2017 HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER Player Odds Baker Mayfield (QB Oklahoma) +550 JT Barrett (QB Ohio State) +600 Lamar Jackson (QB Louisville) +700 Sam Darnold (QB USC) +900 Saquon Barkley (RB Penn State) +1000 Jake Browning (QB Washington) +1000 Trace McSorley (QB Penn State) +1000 Deondre Francois (QB Florida State) +1200 Josh Rosen (QB UCLA) +1200 Mason Rudolph (QB Oklahoma State) +1200 Jalen Hurts (QB Alabama) +1200 Derrius Guice (RB LSU) +1500 Bo Scarbrough (RB Alabama) +1500 Nick Fitzgerald (Mississippi State) +2200 Nick Chubb (RB Georgia) +2500 Kamryn Pettway (RB Auburn) +2500 Luke Falk (QB Washington State) +3500 Shane Buechele (QB Texas) +3500 Odds as of January 23 at Bovada
It isn't really 3500 to one though...Bovada posts a little wonky. This would actually be paying pack 35 to 1.
Looking at that list is exactly why DF should've returned. The 2018 RB class is much less accomplished and touted than this year's group. No doubt DF would've been the top RB on the preseason Heisman list. Another stellar season and he'd surely been the #1 RB entering the 2018 NFL draft. Sure he'll still go 3rd to 5th (Fournette and Cook are guaranteed above) at the position this year, but he could've been the RB gem next year.