Alabama Football: Bryce Young’s weak Heisman competition

Alabama football may have repeat Heisman winners

Before Nick Saban, Alabama football had never seen a player win the Heisman Trophy. Since his arrival, the Tide have won three, and they have a chance to win a fourth in 2021.

All of Alabama’s previous Heisman winners have been skill players, but Bryce Young appears to be the frontrunner at this point. He’s leading one of the best offenses in the country, and his stats are up there with other great quarterbacks in history. He’s electric, accurate and smart within the pocket. As long as Alabama keeps winning, Bryce Young will remain the frontrunner.

There are always late risers in the polls, but you usually hear rumblings from most Heisman contenders at this point in the season. However, this seems to be an incredibly weak Heisman ballot behind Alabama football‘s signal-caller.

Heading into the season, there were plenty of Heisman candidates. Sam Howell, D.J. Uiagalelei and Spencer Rattler were near the top of the list due to their skills. Howell has not lived up to the hype, and Uiagalelei is already out of the race due to two losses and atrocious performances on his part. Rattler might squeak his way back into the race, but he is nowhere near the top of the standings right now.

This is a down year for college football as a whole. Many of the teams you associate with the CFP are failing, and the teams replacing them are doing it without one specific star. There is no current face of college football, and that is why Bryce Young is the easy frontrunner.

We’ll see if someone emerges as the season continues. After all, previous frontrunners failed to win the Heisman as well. As of right now, there is no doubt that Alabama football’s Bryce Young is the player to beat. If the Tide remain undefeated and he keeps cooking defenses, the Heisman Trophy will be coming back to Tuscaloosa.