Heisman Trophy Rankings: Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed Headlines RGIII’s List

Week 3 delivered its share of upsets, statement wins, and breakout performances — enough to force a reshuffling in Robert Griffin III’s Heisman rankings. Big moments on the national stage are beginning to separate the contenders from the pretenders, and the FOX Sports college footbal analyst has taken notice.

Here are RGIII’s updated Heisman front-runners following Week 3 — with a new name at the top.

What RGIII said: “First game, 289 yards passing, four touchdowns. Second game, 220 yards passing, three touchdowns. In his third game, in the biggest moment when they needed him early in the season, 360 passing yards and two touchdowns [on the road against Notre Dame]. That’s not even counting the amount of rushing yards that he’s had. He’s doing it every which way, and he’s got the Texas A&M Aggies and everybody over there in College Station feeling like, ‘hey, man, this might be our year to win a national championship.’”

What RGIII said: “They got two top-25 wins against South Florida and Notre Dame. That’s why he’s sitting there at No. 2.”

What RGIII said: “They’re on a bye week, so he gets to sit there [after being No. 2 last week].”

What RGIII said: “He’s second in the country in passing yards. He had a little bit of a rough game against Samford. They ended up winning, 42-7. He threw for 211 yards and three touchdowns, but he also had two interceptions. But this guy has back-to-back 400-yard passing games this year.”

What RGIII said: “They paid a lot of money for their roster, but their quarterback is balling right now. [He had] 464 yards and four touchdowns, as they literally steamrolled the Oregon State Beavers [in Week 3].”

What RGIII said: “This guy has some Stetson Bennett in him. … This man [Stockton] went out there and brought his team back [on the road against Tennessee] throwing a touchdown to London Humphreys, which was one of the prettiest throws I’ve ever seen that had a full slot of the protection, rolled away from the blitz, threw the ball picture-perfect into the corner of the end zone for where only his receiver could make a play on it. Then came back on a two-point conversion to tie the game and send them into overtime. Gunner Stockton should be on every single analyst and pundit’s Heisman list this week. I don’t care where he’s at. He can be No. 27. He can be No. 3, No. 5, No. 9. He needs to be on the list, one way or another.”

What RGIII said: “He leads the country in receiving yards, so it’s only right that he’s on there.”

What RGIII said: “He’s come on a lot in the last two games. He had six catches for 163 yards this past week against Ohio.”

What RGIII said: “He actually is playing better than what a lot of his numbers say, and they also have that big win over Michigan.”

What RGIII said: “He’s got seven total touchdowns this year through the air and nearly 200 yards rushing. Quietly, Utah looks like they might have found their dual-threat guy that can help them compete in some of these bigger matchups they’re going to have going into the latter part of the year.”

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