Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith took home the most coveted individual award in college football
The wide receiver of the University of Alabama, DeVonta Smith, became the most recent winner of the coveted this Tuesday Trofeo Heisman.
Smith, dressed in a cherry-colored tuxedo, became the third player of the Crimson Tide when taking the prize, after the runners Mark Ingram II (2009) and Derrick Henry (2015). The same, Smith became the first wide receiver to win the award since then Desmond Howard in 1991, with Michigan. He is thereafter the fourth modern wide receiver to win the trophy Johnny Rodgers from Nebraska (1972), Tim Brown from Our lady (1987) and Howard.
The fast wide receiver of the Crimson Tide led all finalists with 447 votes to first place and 1,856 points in total.
“For all the guys out there, it’s not about the biggest, it’s not about the strongest. Just keep pushing,” he said. Smith as part of his acceptance speech, “Because I’m not the best. They’ve questioned me a lot because of my size, and the bottom line is that if you do it right, you can.
“No job is too big. If you set your mind, you can do it, and just keep believing in God and you’ll get where you want to go.”
Smith He was also named Professional Footballer of the Year by The Associated Press this year. Smith he also won the Paul Hornung Award, given to the most versatile player in the country.
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The Alabama catcher had a spectacular season on his way to the semi-finals for the national championship.
He leads the FBS in receptions (105), yards per reception (1,641), and touchdowns per reception (20). Further, Smith it has only dropped two steps in the whole year.
Smith had in the draft of the NFL last year but decided to go back to Alabama for his senior season.
N ° 1 Alabama, directed by Smith, will contest the league title against N ° 3 on January 11 Ohio state, after the Tide and the Buckeyes pass by Our lady and Clemsonrespectively in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.
He Heisman it had been handed out to quarterbacks for the past four years. The only players who use the Heisman of positions that weren’t quarterbacks in the past 15 years was precise Ingram, Henry and now Smith, everything of Alabama. He Tide he has never had a trophy winner in the compass position.
The other three finalists for the award this year, in addition Smith, eran quarterbacks: Trevor Lawrence from Clemson, Mac Jones from Alabama, and Kyle Trask from Florida.
Lawrence He was the preseason favorite to win the award, but missing two games after signing COVID-19 slowed his campaign. The pin of the Tigers he finished second, with 222 votes in first place and 1,187 votes in total.
The third site went to Jones, the teammate of Smith, with 138 first place votes and 1,130 points in total. Trask he was left with 61 first place votes and 737 points in total.
The prize was awarded through a virtual ceremony, because of the coronavirus pandemic, instead of the traditional trip to New York City. He Heisman was first delivered to culminate the 1935 season, being Jay Berwanger from University of Chicago the first to receive it.