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The
NationalChamps.net Heisman Grading System ® takes
into account six main factors when attempting to measure Heisman
Candidates. Each category is weighted in order of importance.
- STATISTICS
- a combination of previous year's statistics, plus estimation
on possibilities for 2003
- POSITION
- 68 Heisman presentations have yielded trophies to 40 RBs,
22 QBs, 3 WRs, and 3 Defensive players. However, the award
has been presented to a QB in 8 of the last 14 years and
the past three years in a row. Under this scenario, NationalChamps.net
awards points as such: QB = 5 points, RB = 5 points, WR
= 3 pts.
- TEAM
SUCCESS - Wins and losses for 2003
- EXPOSURE
- Measured by the amount of times each team appears on national
television versus Top 50 opposition in conjunction with
the region each team resides.
- SENIORITY
- Senior = 5 pts., Junior = 4 pts., Sophomore = 3 pts.
- SCHEDULE
- difficulty of 2003 opponents
A scale
of 1-5 is used to rate each component with 5 being the highest.
The totals are then weighted and the resulting total displays
a percentile basis for winning the Heisman Trophy.
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Quarterback
6-4, 215 lbs.
Caldwell, ID |
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Cody
Pickett - Washington, Sr. |
Grading
System: 89.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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Broke the Pac-10's single-season
yards record in 2002, he became
the first 4,000-yard passer in
Pac-10 history
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Just
a junior, Pickett is already UW's
career passing leader with 6,611
yards
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Threw
for 350 yards against USC to extend
his school record of seven consecutive
300-yard games
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In
just 25 career games, Pickett
already boasts seven of the top
10 and 10 of Washington's top-17
single-game totals in passing
yards
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In
2001, Pickett broke four UW records,
most significantly the single-game
passing yardage mark with 455
in a 31-28 win over Arizona. Pickett
also broke the UW single season
record for passing yards per game
(240.3)
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Running
Back
5-7, 170 lbs.
Olathe, KS |
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Darren
Sproles - Kansas State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 89.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Became
the single season rushing leader
at KSU, ending the regular season
with 1,347 yards
- Ranks
27th nationally in all-purpose
yards, 56th in punt return average
and 34th in scoring
- The
100-yard rushing game against
Missouri to close the regular
season, was Sproles' ninth overall
and eighth in a row, both improving
on his own school records...
- Sproles'
string of 100-yard games has coincided
with the Big 12 Conference season...In
league games, he has averaged
124.9 yards per game and 6.3 yards
per carry
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ranks 18th in the nation in rushing...
On the list of NCAA rushers, Sproles'
6.24 per-carry average ranks fifth
among players with at least 200
attempts.
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Running
Back
6-0, 212 lbs.
Chester, PA |
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Kevin
Jones - Virginia Tech, Jr. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Set
a Tech freshman record in rushing
with 957 yards in 2001
- Voted
the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year
and was a second-team Freshman
All-America selection by The Sporting
News in 2001
- Ranked
fifth among Division I-A freshmen
in rushing yards for the season
and third among true freshmen
- Playing
as an alternate in 2002 with Lee
Suggs, Jones managed 871 total
yards for 5.4 yards per carry
- Is
an Iron Hokie in the weight room
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Running
Back
6-0, 230 lbs.
Youngstown, OH |
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Maurice
Clarett - Ohio State, So. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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Sensational
freshman, who has taken the college
football world by storm. Helped
lead Buckeyes to the 2002 national
championship
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One
of 10 finalists for the Walter
Camp Award
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First
Team All-Big Ten, named Big Ten
Freshman of the Year
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Set
OSU frosh records for TDs (16),
scoring (96 points) and rushing
(1,190)
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Second
in the Big Ten in scoring average
(9.6 points a game) and fourth
in average rushing yards per game
(119.0).
