Travis Hunter Set to Win Heisman Trophy Over Ashton Jeanty

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00:00Travis Hunter in pole position to win the Heisman Trophy tomorrow night, Joe, minus

00:08$10,000 is his price to strike the pros on a December Saturday night in the Big Apple.

00:16Yeah, it's endless and well-deserved and not like we didn't think this was coming here.

00:24But he has been that kind of elite athlete, elite football player on both sides of the

00:29ball.

00:30It's it has been impressive and we have not seen the likes of this in a long, long time

00:35since actually his coach, in fact, was the last guy I remember making an impact on both

00:41sides of the ball in college football.

00:44He's a phenom and we may not see it again for another 20 or so years.

00:48So well-deserved and he could cap it off on Saturday tomorrow night there, Ben, with the

00:53ultimate hardware.

00:57For Travis Hunter, who has the second most receiving touchdowns in the sport, he is the

01:02sixth leading receiver at the FBS level, second most in a power conference, and he is elite

01:09on that side and defensively, most past breakups this year in the Big 12, has the third best

01:15cover grade among any FBS cornerbacks this season, according to PFF and yes, Ashton Gente

01:23is well-deserving of the Heisman Trophy hardware as well.

01:27Won the Doak Walker Award, Doak Campbell, no, Doak Campbell is Thorstein, always get

01:31it confused.

01:32Doak Walker for the best running back in the country.

01:35And I will just say this, Joe, I tested you with some trivia earlier on before we even

01:40started today.

01:41Ashton Gente did win the Maxwell Award in the last decade since 2014, eight of the ten

01:48winners of the Maxwell also won the Heisman Trophy.

01:51Only twice has the winner of the Maxwell Award not won the Heisman Trophy hardware.

01:572018, to a tongue-of-my-loah, won the Maxwell Award, Carla Murray won the Heisman.

02:03Last year, Michael Pennix Jr. won the Maxwell Award, Jaden Daniels won the Heisman.

02:09But still, at least according to the odds makers, in a narrative-based award, it is

02:13hard to quantify, Travis Hunter remains that hefty favorite.

02:18Yeah, and yes, and it looks like we could have now, what, three years in a row here,

02:23Ben, or three of the last five or seven years that we have seen this happen.

02:28And can I tell you something?

02:30It's kind of hard to argue that one person should win both the Maxwell and the Heisman

02:36there because there's been more than one unbelievable season in college football.

02:42And Aston Gentle, in his own right, very, very worthy of the Maxwell Award.

02:47Also, I mean, I wouldn't argue with him winning the Heisman either here, Ben, if we didn't

02:51know what the odds were.