Throughout the year’s college football has seen some special seasons from top quarterbacks. From the likes of Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III, Johnny Manziel, and Lamar Jackson, those legendary college quarterbacks have won Heisman Trophy’s and cemented their respected legacies forever.
In the recent national championship game, what LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow accomplished and on the season as a whole might be the most impressive single-season ever seen.
In 2018, Burrow transferred to LSU as a junior. The Ohio native’s first two seasons in college were in Columbus at Ohio State playing behind J.T. Barrett. Burrow’s first season in Baton Rouge was decent. He finished the season with almost 2,900 yards passing, with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions.
This year in-route to the National Championship, Burrow doubled every statistical category except for interceptions with six. He threw for over 5,600 yards and 60 touchdowns, which is the most thrown in a single season in college football history.
The plethora of offensive weapons for LSU this year was absolutely unfair to the rest of college football. The way head coach Ed Orgeron constructed the offense around Burrow was beneficial, to say the least. The addition of Offensive coordinator Joe Brady was the biggest move, however. Brady was an offensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints for two years. That lethal offensive scheme came over to LSU and with the likes of wide receivers Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and a massive offensive line, the offense put up some all world statistical numbers and may have had the best offensive season in college history.
In a time where Clemson had a chance to take over as the king of college football, LSU let it be known that the SEC West is still one of the top divisions in perhaps the best conference.
For Joe Burrow, after a spectacular season, one would assume that he’s going to be the consensus number one overall pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft. The Cincinnati Bengals look like they’re heading in that direction. Burrows senior season numbers won’t translate consistently to the NFL, but as poised as he was this season that can give him the confidence to be a very good NFL Quarterback for years to come.
Whether he goes number one overall or not. What teams have to love about the Heisman Trophy winner is that he’s competitive, poised, and driven to be a great player.