2024 Heisman Predictions

Tyler Stearns |

Next College Football season couldn’t come any closer. With the new game coming out sometime in July (assumed July 9th or July 12th), new teams going to new conferences, and major players entering the transfer portal in the most recent cycle, the football world anticipates a wild year for the sport. It also isn’t too early to look at Heisman candidates. Here are our top five: 

Quinn Ewers: 

Quinn Ewers has been a fascinating player/prospect since leaving Carroll Senior High School in eleventh grade to play at Ohio State. He lost the starting job to CJ Stroud during training camp and quickly dropped down the depth chart. Ewers then decided to transfer to Texas and immediately won the job. He performed well his first year, but with injuries, it was cut short. This last year he played much better, however, he still got injured. In the games that he played, though, he looked great. His accuracy was on point, his touch was great, and his pocket awareness and recognition of pressure were also on display. He understood Sarkisian’s playbook well especially considering the amount of play action and developments it requires the signal caller to understand. He should be the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy in his senior year at Texas and most likely their most talented team. 

Jalen Milroe:

Milroe drastically improved throughout the year last year. His decision-making was better, his accuracy was better, and his pocket awareness was better as well. He developed into a top-ten quarterback pretty rapidly. Saban left, but that may be in the best interest of Milroe. Kalen Deboer comes in with a spectacular track record with developing quarterbacks. He helped make Michael Penix the first time, then went to Fresno State where he helped build Jake Haener from a relatively unknown player to one of the better quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL Draft. Then he went to Washington where he reunited with Penix and their domination and grit were amazing. The new Alabama head coach looks to make Milroe into the best player in the nation and with his skill set, it shouldn’t be an impossible task. 

Carson Beck:

Georgia had an off year, which in their recent run of form is being ranked fifth and beating the sixth-ranked team in the nation by sixty. They dominated nearly every game they played aside from Alabama and a large part of that should be credited to Beck. He wasn’t outstanding, but like Milroe, he got much better as the year went on. He grew more comfortable in the Georgia system and built stronger bonds with his receivers and pass catchers, most notably Brock Bowers. Even with some talent going to the draft, expect the Georgia QB to pick up where he left off. 

Miller Moss:

It may be a bit quick to call this one, but his six-touchdown performance was mesmerizing. Moss showed that he could make big plays in big games. That performance wasn’t the only reason why we have placed him as our fourth-highest Heisman candidate, though. He has played behind Caleb Williams who has been the best QB in CFB for the last two to three years. His understanding of Williams's game and Lincoln Riley’s offense will benefit him. Plus, Riley is known as the quarterback guru because he has produced three Heisman QBs and one more finalist. 

Shedeur Sanders:

Sanders played very well in his first year in Boulder. Even though his offensive line was horrible and his defense gave up a touchdown virtually every drive, he still helped the Buffalos win or stay in many games. He had a 10-1 TD-INT ratio which meant he kept great care of the ball. If Coach Prime can figure out the front five on offense it will give Shedeur time to read the field better and improve upon his last season.