Miami's Cam Ward Case for the Heisman; First Alert: December 14, 2024
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Is it likely? No, but Cam Ward has been one of the best players in the country this season and deserves to be in the final four of the Heisman race and one of the only players who has the chance and resume to raise the Heisman trophy at the end of the night
The 2024 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award winner paces the country in passing touchdowns (36) and quarterback rating (88.0), while ranking second in all of FBS in passing yards (4,123), passing yards per game (343.6), points responsible for (254) and total offense (359.9).
The 6-foot-2, 223-pound signal caller threw for 300 yards and totaled three touchdowns on 10 occasions en route to being named the ACC Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year.
Ward set new single-season school records for both passing touchdowns and passing yards, becoming the first Miami student-athlete to tally seven straight 300-yard performances.
Ward has registered 155 career touchdown passes, tied for the NCAA Division I career record with Case Keenum (UH).
The fifth-year senior has thrown for 17,999 yards over his collegiate career, ranking him in the top five in NCAA history.
Ward, Travis Hunter, Dillon Gabriel, and Ashton Jeanty will all figure out who will hold up the trophy at the end of the night, but for now, Ward has a case to hold his own.
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Did you notice?
President Joe Biden commuted the prison sentence of long-time Miami (FL) booster Nevin Shapiro as part of 1,499 commutations handed down by the administration on Thursday. Having pled guilty to eight felony counts for his role in a $900M+ Ponzi scheme, which he ran from his Capital Investments office, Shapiro was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. He entered in 2013 before being let out in April 2020 and placed on house arrest where he remained until Biden’s decision. Per TMZ, Shapiro previously admitted to providing improper benefits to players through his role as a booster with the school receiving NCAA sanctions
[On playing behind Bernie Kosar]"I wasn't going to cry on his shoulder. He was ready to play before I was. Then coach [Jimmy Johnson] had to go with the sure thing. Sharing time? No, that doesn't work. I think the Dolphins got rid of David Woodley about then rather than have him and [Dan] Marino share time. If you are winning with a guy, you stay with him."Vinny Testaverde
We'll Leave You With This.......
In 1986, Vinny Testaverde became the first @CanesFootball player to win the @HeismanTrophy.
— College Football Hall of Fame (@cfbhall) November 13, 2024
The @cfbhall quarterback earned unanimous First-Team All-American honors and took home multiple Player of the Year awards that year.
He finished his @MiamiHurricanes career with over… pic.twitter.com/HJyg8lgUD8
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Justice Sandle is a graduate of Mississippi State University earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communications with a concentration in Print and Digital Journalism. During his time in Starkville, he spent a year as an intern working for Mississippi State On SI primarily covering basketball, football, baseball, and soccer while writing, recording, and creating multimedia stories during his tenor. Since graduating, he has assumed the role of lead staff writer for Miami Hurricanes On SI covering football, basketball, baseball, and all things Hurricanes related.