Heisman Trophy watch 2023: Top 5 candidates heading into Week 2

As the season rolls along, college football fans are gathering more information when it comes to the Heisman Trophy race and potential betting odds.

If you’re looking for the odds-on favorites to win the Heisman this season, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’m not dissecting any odds in this article nor will I just list out the top five Heisman favorites according to Vegas, but I will be going simply by the eye test until the award is handed out in December.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at who my top five Heisman Trophy candidates are heading into Week 2 action.

This may be one of my personal agendas at this point in the season, but I truly feel like Sam Hartman is going to be a Heisman Trophy finalist.

Sam Hartman was the first quarterback to take the field this season and he impressed from the get-go. He finished with 251 yards and four touchdowns on 19-of-23 completions against Navy. He led the Irish to a 39-point season-opening win in Ireland.

The next week, he completed 14-of-17 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns against Tennessee State. Obviously not a quality opponent, but a perfect outing.

Through two games, he has seven incompletions and six touchdown passes. Oh yeah, and zero interceptions.

If he keeps playing this well with the quality of opponents improving, I’m going to have Hartman rising even more on my Heisman Trophy candidates lists every week.