Winners of the Heisman include many who have gone on to great NFL careers including Roger Staubach (Navy - 1963), Tony Dorsett (Pitt – 1976), Herschel Walker (Georgia – 1982), and Lamar Jackson (Louisville – 2016).

Heisman voters often prefer to see the player they will be voting for, so teams that play high-profile, primetime games typically get more attention. It’s especially important for Heisman candidates to get TV exposure in October and November when the race is being decided.

With just three weeks left in the 2024 college football regular season, Travis Hunter is poised to become the first two-way Heisman Trophy winner since Charles Woodson won it back in 1997, nearly six years before Hunter was born.

Travis Hunter sits atop the Heisman odds leaders for Week 12 with Dillon Gabriel and Ashton Jeanty not far behind.

While Iowa State football tries to regroup, the Big 12 Conference remains in the running for some major awards at the end of the season. That includes the Heisman Trophy, which sees two-way star Travis Hunter of Colorado as the favorite on multiple sportsbooks.