The Heisman Trophy Award is arguably the most prestigious award in all of college sports, but it definitely has its flaws.

The biggest one has to be how it is awarded before all of the bowl games, the College Football Playoffs, and most importantly, the National Championship. If the award were given out after the CFP, it would drastically change who gets the award.

A prime example is this year, when Georgia and Ohio State match up in the semi-final of the CFP on New Year’s Eve. If Georgia’s Stetson Bennett goes out and throws four TDs while Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud throws one TD and three INTs, that would change the way the committee votes.

Next, the Heisman is not supposed to be awarded based only on skill, but over the years that is what has happened. This award actually is supposed to be for an outstanding player who also displays perseverance, integrity, and hard work.

This year is a prime example of this flaw. Caleb Williams, this year’s winner, might have been the most talented player up for the award, but Stetson Bennett by far was the most deserving of the award. Not only did he start off his college career as a walk-on at Georgia, but he also transferred out and went to junior college then came back to Georgia. Now that he is back at Georgia, he has won a national championship and is the frontrunner to win another one this year.

Another major flaw of the award is that it is so dominated by quarterbacks. Out of the last 10 Heisman winners, only two have been non-quarterbacks.

Quarterbacks will put up the best stats, of course, but that is because they get the most opportunities to make plays. The committee should look less into stats and more into the impact players have on the field and how big a factor they are to their team’s success.

There has only been one defensive player to win the Heisman and that was Charles Woodson in 1997. But there have been many players worthy of winning the award, such as Aidan Hutchinson and Will Anderson.