Tyrann Mathieu for Heisman (2012)

who is the female with him? looks like erin andrews...

 

You would be correct.

 

(CBS Bruce Feldman)
LSU's Tyrann Mathieu is up to third on my list. No defender has a bigger impact on a game than the Honey Badger, the wild card on arguably the country's top D. Mathieu is a magnet to the football and he doesn't just get to it, he often finds a way to take it. Mathieu leads LSU in tackles (41), is second in TFLs (5.0), leads in forced fumbles (4), leads in fumbles recovered (three), is second in passes defensed (six) and is tied for the lead in INTs (two). And I can say this from being around a team that spent a week preparing for LSU, the threat of the Honey Badger is almost as destructive as the Honey Badger himself.

Realistically, I doubt he can win it, but if Luck and Russell Wilson tail off and LSU wins the SEC and he keeps making big plays, he has a better chance than people might think. We are in a different era of sports and awards and Mathieu can definitely get to NYC for the ceremony.

 

In 19 games, TM7/HB7

98 Tackles
16 TFL
6 Sacks
4 Ints.
11 Passes broken up
2 QB hurries
9 Forced Fumbles
6 Fumble Rocoveries

Keeps adding to the stats every game.

:tigereye:

 

and 2 touchdowns from fumble recoveries

 

Yep, thanks.....

 

To me out would be a no brainer if TM keeps making plays like he has. He will have played so much better and had so much more effect on the outcome of the games than anyone else at his position.

 

He just keeps making plays. When you look at outside people giving him 1st. place votes, it means they are looking at him playing and changing games.

 

Honey Badger phenomenon going wild for No. 2 LSU