College Football Quarterback Power Rankings: Week 10

Looking at the season of Deshaun Watson, it has taken a similar path as Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield’s year. He started a little bit slower than normal and has since turned on the jets to become one of the top-two or three Heisman contenders out there. Heck, he and Mayfield also have the fact that they are coming off playoff appearance in 2015 in common.

For Watson, it wasn’t until the third game of the season that he really turned things around. He led Clemson to two extremely close victories against Auburn and Troy to start the season and then it was blowout city in three of the next four games.

Watson threw for nine touchdowns and an interception in the blowouts, but it’s clear that his team feeds off his energy and effective passing performances. In fact, in the games decided by one score or less, he has 13 touchdowns and a whopping nine interceptions — that’s in five games.

Clemson has been flirting with danger all season long with those five one-score victories and it will need to start putting teams away early on. If Watson can figure out how to cut down on the interceptions and lead Clemson back to the College Football Playoff, he will be a finalist for the Heisman yet again.