For the rest of the college football season, Yahoo Sports will emphasize the leading prospects for the Heisman Trophy on a weekly basis. All chances are through BetMGM.
The mostsignificant videogame of Week 7 is the Pac-12 face-off inbetween No. 8 Oregon and No. 7 Washington.
Both groups are unbeaten and have nationwide champion goals and they likewise are led by 2 of the leading competitors to win the Heisman Trophy — senior quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. (Washington) and Bo Nix (Oregon).
The 2 have followed comparable courses by rejuvenating their professions after transfers to the West Coast. Penix, the existing wagering preferred to win the Heisman with +200 chances at BetMGM, saw the field early at Indiana before moving to Washington, however dealt with a variety of injuries.
Penix worked his method onto the field as a freshman for the Hoosiers, just to suffer a torn ACL and take a medical redshirt. Penix returned in 2019 as a redshirt freshman and made the beginning function, proving flashes of capacity in 6 begins before another season-ending injury, this time to his shoulder.
Penix’s development assisted Indiana get to a bowl videogame in 2019, and then he led the Hoosiers’ development season in2020 IU began the season 6-0 and increased to No. 12 in the rankings, however Penix’s season was onceagain cut brief by another ACL tear. A ruthless two-win season for the Hoosiers and another season-ending injury for Penix followed in 2021, so the quarterback hit the transfer website in hopes of a fresh start.
He discovered one at Washington, where Kalen DeBoer, his old offending planner at IU, hadactually been employed as head coach. It was a ideal match as Penix tossed for 4,641 backyards and 31 goals last season in DeBoer’s aggressive, downfield-attacking offense. And most notably, Penix remained healthy as Washington went 11-2.
Rather than dive to the NFL, Penix is back with the Huskies for one last season. And he’s definitely making the most of it as the wagering preferred to win the Heisman.
Nix, ontheotherhand, is likewise making the most of his chance at a 2nd school. Nix is the boy of previous Auburn quarterback Patrick Nix and he followed in his father’s steps by finalizing to play for the Tigers. A luxury hire out of high school, Bo Nix instantly endedupbeing Auburn’s beginning quarterback however his play was up-and-down over 3 troubled years with the program that consistedof the head-coaching shift from Gus Malzahn to Bryan Harsin.
The veryfirst year with Harsin did not go well, so Nix chose to transfer to Oregon to play for Kenny Dillingham, his veryfirst offending planner at Auburn. Dillingham, now the head coach at Arizona State, hadactually been employed as the OC for Dan Lanning in Eugene and he understood Nix might prosper in the Pac-12. Nix tossed for 3,593 lawns and 29 goals while hurrying for 510 lawns and 14 more ratings.
And like Penix, Nix chose to return for one last go-around rather than state for the NFL Draft. Those choices assisted set up one of the videogames of the year as the Huskies and Ducks satisfy Saturday in Seattle. Not just is the leading area in the Pac-12 standings and a significant CFP resume increase on the line, however it’s the kind of videogame that can make a significant effect on the Heisman candidateship of both Penix and Nix.
Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. (+200)
Michael Penix Jr. is putting up video game-like numbers this season.
In 5 videogames, he’s tossed for 1,999 backyards with 16 goals and 2 interceptions while finishing 74.7% of his efforts. That’s 399.8 lawns per videogame, which leads the nation by a broad margin. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders is 2nd nationally at 336.7 backyards per videogame. Sanders has a 21-yard edge on Penix for the nationwide lead in death backyards, however Sanders has played in 6 videogames compared to Penix’s 5.
Penix has topped the 400-yard mark and tossed at least 4 goal passes in 3 of UW’s 5 videogames. He likewise leads the country in backyards per effort at 11.2. And with Sa