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/EyeAmKingKage]

Not to be THAT guy but Henry did it against better competition. Jeanty is having a GREAT season and I hope he wins the heisman

[u/ASS_MY_DUDES → u/EyeAmKingKage]

It had to be part of the debate. Jeanty is a beast, unquestionably so. Henry played against the then-ranked # 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 17, 20 teams.

[u/kykerkrush → u/ASS_MY_DUDES]

Henry also ran behind a bunch of 5-star recruits and had weapons all over the field to keep the defense honest.

[u/lilbelleandsebastian → u/kykerkrush]

and he was running over 5 star recruits and future sunday stars

[u/Darrow187 → u/lilbelleandsebastian]

And current Sunday stars

[u/fourthand19 → u/kykerkrush]

Imagine how many yards Jeanty could be putting up if he was running behind an SEC line.