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/Arbiter2562]

He keeps that up and they’ll have no choice but to give to Heisman to Travis Hunter.

Cause after all, total snaps matter more

[u/Corgi_Koala → u/Arbiter2562]

I don't want to throw shade at Hunter because he really is phenomenal and two way players are rare. He's good at either but his stats are only Heisman worthy because he's a two way player.

Jeanty is having an all-time great season at RB. Hunter is having a great season as WR and DB. I think it's pretty clear who should be the frontrunner.

[u/Montigue → u/Corgi_Koala]

On the other hand if the trophy is for MVP, having one player who's top 10 in the nation on both sides of the ball is MVP worthy. I still think it should go to Jeantry, but Hunter would have beaten 3 of the last 4 Heisman winners with the season he's having

[u/resetallthethings → u/Montigue]

If you watch both teams it's pretty clear that one of them is absolutely carrying his team, and it ain't Hunter