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Sat
out three games in 2002 and played
sparingly in two others, but still
had seven 100-yard games, including
a career-best 230 against Washington
State
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2001
USA Today High School Offensive
Player of the Year
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Quarterback
6-1, 205
Baytown, TX |
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Ell
Roberson - Kansas State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 88.5%
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Stats & Facts |
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With
1032 yards rushing in 2002, he
has passed the 643 he had a year
ago and surpassed the single-season
record for rushing yards by a
QB at KSU
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Finished
with 228 yards on 29 carries,
scoring three touchdowns against
Nebraska, which set single-play,
single-game and single-season
records for rushing yards by a
K-State QB with the performance
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Rushed
for over 100 yards six times in
his career
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Roberson's
1,780 rushing yards rank eighth
on the career list, and he is
now the top rushing QB in Wildcat
history
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Now
with 4,119 total offense yards,
Roberson has become the eighth
Wildcat past the 4,000 mark
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Running
Back
6-2, 224 lbs.
Las Vegas, NV |
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Steven
Jackson - Oregon State, Jr. |
Grading
System: 88.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Led
the Pac-10 in rushing and finished
the 2002 season ranked eighth
nationally with 1,690 yards and
an average of 130.0 yards per
game
- Broke
the OSU single-season rushing
record and all-purpose yards record
- His
1,855 all-purpose yards tops the
old record of 1,705 by Simonton
in 1999
- Rushed
for 100 yards or more 10 times
in his career, including a career-best
239 vs. California this year,
which ties the school record
- Rushed
for over 200 yards three times
in 2002 to become the only OSU
back in history to accomplish
that fete
- Rushed
for 891yards in his last five
games prior to the Insight Bowl,
an average of 178.2 yards per
game
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Running
Back
5-10, 190 lbs.
Coral Gables, FL |
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Frank
Gore - Miami FL, So |
Grading
System: 88.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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Sat
out 2002 with a knee injury
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2001
- Rushed for 562 yards on just
62 carries, averaging 9.1 yards
per carry, the second-best per-carry
average in Miami history
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Compiled
the third-best rushing yardage
total ever by a UM freshman, second-best
ever by a true freshman
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Averaged
13.9 yards per attempt against
Syracuse, rushing 11 times for
153 yards, including a season-best
77-yard run (the longest Miami
rushing play of the season
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Quarterback
6-3, 227
Snellville, GA |
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David
Greene - Georgia, Jr. |
Grading
System: 86.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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A First Team All-SEC selection
by the Associated Press and SEC
coaches
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Career
Record of 21-5 as Georgia starter
including 8-0 on opponent’s
home field
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Named
the MVP of the 2002 SEC Championship
Game
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SEC
Leader and 18th nationally in
Passing Efficiency
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Five
4th quarter comebacks
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22
TD Passes in 2002 ranks 3rd most
in Bulldog history for a season
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Twice
tied School Record in 2003 with
4 TD Passes
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Running
Back
5-8, 194 lbs.
Plainfield, NJ |
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Anthony
Davis - Wisconsin, Jr. |
Grading
System: 84.0%
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Stats & Facts |
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- Big
Ten's second leading rusher in
2002 (1,555 yards,119.6 avg.)
- Has
rushed for 100 yards in 17 of
24 career games, 301-yard, five-TD
effort vs. Minnesota
- Most
rushing yardage (3,021 yards)
by any Division I player over
the past two seasons combined
- He
and Ron Dayne are the only two
Badgers ever to rush for 1,000
yards in both their freshman and
sophomore year
- One
of eight semifinalists for the
Doak Walker Award as the nation's
top running back in 2001 (he was
the only freshman among the semifinalists)
- First-team
freshman All-America choice by
the Football Writers Association
of America and The Sporting News
in 2001
- Consensus
choice (coaches and media) as
Big Ten Freshman of the Year,
as well as a first-team all-conference
pick in 2001
- Big
Ten's leading rusher with 1,466
yards in 2001 (133.3 per game)
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Running
Back
6-1, 248 lbs.
Beaufort, SC |
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Greg
Jones - Florida State, Sr. |
Grading
System: 83.5%
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