Three Heisman Trophy contenders might have moved nearer to securing an invitation to this 12 months’s ceremony.
On Tuesday, three finalists for the Maxwell Award, given yearly to the very best school soccer participant by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters and NCAA coaches, have been introduced. Through the years, the nominations have performed a superb job of mirroring the outcomes of Heisman voting, a promising signal for this 12 months’s honorees: Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Notre Dame operating again Jeremiyah Love.
Maxwell Award nominations may very well be first in lengthy line of accolades for Jeremiyah Love, Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin
We’ll possible hear the three names typically throughout award season after every participant put collectively unimaginable 2025 seasons.
Love gained 171 yards and scored three touchdowns on eight carries final Saturday in opposition to Syracuse. This season, the junior again has 185 carries, 1,306 dashing yards (7.1 yards per carry) and 20 complete touchdowns.
Mendoza is tied for the FBS lead in passing touchdowns (30) whereas finishing 73% of his cross makes an attempt for two,641 yards (9.5 yards per try). Sayin has thrown for two,832 yards, 27 touchdowns and 4 interceptions whereas main the nation in completion proportion (79.4%). Former Alabama quarterback Mac Jones set the earlier file at 77.4% (2020).
Since 2015, 26 of the 30 gamers (86.7%) named a Maxwell Award finalist have gone on to obtain a Heisman nod.
Of the 4 that bought snubbed, two have been operating backs, which may put Love on extra perilous floor than Mendoza and Sayin.
The SEC champion quarterback, whether or not it is Texas A&M‘s Marcel Reed, Alabama’s Ty Simpson or Georgia‘s Gunner Stockton, could have a powerful declare to be named a finalist. Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, a Bednarik Award finalist for finest defensive participant, can be deserving of great consideration, as is Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Oregon quarterback Dante Moore.
There are extra deserving candidates than Heisman finalist areas, rising the stakes of the following two weeks. The candidates will separate themselves, and on Tuesday, three bought a head begin.
