There is no doubt that Christian McCaffrey and Deshaun
Watson both put together very solid seasons. It is hard to look past the big
numbers put up by quarterbacks Matt Johnson of Bowling Green and Brandon
Doughty of Western Kentucky too. One man put himself just a notch above though
by rushing for almost 2000 yards and scoring 23 touchdowns. With that being
said, I would like to name running back Derrick Henry of Alabama as the
2015-2016 jasathletics College Football MVP.
Possibly surprisingly, this marks the first time that a
running back has taken home this prestigious honor, and this breaks the four
year streak of a quarterback winning this award. This is also the fourth time
in the seven year lifespan of the jasathletics College Football MVP award that
the Heisman winner has also had the top individual prize in college football
bestowed upon him. At the midway point of the season it looked as if Leonard
Fournette was a lock to win the top two individual awards in the game, but the
pendulum swung towards Derrick Henry and never went back when LSU played
Alabama. In that game Henry ran for 210 yards and 3 touchdowns whereas
Fournette only ran for 31 yards and 1 touchdown. The fact that Henry went over
200 yards on three other occasions and scored at least one touchdown in every
game didn’t hurt either. Congratulations to Derrick Henry, the seventh winner of
this high honor.
