Last week, Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel surpassed both Georgia’s Carson Beck and Texas’ Quinn Ewers as the favorite to win next season’s Heisman Trophy (via ESPN). David Purdum of ESPN referred to this shift as “an atypical July change for college football’s highest honor,” signaling that this late surge for Gabriel is not one most expected. While his arrival at Oregon over the offseason was met with much excitement and certainly came with an expectation of winning, it made sense that odds favored quarterbacks in more established situations. Beck started all of last year and led Georgia to a dominant 13-1 record and Orange Bowl win, and Ewers spearheaded
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