Travis Hunter got hurt, left early and watched his team lose a close one. That’s no reason for anyone who thought the Colorado cornerback/receiver was the best player in college football entering Saturday to think otherwise coming out of Saturday.
But the Heisman Trophy can’t just be about being. It’s about doing, and no one is doing more on a weekly basis to make voters notice than Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty. So as the pool of candidates expands in The Athletic’s Heisman straw poll — to a season-high nine this week — Jeanty also boasts the most points a candidate has earned.
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