Bovada has Shea Patterson at 11th* in Heisman Odds
Bovada updated their Heisman odds, and Shea Patterson is at 11th*. The asterisk is because he is actually not at 11th, but in a two way tie for 4th with JK Dobbins, Ohio St RB. The 11th place is done by 247, I think, for purposes of the article. So, as far as numbers of players ahead of him, they decided to put him at 11th. They could have placed him at 10th though, and JK Dobbins at 11th. Maybe Michigan's offensive line reputation from last year put him in the lower slot.
Oddly, they have Trevor Lawrence, Clemson true Freshman QB, raked higher than Shea Patterson. Trevor Lawrence (at this point) is not even projected to be the starter. The projected starter (at this point), Kelly Bryant, is ranked at 19th. So Clemson has two in the top 20, both of them QBs. For him to be ranked that high there must be gamblers perception money with Trevor Lawrence as he was the #1 player over all coming out of high school last year. And there's been LOTS of buzz about him.
They have Khalil Tate, QB Arizona, at 9th, in a six way tie for 3rd. I have seen Khalil Tate play. He is an exciting, virtually one man show at Arizona, a great player with a tough attitude. He is being coached this year by Kevin Sumlin. Kevin Sumlin has produced some fantastic college QBs; Drew Brees, Jason White, Sam Bradford, Case Keenum, and Johnny Manziel. It will be interesting to see what he and Khalil Tate do together.
Lastly, they have Cam Akers, RB Florida St, in a two way tie for 6th with Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham. Greg Frey is now offensive line coach at Florida St. We will see if his work can produce an RB that gets Heisman talk. We'll also see if he can produce an offensive line that can keep a QB upright and out of the x-ray room. But who knows, maybe the combination of Greg Frey and Tim Drevno working together was too many cooks in the kitchen, and Frey will do well at Florida St.
https://www.bovada.lv/sports/football/college-season-props
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1999041-kevin-sumlins-absolutely-ridiculous-quarterback-tree
He would be in a two-way tie for 10th then. You don't count all 6 of the people tied for third as one person. They are still all above him.
Having now checked the link, he's actually tied for 9th with Dobbins. Tagovailoa and Bryce Love are tied for 1st and Jonathan Taylor is third.
Thanks CC for bringing simple logic, elementary math, and accurate reporting to this thread. Jan, learn from CC.
I'm confused on the forecasting of Patterson. Some are saying he wasn't very good, completely sucked against great defenses, and lost his starting job. Others have him as a top 15 candidate to win the Heisman on a team that last year was 110th in passing ypg and only threw 9 TDs.
Those saying that he wasn’t very good are either SEC slappies or bitter rivals. Those saying he lost his starting job are flat out liars from the state of Mississippi.
It looks to me to be classic Michigan fan bait. I’m sure there are plenty of homers with more disposable income than me taking those odds at the moment.
He had a great game against Auburn, the #1 S&P pass defense last year. Those saying he lost his job to Ta’amu are either totally ignorant or liars.
A true freshman QB with Heisman buzz. Somewhere ND is smiling.
Still waiting on Ron Powlus to get his first of three Heismans.
Rick Mirer has to win one first.
If he was still playing for Ole Miss he would not even be on this list.
He'd have a really nice car though.
1. Love
2. Patterson
3. Grier
4. Taylor
5. Dobbins
Can you bet AGAINST guys? I'd take a lot of guys over Tua.
Yes, if you own the casino.
The way he stepped in, in the highest of pressure situations, & to do what he did as a true freshman... Betting against him is probably not a good idea anyway.
Lucky for me, I do own the casino.
Rewatch the 2nd half of that football game. Georgia lost that game a lot more than Bama won it. To his credit, he made some plays but a LOT of good things happened for him in that football game that aren't very replicable.
In any case, a) he's not the guaranteed starter, and b) not going to have great QB stats even if he is the starter because that's not what Bama does. Jalen Hurts threw for 2000 yards and 17 TDs last year. Even with his 800 or so yards rushing, that doesn't win the Heisman.
a couple of NFL sites have Patterson as the #1 draft pick; Gary #2 or #3
I am not the least bit surprised after watching every single snap he played in from last season. Dude is an absolute baller.