There are no easy paths to New York City as a Heisman Trophy finalist, but there are a variety of them. The four college football quarterbacks who will be there Saturday night for the awarding of the most prestigious individual honor in sports arrived via four distinctly different routes.
Some are more romantic and unlikely, others you could see coming. Whiz kids and late bloomers, can’t-miss prodigies and off-radar underdogs, they occasionally can all arrive at the same place. That’s part of the beauty of sports, and of life in general.
So when you tune in and see four young men, extremely confident on the field and assuredly nervous in that moment, appreciate what it took for them to get there. Talent plus sacrifice plus determination plus belief plus familial and community support form a common set of characteristics for a quartet of unique and diverse players.
