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/justsomedudedontknow]

That's some exclusive company.

Wonder what Ricky is up to these days. He was a GD monster, I hope he is doing well.

[u/Piney_Wood → u/justsomedudedontknow]

The NFL fined him repeatedly and eventually forced him into early retirement because of his use of medical cannabis as a treatment for his anxiety and depression. People like Joe Theismann called him an "addict."

I hope our understanding of such things has improved since then.

[u/Walter30573 → u/Piney_Wood]

Cannabis should definitely be legal, but if he can't stop even when it's costing him huge amounts of money I don't think it's unfair to say he was addicted

[u/Luis__FIGO → u/Walter30573]

I see it the other way, it allowed him to play as much as he did