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I was given an honor this year that I hold in the highest regard. I received a vote for the prestigious Heisman Trophy.

Like all of you, I grew up watching to find out which college football player will be crowned the Heisman Trophy

winner. In my entire life, I have hardly ever missed a presentation. The opportunity to participate in the voting

process is something I will always be grateful for.

Being allowed to vote for a prize as important as this is a privilege and an honor. Though I took the duty extremely

seriously, weeks before the season concluded, I cast my vote for the player I thought would win the Heisman. Daniels

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Daniels had just four interceptions while throwing for 40 touchdowns and 3,812 yards. With the highest average of

11.7 yards per attempt in the country, he completed 72.2 percent of his passes. Daniels was an accomplished aerial

artist in addition to a 1,134-yard rusher with eleven touchdowns. Daniels’ genuine dual threat abilities allowed him to

lead the country in total offense (4,946 yards).

Daniels had 89.1 more yards of offense than my third-place finisher, Michael Penix Jr. of Washington, and outgained

my second-place finisher, Bo Nix of Oregon, by 75.8 yards per game on average.

It’s possible to argue that any one of those three finalists should have won, but in the end, the numbers are what they

are. I also took into account the fact that Daniels had to overcome some extremely weak performance from his

defense, which placed 101st out of 130 teams in the country in terms of overall defense. When everything was said

and done, Daniels’ season was ultimately more amazing.

Interestingly, the quarterbacks for the three teams I chose were all transfer portal players. Daniels moved from

Arizona State to LSU; Nix moved from Auburn to Oregon; Penix moved from Indiana to Washington. At their second

schools, all three of them took full advantage of their opportunities.

Is that the quarterbacking trend for colleges of the future? In order to place their expectations on a signal caller

seeking a second opportunity at becoming a college superstar, several colleges hope as much.

Daniels is the third Heisman Trophy-winning player from LSU in history. In 1959, Billy Cannon became the first

student to win. In 2019, Joe Burrow won the Heisman Trophy while en route to a national title. Daniels’ amazing

season in Baton Rouge is not diminished in the slightest by the fact he will not get the opportunity to follow suit.

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