Heisman Trophy Winner Odds & Past Winners: Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr., Marvin Harrison Jr. (2023)
With college football season in full swing, the race for the highly coveted Heisman Trophy is heating up. This prestigious award, presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football, is a dream for any player to achieve and a popular futures bet for savvy bettors. By taking some early risk, bettors can get more favorable odds in exchange for playing the long game. The key is to pay attention to the updated Heisman Trophy Winner Odds and pick the right times to place your bets.
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Current NCAAF Heisman Winner Odds
List of Past Heisman Trophy Winners
| Year | Name | School | Position |
| 1935 | Jay Berwanger* | Chicago | HB |
| 1936 | Larry Kelley | Yale | End |
| 1937 | Clint Frank | Yale | HB |
| 1938 | Davey O’Brien | TCU | QB |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick | Iowa | HB/QB |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon* | Michigan | HB |
| 1941 | Bruce Smith | Minnesota | HB |
| 1942 | Frank Sinkwich* | Georgia | HB |
| 1943 | Angelo Bertelli* | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1944 | Les Horvath | Ohio State | HB/QB |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard | Army | FB |
| 1946 | Glenn Davis | Army | HB |
| 1947 | Johnny Lujack | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1948 | Doak Walker† | SMU | HB |
| 1949 | Leon Hart* | Notre Dame | End |
| 1950 | Vic Janowicz | Ohio State | HB/P |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier | Princeton | HB |
| 1952 | Billy Vessels | Oklahoma | HB |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner | Notre Dame | HB |
| 1954 | Alan Ameche | Wisconsin | FB |
| 1955 | Howard Cassady | Ohio State | HB |
| 1956 | Paul Hornung‡ | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1957 | John David Crow | Texas A&M | HB |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins | Army | HB |
| 1959 | Billy Cannon* | LSU | HB |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino | Navy | HB |
| 1961 | Ernie Davis* | Syracuse | HB/LB/FB |
| 1962 | Terry Baker* | Oregon State | QB |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach† | Navy | QB |
| 1964 | John Huarte | Notre Dame | QB |
| 1965 | Mike Garrett | USC | HB |
| 1966 | Steve Spurrier | Florida | QB |
| 1967 | Gary Beban | UCLA | QB |
| 1968 | O. J. Simpson‡ | USC | HB |
| 1969 | Steve Owens | Oklahoma | FB |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett* | Stanford | QB |
| 1971 | Pat Sullivan | Auburn | QB |
| 1972 | Johnny Rodgers | Nebraska | WR/RB |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti | Penn State | RB |
| 1974 |
Archie Griffin
|
Ohio State |
RB
|
| 1975 |
Archie Griffin
|
Ohio State |
RB
|
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett† | Pittsburgh | RB |
| 1977 | Earl Campbell‡ | Texas | RB |
| 1978 | Billy Sims* | Oklahoma | RB |
| 1979 | Charles White | USC | RB |
| 1980 | George Rogers* | South Carolina | RB |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen† | USC | RB |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker | Georgia | RB |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier | Nebraska | RB |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie | Boston College | QB |
| 1985 | Bo Jackson* | Auburn | RB |
| 1986 | Vinny Testaverde* | Miami (FL) | QB |
| 1987 | Tim Brown† | Notre Dame | WR |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders† | Oklahoma State | RB |
| 1989 | Andre Ware | Houston | QB |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer | BYU | QB |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard | Michigan | WR/PR |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta | Miami (FL) | QB |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward | Florida State | QB |
| 1994 | Rashaan Salaam | Colorado | RB |
| 1995 | Eddie George | Ohio State | RB |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel | Florida | QB |
| 1997 | Charles Woodson† | Michigan | CB |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams | Texas | RB |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne | Wisconsin | RB |
| 2000 | Chris Weinke | Florida State | QB |
| 2001 | Eric Crouch | Nebraska | QB / WR |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer* | USC | QB |
| 2003 | Jason White | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | USC | QB |
| 2005 (vacated) |
Reggie Bush | USC | RB |
| 2006 | Troy Smith | Ohio State | QB |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow | Florida | QB |
| 2008 | Sam Bradford* | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2009 | Mark Ingram II | Alabama | RB |
| 2010 | Cam Newton* | Auburn | QB |
| 2011 | Robert Griffin III | Baylor | QB |
| 2012 | Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M | QB |
| 2013 | Jameis Winston* | Florida State | QB |
| 2014 | Marcus Mariota | Oregon | QB |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama | RB |
| 2016 | Lamar Jackson | Louisville | QB |
| 2017 | Baker Mayfield* | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2018 | Kyler Murray* | Oklahoma | QB |
| 2019 | Joe Burrow* | LSU | QB |
| 2020 | DeVonta Smith | Alabama | WR |
| 2021 | Bryce Young* | Alabama | QB |
| 2022 | Caleb Williams | USC | QB |
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What is a futures bet?
The vast majority of sports betting is done on single games occurring in the near future. Futures bets are wagers on future events and are decided by a large number of games rather than just one. Futures bets are usually on end-of-season results such as a team winning a championship or a player winning an award. It is difficult to win so odds are low and futures bets generally have large payouts.
Strategy for NCAAF Futures
There are so many different ways to take attack the futures market. The futures market allows you to find edges in areas that single-game betting does not. It is important to assign probabilities to what you are betting and compare those to the implied probability the futures market dictates. Whether that is simply just using your own intuition, having your own power ratings numbers, or creating a model to determine the probability of events occurring, it is vital to do so. Before the 2021 college football season, the CJ Stroud was +1400 to win the Heisman trophy. The implied odds of that are around 7%. If you give Stroud a 15% chance to win the Heisman then there is some value to bet that. If you give him just a 3% chance, then you may want to look to bet a different player in that market. Futures markets often have heavy juice so there may be no value at all but if you consistently make futures bets with positive expected value, you will win in the long run.
Another strategy for betting NCAAF futures is by hedging. If you placed a bet on Michigan to win the Big Ten before the 2021 college football season at +500, then you had the opportunity to hedge against that bet throughout the season and in the Big Ten Championship game. If you had a Michigan Big Ten Champion ticket at +500, you could've hedged against that bet by betting the Iowa moneyline in the championship game to ensure that you will win regardless of the game's outcome.
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