Steve Starr
- BetOnline has updated its 2019 Heisman Trophy odds following Week 4 of the college football season
- Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor (+1600) jumped up the board after running all over Michigan on Saturday
- LSU’s Joe Burrow (+300) and Ohio State’s Justin Fields (+900) continue to improve their Heisman hopes
Quarterbacks have won eight of the past nine Heisman trophies, but Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor might stiff arm history and join Derrick Henry, Mark Ingram and Reggie Bush (vacated) as the only ball carriers to win the award in the 21st century.
Let’s check out the latest odds at BetOnline and examine the fast risers who could strike a Heisman pose this December.
2019 NCAA Heisman Trophy Odds
| Player (Position, Team) | Odds |
| Tua Tagovailoa (QB Alabama) | +175 |
| Joe Burrow (QB LSU) | +300 |
| Jalen Hurts (QB Oklahoma) | +350 |
| Justin Fields (QB Ohio State) | +900 |
| Trevor Lawrence (QB Clemson) | +1200 |
| Jake Fromm (QB Georgia) | +1400 |
| Jonathan Taylor (RB Wisconsin) | +1600 |
| Sam Ehlinger (QB Texas) | +3300 |
| Justin Herbert (QB Oregon) | +3300 |
| Jerry Jeudy (WR Alabama) | +3300 |
| D’Andre Swift (RB Georgia) | +3300 |
| Travis Etienne (RB Clemson) | +5000 |
| Adrian Martinez (QB Nebraska) | +6600 |
| Ian Book (QB Notre Dame) | +6600 |
JONATHAN TAYLOR
Jonathan Taylor is one of those old-school backs who NFL draft-niks downgrade because of a lack of receiving ability, but his raw production can’t be ignored.
After averaging more than 2,000 yards and accumulating 29 total touchdowns over his first two seasons in Wisconsin, the 5’11”, 219-pound junior is running hot to start the year with 440 yards on 58 carries (7.6 AVG) and 10 total touchdowns.
Jonathan Taylor rocking a Louis Vuitton mouthpiece ✨? pic.twitter.com/k3jxlAfRvZ
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 21, 2019
The former high-school track star dismantled Michigan on Saturday, rushing for 143 yards and two TDs in the game’s first 20 minutes.
His Heisman odds jumped from 20/1 to 16/1 and if he can continue to dominate on the big stage, Taylor might be able to leap the six quarterbacks ahead of him on the list above.
JOE BURROW
Joe Burrow’s odds are like Apple stock in the early 2000s. Before the season, the LSU senior was 200/1 to win the Heisman Trophy. Those odds shot to 12/1 after Burrow threw for 471 passing yards and four touchdowns in a Week 2 win over No. 9 Texas.
They jumped again to 4/1 after Week 3, and all of a sudden, the 22-year-old quarterback was viewed as having a better chance to win the Heisman than Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, an unimaginable scenario only one month ago.
Joe Burrow set the LSU single-game record for passing TDs ?
25/34, 398 yards, 6 TD pic.twitter.com/9PdKSvIx7y
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 21, 2019
In Week 4, Burrow had what he described as the “worst game I’ve played so far,” but he still tossed six touchdown passes against Vanderbilt. He’s now at 3/1 and only Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa has higher odds to win the Heisman.
With lowly Utah State up next this Saturday, Burrow’s stock shouldn’t crash anytime soon.
JUSTIN FIELDS
In Ohio State’s ugly 76–5 win over Miami (OH) on Saturday, Justin Fields became the first player since Lamar Jackson in 2016 to have four passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in the first half of a game.
The electric, dual-threat star now has 880 yards and 13 TDs passing through the season’s first four games with 150 yards and six scores on the ground.
Justin Fields’ 6 TDs vs Miami (OH) was the second most in @OhioStateFB history… and he did it all in the second quarter ? pic.twitter.com/1N7zos6Q2U
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) September 21, 2019
Sitting at 16/1 odds after Week 2, Fields has scurried past Lawrence (12/1) after his past two performances.
At 9/1, he now sits as a top-four contender to strike the Heisman pose at the end of the year, and is still the best value on the board.
