Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) jogs onto the field before an NFL preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Cincinnati. AP PHOTO BY JEFF DEAN Washington Commanders' first-round draft pick Jayden Daniels speaks to reporters during a news conference in Ashburn, Va.
, Friday, April 26, 2024. AP PHOTO BY MANUEL BALCE CENETA Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two now legendary former LSU quarterbacks made history Monday night. Heisman Trophy history.
Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders and Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals squared off in Cincinnati in a first-of-its-kind encounter. According to the SEC Network, they are the first Heisman-winning quarterbacks from the same school to start against each other on Monday Night Football. Daniels, the 2023 Heisman winner, and Burrow, the 2019 winner, met in the second game of a rare Monday Night Football doubleheader that kicked off at 7:15 p.
m. on ABC. The first game between Jacksonville and Buffalo started at 6:30 p.
m. on ESPN. The Washington-Cincinnati game ended after our print deadlines.
Until Burrow came along, few LSU players had come close to winning the Heisman since Billy Cannon used his triple threat talents as a runner, defensive player and kick returner to win college football’s biggest individual prize in 1959. Jerry Stovall was a runner-up in 1962, Bert Jones finished fourth in 1972, Charles Alexander was fifth in 1978 and Tyrann M.