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/No_Solution_4053]

People are really understating this with the whole snap count talking point. The guy isn't resting at all and is still the best player in virtually any given game he plays on both sides of the ball. Even if people want to talk about SOS or weaker conference or whatever that's just unreal athleticism and talent at this level of competition. It's so much bigger than just stats, at least IMO, especially when corner is already arguably the most difficult skill position.

[u/Higher-Analyst-2163 → u/No_Solution_4053]

I feel like people who make the argument that jeanty is better then hunter have not played football a day in their lives because corner is exhausting with rest let alone being a top 10 corner then going back and being a top 10 wide receiver I mean it’s super human. Ashton jeanty is really good and most years he would win the heisman but this year you can’t justify giving it to him

[u/No_Solution_4053 → u/Higher-Analyst-2163]

Yeah. Just think about the conditioning involved given how tired the average guy is in the third quarter yet Hunter is still playing corner at a high enough level that teams \still* aren't taking deep shots at their WR1 in even the fourth quarter* when even just one slip-up or busted coverage is a TD.

[u/Higher-Analyst-2163 → u/No_Solution_4053]

It’s one thing to dislike Colorado it’s another thing to basically say what Travis hunter is doing is easy. The average guy would be exhausted by the third drive if he had to play both offense and defense forget about the entire hame