Jabrill Peppers is now No. 2 in ESPN Heismanology and his odds in Vegas are skyrocketing

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I have a feeling if Michigan runs the table and Peppers has big games against Ohio State and in the B1G championship he's going to win the award. Feldman and Mandel noted on their podcast this week that Lamar Jackson has really been stat padding in garbage time of games this year and with their schedule down the stretch (and the FSU game meaning less now that they are 5-3) he's in danger of losing his stranglehold in the race.

Each week, ESPN polls all of its Heisman Trophy voters and asks them to file a sample ballot. ESPN college football announcer Joe Tessitore reveals the top five candidates every week in “Heismanology.” Previously, Peppers came in at No. 3 behind Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson.

But this week, Peppers made a significant jump after another all-around effort. Peppers came in at No. 2 behind only Jackson.

Tessitore explained why Peppers got the bump.

“We have been tracking Jabrill Peppers the last few weeks calling him ‘the great divide candidate.’ Voters either put him first or second or leave him off the ballot entirely.” Tessitore said. “Not any longer with Peppers. He now appears on 79 percent of the ballots, so he takes the big jump to second.”

http://saturdaytradition.com/michigan-football/peppers-heismanology-second-explained/

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BleedsBlue

November 1st, 2016 at 6:46 PM ^

I want him to win as much as everyone else, but he has exactly 0 (zero) interceptions in a Michigan uniform. I think that is a going to be used as a substantial knock against him, considering he is a primarily defensive player.

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Lan Jiao

November 1st, 2016 at 9:07 PM ^

It really looks like #5 is going to be representing M as a Heisman finalist in December. Can't deny the bump in exposure or recruiting. You can be sure that JH/Don Brown will be pushing this hard with every LB/DB prospect in the near future.

 

Seems that among M fans and the media alike, Jabrill is going to be compared with Woodson. Whether this is fair or not is another debate, but M will need to be undefeated with Jabrill having some major highlights in the OSU & B1G Championship games if he's going to make a serious push.

 

I didn't know that anybody could ever top Desmond's punt return, but Woodson matched it. Let's see what JB5 can do...

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Eye of the Tiger

November 1st, 2016 at 9:36 PM ^

He's a great player but let's be honest: he isn't winning the Heisman unless he has a couple Woodson-esque outcome-of-the-game changing plays. Otherwise it will go to a QB or full-time offensive skill player, as it almost always does. (And this year it's almost certainly a QB.)



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