Can reigning Heisman Trophy winner and USC quarterback Caleb Williams win the award again in 2023?
The betting odds are in his favor. Williams is the only player in college football with consensus odds shorter than 10-1 across major sportsbooks. Most places have him around 5-1.
History is not on his side. No player has been able to win the award more than once besides Archie Griffin in 1974-75. And since at least 2009, the only preseason favorite to win the award was Marcus Mariota in 2014, according to data from Sports Odds History.
However, while the odds have proven quite predictive on who not to choose, they haven’t been nearly as helpful in deciding who you should put money on. In the last eight years since Mariota’s win, only three other players even had top-10 odds. All we truly know is the winner will more than likely be a quarterback — 18 of 22 winners since 2000 have been QBs.
With that said, I’m predicting the winner will come from this group of eight players.
Odds via FanDuel
