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5 Reasons Texas Football RB D’Onta Foreman Will Not Win the Heisman Trophy

By Tyler Brett

Oct 29, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns running back D'Onta Foreman (33) runs against Baylor Bears safety Chance Waz (18) and linebacker Travon Blanchard (48) at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas beat Baylor 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 29, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns running back D'Onta Foreman (33) runs against Baylor Bears safety Chance Waz (18) and linebacker Travon Blanchard (48) at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas beat Baylor 35-34. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 4, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns running back D’Onta Foreman (33) scores a touchdown during the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 4, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns running back D’Onta Foreman (33) scores a touchdown during the game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /

The Heisman Trophy has been dominated by the quarterback position in recent history. Playing running back, Foreman faces a serious bias in trying to build a probable Heisman campaign.

Since Ricky Williams won the Heisman in 1998, only three other running backs have won the award. By comparison, 13 quarterbacks have won the Heisman since Williams. Only Ron Dayne in 1999, Mark Ingram in 2009, and Derrick Henry in 2015 have been able to interrupt the run of QBs winning the Heisman.

The difference, however, is that those running backs enjoyed historical seasons in conferences with reputations for tough defense. Foreman is on pace to break the Texas single-season rushing record, for sure, but as mentioned before, the Big 12 is not helping his case. On top of that, this season has a number of viable quarterback candidates that will further diminish Foreman’s hopes.

There is a clear bias against running backs in the Heisman voting. Fair or not (it’s not), that works hard against Foreman in this race.

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