Everything is going great in Colorado. The Buffaloes are 8-2, cruising towards the Conference Championship led by Deion Sanders, a National Coach of the Year candidate. On the gridiron, Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter spearhead them, both displaying Heisman Trophy-winning form. But Hunter is higher up in the race than Shedeur, and the wide receiver is not happy that his QB is not in the top 4.
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Hunter has always been a frontrunner for Heisman due to his dual-threat potential, both as a cornerman and a WR. Shedeur, meanwhile, had made his way up the list but is far away from contention in eighth position.
Travis hypothesized that Shedeur is lagging in the Heisman ranking due to voters’ bias against him and his dad Deion. He believes they seem to not like Shedeur’s confident personality, and are overlooking and denying him the recognition he truly deserves.
“Because they hate who his father is Coach Prime and they hate that Shedeur, he have a different personality than all the other people that’s been playing. It’s kind of heartbreaking to see that he’s not even in the race. It should be like me one, him 2,3 or 4,” he said on the Travis Hunter Show.
Shedeur is yet to have an off game this season. Against Utah Utes this week, he threw 340 yards, completing 30 of his 41 passes, including three TD passes and just one interception. He had a QBR of 88.8 and a passer rating of 162.1. His season total is now 3222 yards, 27 TDs, and 7 picks.
Still, he is not anywhere near the top in the Heisman race. Hunter, meanwhile, has a couple of others giving him a chase.
Shedeur’s Heisman odds don’t look great
With only two matchdays left, it looks like Shedeur has too much ground to cover in the Heisman race. The odds, overwhelmingly favor the dual-threat star, Hunter.
The Buffs wideout didn’t have a great game against Utah but still managed to get 55 yards on five receptions. He topped that off with a pick. As per Fox Sports, he managed to better his odds for the Heisman in that very game, which now stands at -350. Second on the list is Aston Jeanty, who had another great game for the Boise State Broncos against the Spartans, rushing for 159 yards and 3 TDs. His odds are +380.
Cam Ward of the Miami Hurricanes has the third-best odds, +1300, followed by Dilion Gabriel of the Oregon Ducks with +2500 odds. Jalen Milroe (Alabama Crimson Tide) makes up the top five, with +2800 odds. Kurtis Rourke (Indiana Hoosiers) and Jaxon Dart (Ole Miss Rebels) are sixth and seventh with +3000 and +4000 odds.
Sheduer’s odds stand at +7500 despite another great season and being projected as a top-five pick in the NFL draft next year.
