Heisman Trophy Watch 2016: Top 5 candidates after Week 4

Brace yourselves, college football fans, Dalvin Cook is back. It took him three weeks to look like his old self from 2014 and 2015, but the junior running back for Florida State played like a true Heisman candidate against South Florida in Week 4.

Playing South Florida on the road in Week 4 seemed like it’d be a trap game for the Seminoles, but they proved to be back after a blowout loss to Louisville the game before. Cook also showed why he was a top Heisman candidate to start the season, rushing for a season-high 267 yards and two touchdown and he also caught four passes for 62 yards.

After three quiet games in which he totaled just 228 yards and two touchdowns on under five yards per carry, I didn’t think there was any way he’d make our Heisman Trophy watch list any time soon. He proved me wrong with a gigantic game against the Bulls.

Now that he’s had a huge game against South Florida, his numbers through four games look much more Cook-like as he’s rushed for 495 yards and four touchdowns on 6.3 yards per touch. If he puts together a couple more games like this, the Heisman Trophy might be his to lose in 2016.