Heisman finalists

Quarterbacks Stetson Bennett of Georgia, Max Duggan of TCU, C.J. Stroud of Ohio State and Caleb Williams of Southern California are the finalists for the ...

Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: [https://tinyurl.com/mrxhe6f2](https://tinyurl.com/mrxhe6f2). The second-year player from Washington is responsible for a nation-leading 21.7 points per game. Duggan, a fourth-year player from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was Gary Patterson's starter for two seasons before Dykes picked Chandler Morris over Duggan in the preseason. It happened late in the fourth quarter when he broke loose for 40 yards and then, visibly out of breath, ran for an 8-yard TD and completed his 2-point pass to bring the Frogs back from an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit. Including his 10 rushing touchdowns, he has accounted for a school-record 47. He came into this season regarded as the front-runner and remained the favorite as Ohio State piled up impressive numbers through the first eight games. Duggan came up just short of the goal line on a run in overtime, and the Frogs lost for the first time this season, 31-28. “I think if you watch this game today, I think it’s pretty clear that he’s certainly deserving to, if not win the Heisman Trophy, to certainly be in the conversation,” first-year TCU coach Sonny Dykes said. Stroud of Ohio State and Caleb Williams of Southern California were announced as finalists for the Heisman Trophy on Monday night. He was at the controls for the Bulldogs’ win over Alabama in the national championship game last January, and he passed for two TDs and ran for another in a 27-13 win over Tennessee last month. Of Georgia’s three all-time wins over a No. This honor is all about my teammates and this team.