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By Tyler Everett
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This year's Heisman Trophy race remains wide-open as we enter the final month of the college football regular season.
With five weeks remaining, not including conference championship week, there is still no consensus favorite for the 2024 Heisman Trophy.
There are, however, four players who lead the current 2024 Heisman Trophy odds:
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- Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel (avg. odds: +257)
- Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter (avg. odds: +253)
- Miami QB Cam Ward (avg. odds: +300)
- Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty (avg. odds: +425)
*Note: the average odds listed above are based on each player's Heisman Trophy odds across FanDuel, DraftKings and bet365 as of November 1.
2024 Heisman Trophy Odds Entering Week 10
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Diehard college football fans were well aware of Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty before the 2024 season kicked off, but the fact that both are shorter than 5-to-1 to win this award entering Week 10 is incredible.
Jeanty has had a historic season already, and he has a chance to make even more history. He would join a short list of Group of Five players to ever finish a season as a Heisman finalist if he earns an invite to N.Y. for the ceremony. And at this point, he seems like a lock to at least be a finalist.
Thinking bigger, he would become the first player since Navy QB Roger Staubach in 1963 to win the award while playing for a team outside the Power Five (now Power Four) conferences. While Navy is currently not in a Power Four league, it was an independent in '63 during a very different era in this sport.
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Jeanty faces stiff competition, though. If the Ducks stay at No. 1 the rest of the way, Oregon's Dillon Gabriel could end up as an unsurprising winner after entering the season as the favorite. Elsewhere, Miami's Cam Ward has put up Heisman-worthy numbers for the undefeated Hurricanes, and Travis Hunter has had an unprecented season as a star on both sides of the ball for Colorado.
Dillon Gabriel Heisman Odds, Analysis
The history of this award tells us Gabriel is the safest bet right now, especially if Oregon can survive its trip to Ann Arbor this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
After a slow start to the year (though the close Week 2 win over Boise is hardly a head-scratcher at this point), both Gabriel and the 8-0 Ducks (5-0 Big Ten) have been on fire since Week 3.
Including a home win over Ohio State as slight underdogs on October 12, the Ducks have scored at least 32 points in seven straight games, and five of their last six wins were by at least 20 points.
With 2,371 yards on 192-of-252 passing, for 18 TDs and 5 interceptions, plus more rushing TDs, Gabriel does not have the best passing numbers in the country, but he's No. 1 in completion percentage (minimum 100 passing attempts), and he's top 10 in virtually every other statistic.
Barring a shocking stumble by the Ducks or an injury, this is Gabriel's award to lose.
Travis Hunter Heisman Odds, Analysis
Hunter has a fascinating Heisman case, especially if Colorado (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) manages to reach the Big 12 Championship Game a year after it went just 4-8 (1-8 Big 12) in Coach Prime's first season in Boulder.
In Week 9, Hunter won Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Cincinnati. That marked the second time this year that he won Defensive Player of the Week. He also won the award after his team's Week 3 win over Colorado State.
In all likelihood, Hunter is going to make it to New York, and it shouldn't surprise anyone if he takes some votes from Gabriel. Assuming Colorado does not reach or win the Big 12, he'll probably not win this award over Gabriel, Ward or Jeanty, though.
But if the Buffs manage to win their conference, Hunter's heroics on both sides of the ball are going to be impossible for voters to ignore.
Cam Ward Heisman Odds, Analysis
Ward was the early-season favorite after a dominant start by the Hurricanes. While Miami has stayed unbeaten, it has been pushed in three of the last four weeks, with Ward carrying the Canes to high-scoring wins over Virginia Tech, California and Louisville.
Ward boasts better counting stats than Gabriel, but he'll be dinged for the Canes' weak schedule this year -- unless Virginia Tech, Duke and/or Louisville climb into the polls with a strong finish, Miami will finish the year without a single win over a ranked oppponent.
No matter how good Ward's numbers are at season's end (and they've been fantastic so far), that's going to be massive obstacle to overcome.
Ashton Jeanty Heisman Odds, Analysis
First of all, yes, we realize how harsh and absurd the following is about to sound.
But although he ran for 128 yards and led his team to a road win over the second-best team in his conference (6-2 UNLV) last Friday night, Jeanty may have "squandered" his last, best chance to sway Heisman voters.
He was hardly stifled by the Rebels, who were determined to make someone besides Jeanty beat them, but he probably needed 200-plus rushing yards and more than 1 TD against UNLV last Friday night to give himself a realistic chance to overtake Ward, Hunter and Gabriel.
Jeanty still should -- at minimum -- remain in the Heisman mix until the trophy is awarded, but we're skpetical that even a 2,000-yard season for a RB on the No. 15 team in the country will be enough for him to win this award at Gabriel's expense.
Best 2024 Heisman Trophy Longshot Bets
Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke (best odds: +10000 at DraftKings)
Rourke, who reportedly will return from a thumb injury this weekend against Michigan State, should be on your radar if you're looking for a longshot. His current price at DK offers a ton of upside given that his odds are much shorter at both FanDuel and bet365.
He has the numbers (over 1,900 yards passing, 15 TDs and 3 interceptions in just seven games played) to vault up this list if the No. 13 Hoosiers keep winning.
In fact, assuming A) he returns this weekend and B) undefeated Indiana gets through Michigan State and Michigan the next two weeks, he'll enter his team's Nov. 23 trip to Columbus to take on the Buckeyes with a ton of Heisman buzz.
Army QB Bryson Daily (best odds: +10000 at bet365)
Sticking with players who entered this season unknown to all the but the most rabid CFF fans, Army's dynamic QB is worth a look. He's especially intriguing if you like the No. 21 Black Knights to fare better against Notre Dame on Nov. 23 at Yankee Stadium than Navy did last Saturday in a 51-14 loss last Saturday.
Daily is yet to attempt more than 10 passes in a game this season, but he's a fascinating weapon on the ground, with at least 100 yards rushing in each of the last six games, and insane numbers on the year (138 carries for 909 yards rushing -- 6.6 ypc -- and 19 (!) TDs).
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