2016 Heisman Trophy: Case for and against each finalist

The finalist for the Heisman have been announced. We take a look the case for and the cases against of the finalist for the Heisman trophy.

The 2016 Heisman finalists have finally been announced. After another great season of college football, with lots of Heisman talk, we are down to these final five players. Those final five players are:

• QB Louisville, Lamar Jackson
• QB Oklahoma, Baker Mayfield
• LB/ST Michigan, Jabrill Peppers
• QB Clemson, Deshaun Watson
• WR Oklahoma, Dede Westbrook

Almost all of the guys that people thought would be fighting for this award at the beginning of the year aren’t here now. In fact they aren’t even being considered. The Likes of Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, who I believe should have won the award last year, was a big favorite coming into the season after the numbers he put up last year. He just never seemed to live up to the hype he built from last year.

Then there’s Leonard Fournette who looked like he could run away with the award, but injuries kept him on the sideline for a decent amount of time this year. DeShone Kizer of Notre Dame was okay this year, his team on the other hand was not. Notre Dame wasn’t anything close to what people thought they were going to be this year.

Now we are here. The final five have been announced and we will find out who the winner is on December 10th. Arguments can be made for each of these candidates as to why they should win or lose. With that, lets take a look at the case for each finalist and the case against each of them.