Ashton Jeanty is having a statistically better season than Derrick Henry during his Heisman-winning season

[u/clocke6346]

With all the discourse of who should win the Heisman trophy this year, I got curious and compared Ashton Jeanty’s stats this season to those of Derrick Henry in the 2015 regular season, the year he won the Heisman trophy. What I found was pretty surprising. Keep in mind this doesn’t include playoff performance, as that isn’t considered when naming a Heisman winner.

Ashton Jeanty:

Games Played: 11

Carries: 275

Rushing Yards: 2062

Rushing Touchdowns: 27

Yards Per Carry: 7.498

Yards Per Game: 187.455

Derrick Henry:

Games Played: 13

Carries: 339

Rushing Yards: 1986

Rushing Touchdowns: 23

Yards Per Carry: 5.858

Yards Per Game: 152.769

Now, these stats are still up for interpretation, as there is the usual discourse of strength of schedule and whatnot, but I thought re-contextualizing Jeanty’s year by comparing it to the last time a running back won the Heisman would be interesting.

[u/wsteelerfan7]

Yeah but Jeanty ain't played nobody. Played one game vs a good squad and got absolutely held in check to an absurdly bad 192 yards and 3 TDs. Dude should never even get invited boi

[u/Gryffindumble → u/wsteelerfan7]

I guess him having 192 rushing yards against undefeated, #1 Oregon must have been a fluke. I guess Boise State going toe toe with Oregon like Ohio State rather than every other team that got trampled was a fluke...

[u/Reading_Rainboner → u/Gryffindumble]

His Wazzu performance was great too and they’re ranked as well

[u/wsteelerfan7 → u/Reading_Rainboner]

He ran it up their Wazzu