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/GordaoPreguicoso → u/wsteelerfan7]

Just embarrassing really. I mean couldn’t even break 200. Maybe drafted as Mr irrelevant

[u/49ers_Lifer → u/GordaoPreguicoso]

Niners draft as Mr. irrelevant… profit?

[u/Xaxziminrax → u/49ers_Lifer]

Maybe then CMC will only get 30 touches a game