On Saturday, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford won the 2008 Heisman Trophy. He, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, and last years winner, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow were the three finalists for this prestigious award.
The players stats:
Sam Bradford: Attempts: 442 Completions: 302 68.3% completion percentage
4,463 yards 48 TDs 6 interceptions
40 attempts 65 yards rushing 5 TDs
Colt McCoy: Attempts: 375 Completions: 291 77.1% completion percentage
3,445 yards 32 TDs 7 interceptions
128 attempts 576 yards rushing 10 TDs
Tim Tebow: Attempts: 174 Completions: 268 64.9% completion percentage
2,515 yards 28 TDs 2 interceptions
154 attempts 564 yards rushing 12 TDs
All of these players have had outstanding seasons and I don't really have a problem with the Heisman going to either of them. I think Tim Tebow should have won though. Stat wise, Sam Bradford narrowly had the best season followed by Colt McCoy and then Tim Tebow. The talent on these three teams was roughly the same. Florida has Percy Harvin, Chris Rainey, Jeffery Demps, Louis Murphy, and Louis Hernandez. Oklahoma has Juaqin Iglesias, Manuel Johnson, Jermaine Gresham, Chris Brown, DeMarco Murray, Duke Robinson, and Phil Loadholt. Texas has Jordan Shipley, Quan Cosby, and Chris Ogbannaya. The key factor is the defenses Tebow faced were far more difficult ones than Bradford and McCoy faced. Tebow had to go up against the likes of Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida State. McCoy and Bradford faced each others defenses, which would be average defenses in the SEC, and Bradford played against TCU and Cincinnati. Florida had more of an emphasis on the running game than Florida and Oklahoma which slightly brought down Tebow's stats. Tim Tebow meant more to Florida than Bradford or McCoy did to their teams. Not to take anything away from Sam Bradford's or Colt McCoy's fine seasons, but Tim Tebow was the best college football player.
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