Jalen Milroe is the clear frontrunner for the Heisman | College Football Power Hour
Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz, Caroline Fenton, and Adam Breneman discuss how brilliant Jalen Milroe looked vs Georgia and why he should be clear Heisman favorite. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Power Hour” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Jalen Mro, best player in the country chapter.
I mean, if we're being honest, what we saw today and I'll, I'll give this, this note here, Jalen Mro, the first player with 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns versus an A P top five opponent.
Ever.
Ever.
You talk about like how this game was won, this game was won because Jalen Mro beat you with his legs, he beat you with his arm in my mind tomorrow, I'll be stunned if Jalen Mro is not the Heisman front runner and he should be, he usually goes to the quarterback of the best team that has the best performance.
That was the best performance we've seen hands down throughout the course of the year against the best quality opponent for the course of the year.
Like this was a statement making game for Alabama for Klin de Boer.
But importantly for Jalen Miller to be able to be as dynamic of an athlete as he is.
And I mean, he can take it to the house every time he touches the football and then to be as physical as he is running the football but also the improvement for him in the passing game.
He was 27 to 33 passing.
He was accurate.
He was efficient.
Uh, he threw one interception but it was at the end of the end of the first half, I, I interviewed Jalen Mero this summer when I was in Alabama and he kept talking about how he felt disrespected how everyone talks about him being just a running quarterback and how his whole life growing up, everyone talked about him as he should move, the wide receiver, he should play safety.
He's not a quarterback and how proving that he's a true passer in the pocket and can and can change the game with his arm was, was important to him and he proved that in this game and he's proved it all season long.
He is a game changer at that position.
Ken De Bore did it with Michael Pinnix Junior and that offense in that system is so good at giving players, giving their quarterbacks confidence and making them making quarterbacks feel like they're in control and everything and really getting the whole team in the system to believe in their quarterback.
Pennix was a completely different player when he went from Indiana to Washington.
I think J Murrow is a completely different player with Ken De Boer at Alabama and the way that they use him in that offense, they allow him to be himself.
They don't ask him to do too much he's not sitting in the pocket and going one, read 1234.
He's getting the ball out quick.
He's, he's on the move and then he's running the football.
It's what he does best and that offense is built perfectly for him.
And J Murrow, uh, there's no one at the court acquisition in college football that can play the way he can.
That was a Heisman trophy statement kind of game that if and I feel like I can say when we see, we see Jalen Mil in New York City at the end of the season, it's highlights from this game.