Brad Crawford picks six players to win Heisman. Two go to Ohio State.

The Heisman Trophy is arguably the best individual award in American sports, professional included. There are weekly columns, year-round odds, and continual commentary on who will win the bronze statue, and once a player does, he is announced from that point forward as “Heisman Trophy winner …”

Maybe the only other title before a name that means more is “Sir,” as those who are knighted by the Royal Family of the United Kingdom. Okay, maybe that’s a stretch, but still, becoming a Heisman winner is something that will follow a player all of his life, and in fact, changes his life.

So, it’s no surprise then that many focus on the Heisman so much. To that end, Brad Crawford of 247Sports shared the six players that he would bet on to win the bronze statue. Not all the players who have the best odds by the sportsbooks out there, mind you, but which ones he believes actually have a legitimate shot at winning the award.

So, which two Buckeyes does Crawford like to be in the Heisman conversation? It’s the same two that you would likely think of: quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. The OSU quarterback has been among the top, and sometimes on top of some of the Heisman odds in the preseason, but he currently sits among the top four or five on most sportsbooks’ odds. As far as Smith goes, he could very well be the best college football player, and in fact, probably will be, but it’ll be hard to win the Heisman because he’s not a quarterback, and there’s the built-in bias.

In other words, there’s a good chance that Ohio State will again have another representative in New York as a finalist for the storied award, but who else might be there, according to Crawford? The other four players he’d put a wager on are Notre Dame quarterback C.J. Carr, Texas gunslinger Arch Manning, Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, and Miami (FL) signal-caller Darian Mensah.

The only six players I’d consider betting on to win the Heisman this season …

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— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) July 2, 2026

You can almost bet on a player or two jumping up out of the blue like most years, but this sure seems like a pretty good list, with Smith being the only non-quarterback identified. We’ll keep an eye on the Heisman race all year, but for now, file this away as more preseason hype.

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