5 reasons Nick Chubb can win the 2016 Heisman Trophy
By John Buhler
Nick Chubb is the unquestioned best player on the Georgia Bulldogs. Here are five reasons that the running back can win the 2016 Heisman Trophy.
The 2016 Georgia Bulldogs are coming off what was very chaotic 2015 NCAA season. While Georgia was able to win 10 games in back-to-back seasons, 2015 proved to be the final year of the Mark Richt era in Athens, ushering the way for former Georgia defensive back and Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart to take over the reigns.
Let’s not forget that Georgia had to make do with a poor offensive system run by former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, one where Dawg Nation saw former Virginia Cavaliers quarterback Greyson Lambert essentially game manage his way to 10 victories on the year.
Things got especially difficult when the team’s best player, sophomore sensation running back Nick Chubb, tore ligaments in his knee on the questionable playing surface at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. Chubb missed the entire second half of another season in Georgia football.
Chubb’s rehabilitation process from his gruesome knee injury is coming along well, and there is no reason to doubt that Chubb will return to elite form in 2016 as a true junior. Despite the physical obstacles he has to continue to overcome in the offseason and the early part of the 2016 NCAA campaign, here are five reasons that Chubb can be the third Heisman Trophy winner in Georgia football history this December.
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