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David PurdumESPN Staff Writer
- Joined ESPN successful 2014
- Journalist covering gambling manufacture since 2008
Tennessee backmost Hendon Hooker has emerged arsenic the statement betting favourite to triumph the Heisman Trophy up of the second-ranked Volunteers' showdown with No. 1 Georgia connected Saturday.
Hooker moved up of Ohio State backmost C.J. Stroud successful the Heisman likelihood implicit the play and is present an even-money favourite astatine Caesars Sportsbook. Stroud is the 2nd prime astatine +180, followed by Michigan moving backmost Blake Corum and USC backmost Caleb Williams, who are each 12-1.
No Tennessee subordinate has won the Heisman Trophy. Hooker, a senior, is making his lawsuit to beryllium the first. He has thrown for 2,338 yards with 21 touchdown passes and lone 1 interception successful starring the Volunteers to an 8-0 commencement that is highlighted by an upset of Alabama. Hooker threw 5 touchdown passes successful Tennessee's 52-49 triumph implicit the Crimson Tide. He has a accidental for different defining triumph Saturday successful Athens.
Tennessee has been installed arsenic a 9-point underdog to the Bulldogs. It's the largest dispersed successful a No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchup since 2013, erstwhile top-ranked Florida State was a 9-point favourite implicit second-ranked Auburn.
"We already took a $50,000 stake connected Georgia," Adam Pullen, adjunct manager of trading for Caesars Sportsbook, told ESPN connected Sunday. "It's going to beryllium a immense game, and I expect that we're going to beryllium taking a batch of five-figure and six-figure bets connected it."
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