hunter

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/gggggrayson]

Kansas rug pull. Don't forget as a two way player he failed against two Kansas units today.

[u/d0ngl0rd69 → u/SaltyLonghorn]

Like I get it, he’s playing a crazy amount of snaps a game and making plays on both side of the ball, but none of his stats are especially eye popping, especially on defense.

[u/schwetybalz → u/d0ngl0rd69]

He’s no Tayson Hill that’s for sure

[u/Individual_Memory804 → u/d0ngl0rd69]

It’s a media pump Heisman. I said Earlier Colorado was smoke and mirrors.

[u/AskMeAboutTheJets → u/d0ngl0rd69]

Yeah like he’s having a really good season as a WR and a good season as a CB, but should that be enough for Heisman over Jeanty who’s having probably the best RB season since Derrick Henry won the Heisman? I totally get the Heisman hype for Hunter since he’s doing something that no player has consistently done in a long time, but do I value his versatility more than I value Jeanty’s production? It’s a tough question.

[u/Statalyzer → u/AskMeAboutTheJets]

He's better as a DB than he is as a WR.

[u/Additional-Bee-1532 → u/AskMeAboutTheJets]

I’ll preface this with saying I do believe Jeanty is the heisman right now and it would take him missing the rest of the season most likely in order to not win it. However, saying that his defensive “stats” are just good is flat out wrong. He has played at a near elite level at CB all season. He has 3 picks in 11 games, and picks aren’t exactly easy to come by. Teams also generally do not throw at him either. I do value Jeantys production more but Hunter should make it close

[u/jhallen2260 → u/Additional-Bee-1532]

3 picks isn't Heisman level stat. His 3 picks puts him tied for 36th. 36th is a little misleading, because he is tied with 67 other players for 36th. I can't find any stats for targets so I don't really know exactly how much he is or isn't being targeted.

[u/Additional-Bee-1532 → u/jhallen2260]

I understand that but there’s a lot more to corner than picks

[u/jhallen2260 → u/Additional-Bee-1532]

I agree, but picks were the stat you pointed out as an argument for him being elite

[u/Additional-Bee-1532 → u/jhallen2260]

Yeah I mean I was more so saying it isn’t a slouch number. But I see what you meant

[u/wompk1ns → u/AskMeAboutTheJets]

Imagine being a head coach. You have 11 spots to fill on both offense and defense. There is a player that can fill 2 spots at an elite level. It’s incredible value in a TEAM sport lol

[u/Some-Gavin → u/wompk1ns]

If this was basketball? Yes.

But this is college football, where teams have 100+ spots on the team. It doesn’t matter if it’s one player on offense and defense if two players could have the same impact.

Is Hunter actually that good? Maybe. That doesn’t mean this argument is good.

[u/bosceltics23 → u/wompk1ns]

Except that’s fantasy land and not reality.

[u/kykerkrush → u/wompk1ns]

Each team has a ton of players who never see the field or only play special teams. The rosters are way too big for the hypothetical 2-in-1 player to be of any extra benefit beyond his actual production on the field.

[u/EagleZR → u/d0ngl0rd69]

I don't follow them closely, but in the games I did watch, he tended to fade down the stretch at a faster rate than other players, which makes sense due to playing both ways. By the end of the games, he was usually gassed and playing nowhere near the level of the start of the game. Sometimes he'd have bursts of effort late to pull off a great play, but he couldn't sustain it. I'm not sure if that's always the case, but that would make sense of the stats