LSU QB Jayden Daniels Overcomes Being Outside CFP Race to Win Heisman Trophy With Prolific Season

Heisman Trophy finalists (L to R) LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., Oregon quarterback Bo Nix and Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. pose with the trophy after attending a news conference before the award ceremony in New York on Dec. 9, 2023. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Photo

NEW YORK—LSU’s dazzling dual-threat quarterback, Jayden Daniels, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first player since 2016 to win college football’s most prestigious player of the year award as part of a team that did not play for a conference championship.

The fifth-year player, who transferred from Arizona State to LSU in 2022, received 503 first-place votes and 2,029 points after accounting for 50 touchdowns and nearly 5,000 total yards in just 12 regular-season games.