Wuerffel Has All The Heisman Trophy Credentials
Danny Wuerffel has been the postseason awards champion so far. Today, Florida’s All-America quarterback and three other finalists find out who wins college football’s biggest prize of all - the Heisman Trophy.
Wuerffel is considered the front-runner to capture the 62nd Heisman, presented by the Downtown Athletic Club in lower Manhattan. The other finalists are Iowa State running back Troy Davis, Arizona State quarterback Jake Plummer and Ohio State left tackle Orlando Pace.
“If it happens, that’ll be fine,” said Wuerffel, the most accurate passer in NCAA history. “If it doesn’t, that’ll be fine, too.”
Wuerffel, a 6-foot-2, 209-pound senior from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., already has picked up the Maxwell, Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm awards, as well as three scholarships - two from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame and one from Honda.
Pace, also an All-American, won the Outland Trophy to go along with his second Lombardi Award as the nation’s top lineman.
The Heisman is supposed to go to the “outstanding player of the United States,” according to instructions mailed to the 920 voters - 870 media members and the 50 living Heisman winners.
But there are other factors involved, such as media exposure, gaudy statistics and playing for a winner.
Wuerffel gets high marks on all counts. He set 47 school, SEC and NCAA records at Florida, and this season completed 207 of 360 passes for 3,625 yards and a Division I-A-leading 39 touchdowns.
xxxx On TV Today: Heisman Trophy show begins at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN.