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 one of the best faculty soccer participant by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters and NCAA coaches, had 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 working 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 seemingly hear the three names typically throughout award season after every participant put collectively unbelievable 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 speeding yards (7.1 yards per carry) and 20 whole touchdowns.
Mendoza is tied for the FBS lead in passing touchdowns (30) whereas finishing 73% of his move 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 report 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 acquired snubbed, two had been working backs, which might 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 greatest defensive participant, can also be deserving of significant consideration, as is Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Oregon quarterback Dante Moore.
There are extra deserving candidates than Heisman finalist areas, growing the stakes of the following two weeks. The candidates will separate themselves, and on Tuesday, three acquired a head begin.
