The Heisman Hopefuls Podcast
The Heisman Hopefuls Podcast, hosted by Heisman historian Chris Huston, features year round interviews with top Heisman contenders, insider stories from Heisman history, hard-hitting discussion of the latest college football news plus updates on the Heisman Trophy Trust’s charitable work. New episodes every Thursday. Follow @HeismanTrophy on all platforms and watch clips on YouTube and TikTok. Contact: pod@heisman.com
Episodes
74 episodes
James Madison QB Alonza Barnett III
James Madison quarterback Alonza Burnett III joins the show to discuss the details of his
Kansas State QB Avery Johnson
Kansas State Wildcats quarterback Avery Johnson, a rising star in college football, joins the podcast to discuss the Wildcats' impressive start to the season, his close friendship with running back Dylan Edwards, and the compariso...
Mississippi QB Jaxson Dart
Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart joins the pod to talk about his recent hot streak as a passer, his relationship with wide receiver Tre Harris, how he became such a hard-nosed player, his innate fashion sense, his love o...
Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
Fresh off a school-record 267-yard, 6-TD performance in a season-opening victory over Georgia Southern, Boise State junior running back Ashton Jeanty joins the show to talk about his football journey from Naples, Italy, to Frisco, Texas....
Alabama QB Jalen Milroe (Part II)
Alabama junior quarterback Jalen Milroe returns to the Official Heisman Trophy Podcast to talk about his team's transition from the Nick Saban Era to the Kalen DeBoer Era, ...
State of the Heisman 2024
Season two of the Official Heisman Trophy Podcast kicks off as writers Pat Forde of SI.com and Tom Fornelli of CBSSports.com join Chris on the show to discuss all the tumult going on in college football. Can the sport handle this ...
2023 Heisman Trophy Winner Jayden Daniels
Newly-crowned Heisman winner Jayden Daniels of LSU joined the podcast the morning after the ceremony to talk about his journey and how his life is already changing. We also caught up with AP college football writer Ralph Russo, wh...
BONUS POD: The 2023 Heisman Trophy Finalists
On Saturday morning, with the 2023 Heisman ceremony looming, we sat down with Jayden Daniels of LSU, Marvin Harrison, Jr., of Ohio State, Bo Nix of Oregon and Michael Penix, Jr., of Washington to get their thoughts o...
Heisman Week 101 featuring Don Criqui and David Frum
With the four Heisman finalists selected for 2023, we take a deep dive into the trophy's history. What is a Heisman finalist? Did you know that Herschel Walker, John Elway and Eric Dickerson were the first Heisman finalists...
Gino Torretta
Miami 1992 Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta joins the podcast to talk about the recent retirement of his jersey, the story of how he ended up in Coral Gables, how the Canes would have beaten UW in 1991, the difference between Jimmy...
Barry Sanders
With Heisman votes for this year's award set to go out on November 27, Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State comes on the show to talk about his new Amazon Prime documentary Bye Bye Barry. He also takes a deep di...
Alabama QB Jalen Milroe (Part I)
Crimson Tide sophomore quarterback Jalen Milroe joins the Official Heisman Trophy Podcast to talk about Alabama's improvement and how his early-season benching was an opportunity. With three games left to play, he wants to Let ...
Hall of Fame Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski
Hall of Famer and 5-time national champion basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University joins the Official Heisman Trophy Podcast to discuss his efforts with the Emily K Center in Durham, North Carolina. The 2022 Heisman Hum...
Special Teams: Iowa P Tory Taylor & USC PR Zachariah Branch
This week's episode focuses on special teams as Iowa All-American punter Tory Taylor joins the show to talk about his journey from Melbourne, Australia to the Big Ten while teaching us a thing or two about punting. He's followed by USC a...
Louisiana State QB Jayden Daniels
Heisman Trophy candidate Jayden Daniels comes on the show to discuss his overall improvement since landing in Baton Rouge, his favorite moments at LSU so far, and why sometimes he just can't slide like his coaches want him to. Then it's ...
Florida State QB Jordan Travis
Senior Seminoles quarterback Jordan Travis joins the pod to share his journey, his childhood dream of playing for FSU, and how he feels about the brotherhood he shares with his teammates. We cap off an "All-FSU" episode with 1993 Heisman...
Kentucky RB Ray Davis
Kentucky running back Ray Davis, the SEC's leading rusher, stops by to talk about his new life in Lexington, overcoming life's challenges and his interest in the sport of underwater hockey. Next we visit with 1978 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Si...
Washington State QB Cameron Ward
Washington State Cougar Cameron Ward joins us to talk about his journey from Wing-T quarterback in West Columbia, Texas, to the FCS, to the FBS, to 2023 Heisman candidate in the Palouse. With the Red River Showdown looming on Saturday, 1...
Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison, Jr.
Ohio State junior receiver Marvin Harrison, Jr., comes on the pod to give us an update on his ankle and talk about the joys of playing college football in The Horseshoe. We also talk to Rick Neuheisel, former Colorado offensive lineman Tony Ber...
Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman
Notre Dame senior quarterback Sam Hartman talks about making the move from Wake Forest to South Bend for his final collegiate season, what it was like to visit Dublin, Ireland for the season opener, and what inspired his signature bearded-look....
Michigan RB Blake Corum
Senior Michigan running back Blake Corum joins the Official Heisman Trophy Podcast and shares his thoughts on college football, Michigan football history, real estate and giving back to the community. Later in the program, 1996 Florida Gators H...
Illinois DL Johnny Newton
Illinois All-American defensive lineman Johnny Newton talks about his Mt. Rushmore of Food, the Greek hero Theseus and his preference for old school automobiles. Nebraska 2001 Heisman winner Eric Crouch reflects on his visit to Gr...
Penn State CB Kalen King
Penn State preseason All-American cornerback Kalen King joins Chris on the Official Heisman Podcast to talk about his preparation for the upcoming season and the joys of playing college football. With the season about to start, Chris and Paul d...