Miami QB Cam Ward jumps to front of Heisman Trophy race

Cam Ward has taken advantage of Miami’s relatively soft opening schedule along with an injury to a key rival to become the last favorite in the Heisman Trophy race.Ward threw for 404 yards and three touchdowns in the Hurricanes’ 50-15 rout of South Florida on Saturday. That followed blowout wins over Florida, Florida A&M and Ball State, with the senior having compiled 1,439 passing yards and 14 touchdowns through four games.Ward is now the +450 Heisman Trophy favorite at DraftKings, followed by Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart (+500), Alabama’s Jalen Milroe (+700), Tennessee’s Nico Iamaleava and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel (+1000). Ward is the +350 favorite at FanDuel, followed by Dart (+500) and Milroe (+750).Gabriel opened the season as the favorite, but has slid down the list with Oregon escaping upset bids by Idaho and Boise State in their first two games. He was supplanted by Texas’ Quinn Ewers, who has fallen all the way to seventh after sustaining an oblique strain and missing the Longhorns’ Saturday win over Louisiana-Monroe.HEISMAN TROPHY ODDS*PLAYER, TEAM, JULY ODDS, WEEK 1, Week 2, CURRENTCam Ward, Miami, +2200, +950, +850, +450Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss, +1400, +850, +800, +500Jalen Milroe, Alabama, +1500, +1100, +1200, +700Nico Iamaleava, Tennessee, +1800, +1200, +1300, +950Carson Beck, Georgia, +800, +900, +1000, +1400Dillon Gabriel, Oregon, +750, +800, +1100, +1000Quinn Ewers, Texas, +1000, +1400, +600, +1500Travis Hunter, Colorado, N/A, N/A, N/A, +2000Ashton Jeanty, Boise State, N/A/, N/A, +3000, +2000Will Howard, Ohio State, +1500, +1600, +2000, +2000Miller Moss, Southern California, N/A, +2200, +1800, +2500

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