Pickett was 334-of-497 passing for 4,319 yards with 42 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season for the Panthers as they won their first ACC title.

Pickett, meanwhile, put himself firmly in the mix to be the first QB drafted in the 2022 NFL draft with his performance this season. A dominant performance in that win vaulted Hutchinson into the Heisman race. Stroud took a turn as the favorite when Ohio State’s offense exploded in November before fading in the race when the Buckeyes lost to Michigan in the final week of the season. The 2021 Heisman race was wide open until Young surged in the final weeks of the season. That was his second consecutive game with five touchdown passes after he was 21-of-23 for 270 yards in an easy day’s work against New Mexico State a week before. 20 with 559 yards and five touchdowns against Arkansas. Young set the Alabama single-game passing record on Nov. Young and Alabama’s offense had been out of sync all afternoon but picked apart Auburn’s defense on the final drive of the fourth quarter to get the game to overtime. Alabama drove 97 yards for a game-tying touchdown in the final minutes of regulation on the way to a 24-22 win over Auburn in four overtimes. His SEC title game performance came a week after Young rebounded from a poor performance against Auburn to lead Alabama to a comeback victory. That win knocked the Bulldogs from the unbeaten ranks and cemented Alabama’s spot in the playoff. Young - the first Alabama QB to win the Heisman Trophy - was great in the SEC title game as he threw for 421 yards and three touchdowns in Alabama’s 41-24 win over Georgia. Alabama is the top seed in the College Football Playoff and plays Cincinnati on New Year’s Eve in the Cotton Bowl. Young is 314-of-462 passing for 4,322 yards and 43 TDs with just four interceptions through 12 games this season.

Young got 684 first-place votes and had more than eight times as many votes for the top spot than Hutchinson.

Hutchinson finished second ahead of Pickett and Stroud. He was a finalist for the award along with Pitt QB Kenny Pickett, Ohio State QB C.J. Young entered the ceremony as a massive favorite after his performance in the SEC championship game. Alabama has another Heisman Trophy winner.Ĭrimson Tide QB Bryce Young was unsurprisingly named the 2021 Heisman winner on Saturday.

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