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Jake Fromm makes NFL.com analyst’s top 18 Heisman Trophy candidates list

Jake Fromm gets off a pass while tailback Brian Herrien blocks in the annual G-Day spring intrasquad football game. More than 82,000 fans attended the game Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
Jake Fromm gets off a pass while tailback Brian Herrien blocks in the annual G-Day spring intrasquad football game. More than 82,000 fans attended the game Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
By Maghen Moore
May 16, 2018

According to NFL.com analyst Chase Goodbread, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm has the highest chances of SEC quarterbacks to win the Heisman Trophy.

Goodbread’s list of 18 candidates for the Heisman Trophy includes five SEC quarterbacks.

Goodbread ranks Fromm with the highest chances of winning the Heisman Trophy of all the SEC quarterbacks on the list.

The SEC quarterbacks and their rankings are below.

No. 6 Jake Fromm, Georgia

No. 8 Jarrett Stidham, Auburn

No. 10 Drew Lock, Missouri

No. 12 Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama

No. 17 Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State

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