Picking Joe Burrow as the top guy on my Heisman ballot was the no-brainer part. Burrow didn’t just have one of the best seasons a college QB has ever had, he completely changed LSU football—and the SEC this year. He torched one big-time SEC opponent after another, doing it with his arm, his wheels and his mind.



It was the rest of the Heisman ballot that was trickier. At some point this season I had Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Chase Young, Jonathan Taylor and Justin Fields (who also is on the Heisman ballot I submitted this week) in the top three I submitted for our straw poll on The Athletic. I also had Oregon’s mammoth sophomore left tackle Penei Sewell on that list at one point, and after seeing how the Ducks dominated a very physical Utah team to win the Pac-12 title, I opted to put him back in the No. 2 slot.



An offensive tackle on a Heisman ballot?



Yep.



Sewell is unlike any other offensive lineman in college football. When I...