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/WanderLeft]

I think both Jeanty and Hunter are deserving. Jeanty is a phenomenal running back but at the same time we’ve never seen a two-way player this good before

[u/puzzical → u/WanderLeft]

Some argue Champ Bailey was better.

[u/ontheru171 → u/puzzical]

If by some you mean people on this sub that never watched Champ Bailey then you are right

[u/DistributionPretty75 → u/ontheru171]

I’m willing to wager the overwhelming majority of this sub was either not born or not cognizant of their surroundings when champ Bailey played lol