5 reasons Adoree’ Jackson can win the 2016 Heisman Trophy

He’ll have plenty of opportunities to shine against the best competition 

To be in the Heisman discussion, an individual player has to be productive against the very best competition. Every Heisman winner since 1991 has been from a major conference, with the majority coming from college football blue bloods.

With perhaps the most daunting schedule in the nation, USC will offer Jackson and company a chance to prove themselves against the best of the best. The Trojans play multiple marquee games, including the best contest in a loaded opening weekend.

USC opens the 2016 season against the Crimson Tide in the 2016 Cowboys Classic. That gives Jackson an excellent opportunity to set the tone, and one of his trademark explosive plays with the nation watching against Alabama would make a huge initial statement resonate for a long time with fans and voters alike.

The difficult schedule for the Trojans doesn’t end with the opener. In addition to playing the Pac-12 South, the Trojans get Oregon, at Washington and at Stanford from the North, before another big-time non-conference game against Notre Dame to close out the season.  Many of those games will feature fellow Heisman contenders, so Jackson can separate himself with a few good performances.

Should Jackson produce in some of those games, he could get some extra buzz in the Heisman race while generating some of the top moments of the season.

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