Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, who finished a distant second to Auburn’s Cam Newton in last year’s voting, is the odds-on favorite to do one better in 2011, coming in at 9/2 according to the gambling website. Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones is next at 13/2, followed South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore at 7/1 and Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson and Oregon running back LaMichael James at 15/2 to round out the latest “Top Five”.
James finished third in the voting last year, while Boise State’s Kellen Moore rounded out the quartet invited to New York City with a fourth-place finish. Moore is currently at 15-1 to win the Heisman this year.
Bodog listed the odds for 38 players, with more than half (21) coming from the quarterback position. That’s not at all unexpected, after all, as QBs have taken home nine of the last 10 trophies. Mark Ingram of Alabama was the only non-QB in the last decade to win the award, and his position, running back, was next with 11 players listed, followed by wide receivers with seven. No defensive players were listed in the latest odds.
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