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EARLY HEISMAN THOUGHTS

By mark rogers
July 8, 2010

I'm planning on doing several Heisman outlook posts to look at some of the early favorites for the 2010 season.

Obviously, Mark Ingram has to be the favorite heading into the season. He's a junior and the defending trophy winner. However, I think the chances of Ingram repeating (something that hasn't been done since 1975) are extremely slim. The reason? It's not the schedule. It's not improved SEC defenses. It's not even some sort of pre-season jinx...it's two words:

Trent. Richardson.

The 5'11", 220 pound sophomore running back at 'Bama is a phenom who rushed for 750 yards including more than 100 against Texas in the BCS Title Game. He rarely gets stopped for less than 4 yards. He's fast, strong, flexible, mobile and quick. He's got it all and may be a better overall back than Ingram.

He'll split more time with Ingram this year and they'll take votes away from each other. Neither has a shot unless the other gets hurt or arrested.

Another guy who should be mentioned early on is Washington QB Jake Locker. The 6'3" dual threat flame-thrower has a chance to post a rare 3,000-1,000 passing-rushing season. Plus he'll get some early season hype as the Huskies' non-conference schedule includes BYU, Syracuse and Nebraska. Their first conference game is at USC. If UW is undefeated and goes to LA and wins against USC, Locker will easily be the Heisman front-runner on October 3.

The last guy I'll mention right now is Pittsburgh RB Dion Lewis. Why not? After no sophomores ever winning the award, we could have three in four years if Lewis wins. He's no joke either after rushing for 1,800 yards and 17 touchdowns. He was the conference Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. The last person to do that in the Big East was Michael Vick. He was in the shadow of departing superstar Lesean McCoy, but came in and outperformed what McCoy was able to do.

Pitt's non-conference schedule includes Utah, Notre Dame and Miami, so if they make it into the heart of the conference schedule with 0 or 1 loss, Lewis will be right at the front of the pack.

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