CollegeFootballStars.com Announces its List of 2005 Heisman Trophy Candidates
CollegeFootballStars.com, exclusive home to the 2005 Player Guide and 2005 Ultimate Season Pass, recently announced its list of Heisman Trophy candidates for the upcoming 2005 season. All 10 players making the 2005 list are either a quarterback, a running back or a wide receiver.
(PRWEB) July 18, 2005 -- CollegeFootballStars.com, exclusive home to the 2005
Player Guide and 2005 Season Pass, recently announced its list of Heisman Trophy
candidates for the upcoming 2005 season.
Since CollegeFootballStars.com
(located at www.collegefootballstars.com) focuses on offensive players at
the skill-positions, it should serve as no surprise that all 10 players making
the 2005 list are either a quarterback, a running back or a wide receiver. A
star defensive player may very well finish sixth or seventh in the voting. But
since only one player has ever won the award without playing some type of
offensive skill position (Leon Hart in 1949), CollegeFootballStars.com did not
include a defensive player on its list.
According to
CollegeFootballStars.com, the following 10 candidates have the best chance to
win the prestigious award. This list is not a prediction of the final Heisman
Trophy standings, but rather an analysis of the most legitimate favorites to
hoist the trophy when it is awarded in December. Included with each candidate is
a brief justification for each player’s inclusion.
1) Adrian Peterson,
RB, Oklahoma
History has proved that it is very tough for an underclassman to
win the award. But Peterson’s unprecedented second-place finish as freshman last
year grants him a front seat in this race. With only five offensive starters
returning, Peterson will take over as the number one option in the entire Sooner
attack.
2) Matt Leinart, QB, USC
Leinart will be this year's Jason
White. He is the defending Heisman Trophy winner on a great team, but history
has shown it’s tough to win the award in consecutive years.
3) Reggie
Bush, RB, USC
Bush is without question the best athlete in all of college
football, but a tough schedule and lack of touches (thanks to playing on a team
with several other Heisman candidates) hurts his chances.
4) Chris Leak,
QB, Florida
Leak will be playing a lot of games on national television in a
system that will allow him to produce great offensive numbers (both factors are
popular with Heisman voters). But last year’s version of Leak, Alex Smith,
finished a distant fourth in the voting.
5) Laurence Maroney, RB,
Minnesota
Without having to share carries with the departed Marion Barber
III, Maroney could lead the nation in rushing.
6) Vince Young, QB,
Texas
Young will be a candidate just because of what he did n the Rose Bowl
last season. He will be a front-runner if Texas can get by Oklahoma. That’s a
big “if”.
7) DeAngelo Williams, RB, Memphis
Williams, probably the
nation’s best running back that not many people have ever seen play, should lead
the nation in all-purpose yardage in 2005.
8) Omar Jacobs, QB, Bowling
Green
Jacobs was the most productive player in Division 1A last season. He
will lead a Bowling Green attack that is going to score touchdowns at an
alarming rate. His lack of attention playing in the MAC minimizes his shot to
win the award.
9) Brad Smith, QB, Missouri
Smith has the potential to
be the most exciting player in the country not named Bush. His ability to run
with the ball and pass should raise more than a few eyebrows this
season.
10) Derek Hagan, WR, Arizona State
Playing with the talented
yet unproven QB Sam Keller, the better-known Hagan will benefit from Keller’s
downfield passing ability and should rank ahead of Keller in the media
race.
The CollegeFootballStars.com list of Heisman Trophy candidates is
developed by the website’s editorial staff. The criteria for being included is
unique compared to that of other publications. To be included in the
CollegeFootballStars.com list, a player must have a history of outstanding and
consistent offensive production that establishes him as one of the nation’s
elite performers. Furthermore, a player must also have a chance to equal, or
preferably, improve that production in the upcoming season as a result of
external factors such as strength of schedule (or lack thereof), history of
injury, other returning players and depth on his team, coaching, and the offense
scheme for which he plays.
CollegeFootballStars.com acknowledges, but
does not heed, other factors such as how much media attention a player receives,
BCS conference favoritism, ad campaigns, or marketing from a player’s sports
information department. CollegeFootballStars.com feels strongly that a player’s
on-field performance is what should ultimately decide who wins the award
intended for the nation’s top college football player.
About
CollegeFootballStars.com
CollegeFootballStars.com is a membership website
that publishes both the Player Guide and the Season Pass before each season for
college football fans. Both publications are unique because they focus on
college football players, not teams. Founded by two life-long college football
fans, the website boasts members from all over the world. For more information,
logon to www.collegefootballstars.com.
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