Yahoo Sports’ Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz discuss why Travis Hunter should be the runaway Heisman favorite over Cam Ward, Ashton Jeanty and Dillon Gabriel. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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If you had to pick one today, who is your Heisman trophy winner?

I'm on record repeatedly saying that it'd be Travis Hunter because he's played so well on both sides of the ball.

And I just think that that's such a special thing that we'll remember forever about this college football season.

It doesn't mean that Ashton Gte hasn't been absolutely incredible.

Uh, as Cam Ward has been Superman, if I, if I was making my ballot, uh, frankly, I would probably go one Travis to Cam three, Ashton four, Dylan.

There's a part of me that whenever I'm making this case for Cam Ward, that makes me think.

Are you crazy woman?

This award that goes to quarterbacks every single year and you have a guy that's doing something unprecedented.

Travis Sutter who played 100 and 55 snaps against Texas Tech this past week.

That's otherworldly.

That's unfathomable.

There, there is a guy playing both ways and playing at the height of the sport in both positions.

Like I want Travis Hunter on my team as a wide receiver, period.

I want Travis Hunter on my team as a corner period when people say we haven't seen an Ash, we haven't seen a running back accomplish the things Ashton Gee has done since Barry Sanders.

Ok.

I, I agree with that when people say I haven't seen a quarterback do things like Cam Ward has done since insert, whatever quarterback you love the most here.

Ok.

I'll, I'll buy that when you say I haven't seen anybody do what Travis Hunter is doing since there's no name.

Like there have been players that have played both ways but not players that have been this incredible on both sides of the ball and then played this percentage of their team's overall snaps.

It is truly historic.

So for me, if some freak of nature can come in and do things that literally there are no records for, I can't give the Heisman to that.

Then what, what exactly does it take to get the Heisman like that is, that's utter dominance when you're doing something?

History has literally never seen and to be fair to your point of we haven't seen any quarterback do what Cam Ward is doing since last year.

Last year, Jaden Daniel, I don't argue that Jaden Daniels did it better.

Like I'm gonna see another Cam Ward next year, I'm not gonna see another Ashton Gente next year and I'm definitely not gonna see another Travis Hunter probably in my lifetime.

So, like I just, those things have weight for me.

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