Bryce Young returns to Alabama looking to join Ohio State’s Archie Griffin as the only two-time Heisman Trophy winners. Young’s +380 odds are slightly behind C.J. Stroud’s +220 odds, and the two of them, along with Caleb Williams at +700, are the only three players in the country with Heisman odds shorter than +1600.
However, history tells us that eventual Heisman Trophy winners come from further down the odds list more often than one would think. For example, Young cashed +800 preseason odds with his victory last year. Devonta Smith before him did not even have odds posted until Week 7 of last year, and those were still massive +5000 odds. And going back one and two years prior, Joe Burrow and Kyler Murray were eventual Heisman Trophy winners overcoming preseason odds of +4000 and +3000, respectively.
Is there a lottery ticket waiting to be cashed among this year’s crop of college football players vying for the Heisman, like in 2016 when Lamar Jackson was +10000 in the preseason?
Here are our best long-shot bets to win the 2022 Heisman Trophy. ()