Heisman Rankings 2018: Top 20 Heisman Trophy candidates
By Brad Weiss
The 2018 college football season is slated to kick off later this month, so let us take a look at the top-20 Heisman Trophy candidates.
The college football season is upon us, and that means that every program in the country gets to start the year with a clean slate. Alabama proved to be the best in the business once again in 2017, beating the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, earning their second title in three years.
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The offseason has produced many storylines around college football leading up to August, but now it is time to buckle the chin straps and get to work. With the college football season on the horizon, let us look at the top-20 Heisman Trophy candidates for the upcoming campaign.
Top 20 Heisman Trophy Candidates for 2018
The Oklahoma Sooners have become a hotbed for running backs, and Rodney Anderson has a chance to make his mark on the program in 2018. Anderson was the best running back in college football over the last two months of last season and should get off to a hot start in his junior year with the Sooners.
Anderson played as a true freshman back in 2015 but only appeared in two games before breaking his leg. In 2016, he missed the entire season due to a neck injury, and after a slow start to the 2017 campaign, he began to assert himself as a legitimate Heisman candidate heading into 2018.
In the Sooners final game of the 2017 season, their Rose Bowl loss to the Georgia Bulldogs, Anderson rushed for over 200 yards and two touchdowns against a defense that had not allowed a 200-yard rusher all season long. In the final eight games of the season, Anderson averaged nearly 170 yards per contest, which are the kind of numbers you need to put up if you are going to win the Heisman.
Oklahoma will be solid again in 2018, and with Anderson not having to deal with a three-running back platoon, he should be even more productive. Quarterback Kyler Murray will take some of the pressure off of him, but it will be Anderson’s show in Norman this Fall.