The 2022 college football season is in the books, and it’s time to look ahead to the 2023 season. One question for the 2023 season is who will win the Heisman Trophy.
So far, USC quarterback Caleb Williams has strong chances to pull an Archie Griffin and win back-to-back Heisman Trophies. However, there is one player who has better chances to win the trophy: Drake Maye.
SportsBetting.ag released its odds this week for next season’s Heisman Trophy, and the North Carolina quarterback was at the top of the list. There were several players on the list.
- Drake Maye +525
- Caleb Williams +550
- Jordan Travis +800
- Michael Penix Jr. +1200
- Sam Hartman +1200
- Bo Nix +1400
Of course, the six players with the best chances are all quarterbacks. It's interesting that five of the six quarterbacks on the list transferred schools.
Maye has been at North Carolina from the start, but Williams went from Oklahoma to USC; Travis went from Louisville to Florida State; Penix went from Indiana to Washington; Hartman from Wake Forest to Notre Dame; and Nix from Auburn to Oregon.
It’s easy to see why Maye made the list. In his redshirt freshman season for North Carolina, Maye passed for 4,321 yards, 38 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Maye also rushed for 698 yards and seven touchdowns. He finished 10th in Heisman voting for the 2022 season. If he improves on those numbers next season, he’ll probably receive an invitation to New York City, but winning it is a different question.
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