If the three quarterbacks who arrived in New York as finalists for the Heisman Trophy — Jalen Hurts of Oklahoma, Justin Fields of Ohio State and Joe Burrow of Louisiana State — harbored this dream when they set off for college, the reality came in a different hue. Hurts figured he would be representing Alabama, Fields envisioned coming from Georgia, and Burrow pictured arriving from Ohio State. “You just never know what life brings,” Hurts said. What Saturday night’s ceremony — which included Ohio State defensive end Chase Young — also did is further stamp the influence of the transfer quarterback in college football. Burrow, who won the award in a record-breaking landslide, is the third consecutive transfer quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy, following Oklahoma quarterbacks Baker Mayfield, who began his career at Texas Tech, and Kyler Murray, who started at Texas A&M.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2019 01:55 UTC