For the rest of the college football season, Yahoo Sports will highlight the leading candidates for the Heisman Trophy on a weekly basis. All odds are via BetMGM.
Both teams are undefeated and have national championship aspirations and they also are led by two of the top contenders to win the Heisman Trophy — senior quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix.
Penix’s emergence helped Indiana get to a bowl game in 2019, and then he led the Hoosiers’ breakthrough season in 2020. IU started the season 6-0 and rose to No. 12 in the rankings, but Penix’s season was again cut short by another ACL tear. A brutal two-win season for the Hoosiers and another season-ending injury for Penix followed in 2021, so the quarterback hit the transfer portal in hopes of a fresh start.
Nix, meanwhile, is also making the most of his opportunity at a second school. Nix is the son of former Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix and he followed in his dad’s footsteps by signing to play for the Tigers. A five-star recruit out of high school, Nix immediately became Auburn’s starting quarterback but his play was up-and-down over three tumultuous years with the program that included the head-coaching transition from Gus Malzahn to Bryan Harsin.
In five games, he’s thrown for 1,999 yards with 16 touchdowns and two interceptions while completing 74.7% of his attempts. That’s 399.8 yards per game, which leads the country by a wide margin. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is second nationally at 336.7 yards per game. Sanders has a 21-yard edge on Penix for the national lead in passing yards, but Sanders has played in six games compared to Penix’s five.
Williams has thrown for 1,817 yards and 22 touchdowns with just one interception while completing 71.7% of his attempts. He also has six rushing TDs on the year. But the schedule is about to considerably pick up in difficulty. The Trojans will head on the road to face No. 21 Notre Dame this week with conference games vs. Utah, Washington, Oregon and UCLA on the horizon.
Gabriel led a dramatic, last-minute touchdown drive to push the Sooners past rival Texas, 34-30. Not only did Gabriel throw for 285 yards and the game-winning touchdown pass with 15 seconds remaining, he also scored on the ground and had a career-high 113 rushing yards. For the season, Gabriel is up to 1,878 yards and 16 touchdowns with two interceptions and a 72.3 completion percentage. He also has 208 yards and five touchdowns as a runner.
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