2020 Heisman Trophy Odds Tracker
- The Heisman Trophy is college football’s most prestigious individual award.
- It’s also very hard to predict who will win.
- We’re tracking the odds on the favorites, from last year’s title game right up to award week (Dec. .
Every season, we track the favorites for college football’s most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy, by averaging out the futures odds available at major online sportsbooks.
Predicting who will win is a difficult exercise, especially in the preseason. In 2018, eventual winner Kyler Murray wasn’t even on the board at the outset, and he was a +2300 longshot when he first popped up in late July. Fellow finalist Dwayne Haskins started out at +3500. The 2019 season produced an even more unlikely winner: Joe Burrow was as long as +15000 in the preseason.
Heisman Trophy Favorites
- Mar. 13: Texas QB Sam Ehlinger has vaulted into the top-five favorites at +1000. He was as long as +1600.
- Feb. 11: D’Eriq King is now a top-five favorite at +875, which only trails Lawrence (+308) and Fields (+317).
- Jan. 20: After officially transfering from Houston to Miami, D’Eriq King has entered the top 15 in the 2020 Heisman odds at an average of +1750.
- Jan. 8: The second set of odds sees Lawrence (+225) jump Fields (+250) as the favorite. We have so far left Chuba Hubbard off the graphs, believing the OK St junior will declare for the draft.
- Dec. 20: Justin Fields has opened as a +250 favorite, closely followed by Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence. After the two favorites, there is a sharp drop to Alabama’s Mac Jones in third (+800).
Heisman Trophy Odds
| Player | Odds at BetOnline |
|---|---|
| Justin Fields (QB, Ohio State) | +450 |
| Trevor Lawrence (QB, Clemson) | +475 |
| Spencer Rattler (QB, Oklahoma) | +850 |
| Sam Ehlinger (QB, Texas) | +850 |
| Jamie Newman (QB, Georgia) | +900 |
| Chuba Hubbard (RB, OK State) | +1100 |
| Travis Etienne (RB, Clemson) | +1600 |
| Ian Book (QB, Notre Dame) | +2000 |
| Kedon Slovis (QB, USC) | +2200 |
| Kyle Trask (QB, Florida) | +2200 |
Odds as of Mar. 13, 2020. Follow the link in the table to view all betting options.
Who Usually Wins the Heisman Trophy?
Lately, quarterbacks.
Here’s the list of Heisman Trophy winners by position, going back to the turn of the millenium. Only three non-QBs are on the list (and they’re all RBs). If you want to win this award, you better have the ball in your hands a lot.
Heisman Trophy Winners Since 2000
| Year | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Joe Burrow | Quarterback |
| 2018 | Kyler Murray | Quarterback |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield | Quarterback |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Quarterback |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Running back |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota | Quarterback |
| 2013 | Jameis Winston | Quarterback |
| 2012 | Johnny Manziel | Quarterback |
| 2011 | Robert Griffin III | Quarterback |
| 2010 | Cam Newton | Quarterback |
| 2009 | Mark Ingram Jr | Running back |
| 2008 | Sam Bradford | Quarterback |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow | Quarterback |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Quarterback |
| 2005 | Reggie Bush | Running back |
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | Quarterback |
| 2003 | Jason White | Quarterback |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer | Quarterback |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Quarterback |
| 2000 | Chris Weinke | Quarterback |
For those of you playing along at home, that’s 17 QBs and 3 running backs.
The last Heisman to go to a different position was Charles Woodson’s 1997 win. Before that, it was Desmond Howard in 1991, then Johnny Rodgers (who was kind of a running back) in 1972, and then Notre Dame end Leon Hart in 1949.
| Position | Number of Heisman Trophies since 2000 |
|---|---|
| Quarterback | 17 |
| Running back | 3 |
| All others | 0 |
Heisman Trophies by Conference
The SEC and Big Ten dominate the top candidates for 2019, yet again. This is not new.
But while the SEC has actually followed through with their Heisman Trophy candidates lately, the Big Ten has only produced two winners since 2000 and none since 2006 (Troy Smith, Ohio State).