Louisville's Lamar Jackson wins Heisman; Peppers finishes 5th in voting
Lamar Jackson wins by the 6th largest margin in the history of the Heisman.
Results:
Finalists | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | Point Totals |
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Lamar Jackson | 526 | 251 | 64 | 2,144 |
Deshaun Watson | 269 | 302 | 113 | 1,524 |
Baker Mayfield | 26 | 72 | 139 | 361 |
Dede Westbrook | 7 | 49 | 90 | 209 |
Jabrill Peppers | 11 | 45 | 85 | 208 |
December 10th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^
OSU to pick him at least 3 times with at least one of those going for 6. Watson is an overrated passer and he hasn't played a defense on the level of what he's going to face in the semi.
December 10th, 2016 at 10:40 PM ^
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December 10th, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
Id say 5th in the Heisman is pretty respectable . Lets hope he comes back next year and does better .
December 10th, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
December 10th, 2016 at 10:33 PM ^
Prepare yourself now because HE GONE. That decision has already been made it seems.
December 10th, 2016 at 9:59 PM ^
Is this the worst thing Johnny Manziel has ever done? pic.twitter.com/qfriiighvv
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December 10th, 2016 at 10:25 PM ^
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December 10th, 2016 at 10:35 PM ^
keeps negging every single post that a less-than-rainbows opinion on Peppers????
Oh yeah, I MEMBER NOW
December 10th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
December 10th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
What position do you think he will play in the NFL? Because I just don't know yet
December 10th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^
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December 10th, 2016 at 10:42 PM ^
Congrats to Jabrill for making it to NY - he clearly deserved that, at least. I was hoping he'd be 3rd, but I'm happy with 5th because he earned it. No, he wasn't the best defensive player in CFB, and maybe not on his own team, either. He played so many positions that he couldn't get really good at any of them. But he made game changing plays at everyone of those positions. He allowed several defensive coverages from the same formation without changing personal. Hell, Woodson didn't even do that!
But does anyone have any doubts that he could be one of the very best positional players at any of the positions he played, should he have concentrated on that one position alone? I don't. I think he would have excelled as a DB (and believe he'll play safety in the NFL), and as a RB.
One thing that struck me through the year, though, that really stood out for me concerning the Heisman: he didn't elevate his level of play in big games. He was really good in every game, consistently really good. Woodson separated himself in the biggest games. He stood out against MSU. He stood out against PSU. He stood out against OSU. And he stood out against WSU in the Rose Bowl. Jabrill didn't stand out, he was consistently really good in every game. Right or wrong, that hurt his chances as much as anything.
December 10th, 2016 at 10:54 PM ^
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December 10th, 2016 at 11:47 PM ^
And nobody is surprised! Though I think its kind of ridiclous the Baker Mayfield is #3 on the list, when he has Dede Westbrook, Samaje Perine, and Joe Mixon as weapons. Not to mention the Big 12 wouldn't know what defense was if it hit them in the face. Though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by Mayfields placement, as previous Alabama running backs win it off the strength of their O-Line.
December 10th, 2016 at 11:49 PM ^
Sadly peppers could've easily won this award had our staff not been offensively challenged with how to use him. I'm still puzzled as to why we didn't see peppers more as a standard RB like we did in 15. With all the big wins we had, if the coaches used Jabrill the right way he could've easily had 10-15 td on offense.
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December 11th, 2016 at 1:01 AM ^
a pretty weak field of candidates. Peppers is a great player, but there is a lot of hype there for things plenty of other players can do just as well or better.
Great player and I'll miss the heck out of him when he's gone. It should be a great honor for him to be invited to NY as a primarily defensive player and exceedingly difficult thing to accomplish.
Well done Jabril.
December 11th, 2016 at 2:41 AM ^
I stopped caring about the Heisman after
Cam Newton won it. Don't get me wrong Cam was the best player in college football that year but, they made such a big deal about outstanding moral fiber and a leader of men. it's like when a recruit says he cares about academics and chooses ASU over Michigan
December 11th, 2016 at 3:43 AM ^
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December 11th, 2016 at 6:54 AM ^
It would have been nice but I really didn't expect him to win it, especially with all the hype Jackson was getting. He is an exciting player. I have to wonder how he would have done against the B10 or SEC??
December 11th, 2016 at 9:43 AM ^
Jackson in now way has those numbers in the B1G or SEC. Not even a question in my mind and although Jabrill finished fifth and didn't have the most exciting last couple games, he still had the most impressive season in my mind. From an actual football players standpoint and not just being a biased fan, Jabrill was the best talent up there with the best season. He could do just about everything that every one of those cats could do. Maybe doesn't have the arm or accuracy to throw great but whatever. None of them can come close to doing everything that he does. Oh and where was that big stud McCaffrey again that all of you were hyping up for so long?
December 11th, 2016 at 1:31 PM ^
Folks, it's very cool that we got an exciting player to Ney York. That has not happened for 13 years, and it was looking for a while that it would never happen again.
December 11th, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^
I didn't think Peppers even should have gone to New York. He faded big time down the stretch. He's a fantastic player, supremely talented...but what he did on the field just did not rise to the level of Heisman-caliber. I mean, yeah, he played a bunch of different positions...but after about MSU he stopped having much success at any of his positions other than his defense, and even then the defense around him was so good that his own individual strengths were shaded by the collective strengths of the rest of the defense. He was arguably not even the best defender on the team. In fact, Lewis had more of a Heisman moment than Peppers did with that game-sealing INT against Wisconsin.
I know that was incredibly negative to say. Well, maybe I'm saying all of this so that Peppers can come back next year to prove me wrong and win the Heisman. PROVE ME WRONG, DAMNIT.
December 11th, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
About how I figured it would go, but thought it should have been closer between Watson and Jackson. I also thought Peppers deserved 3rd, over the Oklahoma duo, because of what he brought to the table, but I didn't feel the voters felt the same and obviously they didn't.