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Heisman rankings – Week 4: Race of the quarterbacks

By Cody Williams

(Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
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NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Army Black Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Black Knights 28-21 in overtime. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks to throw against the Army Black Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Black Knights 28-21 in overtime. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

4. Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma

Kyler Murray’s early-season claim to be a viable candidate to win college football’s most illustrious individual award almost took a big hit this week. That, of course, was the result of the Oklahoma Sooners getting taken to overtime by Army on Saturday. However, Murray single-handedly had a hand in every point that the Sooners put on the board in the win, including the game-winning overtime touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb.

At the end of the 28-21 narrow victory for Oklahoma, Murray finished the day with just 165 yards passing, but with three touchdowns to just one interception. Additionally, the speedy quarterback added seven carries for 71 yards and another touchdown on the day. If he wants to stay in the top five, he has to be more productive throwing the ball and has to avoid close calls against inferior opponents. For now, however, he stays strong coming in at No. 4.

3. Dwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio State

After his terrific performance last week in a marquee matchup and win over TCU, I said that Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Dwayne Haskins was going to remain near the top of the Heisman Trophy conversation if he continued to play at such a level. In a Week 4 matchup with Tulane, the redshirt sophomore did nothing to change the fact that he’s in the mix at the top of this race.

Haskins was near perfect in his dismantling of Tulane this week, only throwing three incomplete passes on 24 attempts for the day. And on the 21 completions that he threw, Haskins ended the 49-6 victory with 304 yards passing and five throws that wound up in the end zone. Because of the performance of others, he drops one spot in these rankings. But rest assured that, with more big-time performances against better teams, he has plenty of chances to move back up.

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