Heisman finalists include 3 CFP QBs and Williams

Georgia's Stetson Bennett, USC's Caleb Williams, TCU's Max Duggan and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud were announced Monday arsenic the Heisman Trophy finalists.

The 4 quarterbacks, who each play for 4 of the top-10 teams this season, including 3 who volition play successful the College Football Playoff, volition beryllium successful New York this play for the Heisman ceremonial Saturday.

USC's Williams is the odds-on favourite (-2500) to instrumentality location the grant adjacent aft the Trojans were eliminated from the College Football Playoff aft a nonaccomplishment to Utah successful the Pac-12 championship. The sophomore who transferred to USC from Oklahoma aft the Trojans hired Lincoln Riley, surpassed 4,000 passing yards this play and had 37 touchdowns, tied for the astir successful the country.

Duggan, who led TCU to an undefeated regular season, threw for 3,321 yards and 30 touchdowns this play arsenic good arsenic lone 4 interceptions. The elder retired of Iowa volition pb the Horned Frogs against Michigan successful the Fiesta Bowl with the victor heading to the nationalist title.

The Peach Bowl semifinal volition diagnostic the different 2 Heisman finalists facing disconnected against each different successful Bennett and Stroud.

Bennett returned to Georgia for his elder play aft starring the Bulldogs to a nationalist rubric and threw for 3,425 yards and 20 touchdowns for his encore.

Stroud was a finalist past play and finished fourth. This season, Stroud threw for 3,340 yards and 37 touchdowns -- tied for the astir successful the federation alongside Williams.

Quarterbacks person dominated the grant successful caller years, winning 18 times since 2000, and taking location 5 of the past six trophies. In 2020, Alabama's DeVonta Smith was the archetypal wide receiver to triumph the Heisman since Desmond Howard successful 1991.

Last season, Alabama's Bryce Young won the grant and became the Tide's archetypal backmost to win. Despite throwing for 3,007 yards and 27 touchdowns this season, Young was not nominated.

The Heisman Trophy volition beryllium presented Saturday successful New York (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).