Trevor Lawrence Makes His Heisman Case
The Lead
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🗓️ 21 December 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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A few weeks ago, Trevor Lawrence had been all but written off as a Heisman Trophy candidate. But after his impressive performance against #2 ranked Notre Dame on Saturday, the Clemson star might now be back in the running. The Athletic's Grace Raynor joins us to discuss Lawrence’s roller coaster of a 2020 season, what comes next for him and the Tigers, and why the star QB deserves real consideration for college football's top individual honor.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:11.6 | On Saturday, Clemson won its sixth straight ACC title and leading the way once again with quarterback Trevor Lawrence. |
| 0:18.8 | Here's Lawrence for the ginkgoer in the clear, large heading for the end zone touchdown Tigers. |
| 0:24.8 | First, got one hand on the trophy now. I met the ACC trophy, but the Heisman trophy, maybe two, and he's having a night. |
| 0:33.8 | Today, the Athletics Grace Rainer on Lawrence's wild 2020 season, what comes next for him and Clemson, and why the star QB deserves real consideration for the Heisman. |
| 0:44.8 | This guy has lost one game in his entire career. He's 34 and one is Clemson's starter. |
| 0:50.8 | I mean, I think he's the best player in college football, and I think if you watch the games and you go at it from the I test and not strictly numerically, he makes an extremely compelling case. |
| 1:02.8 | From Wondry, I'm the Athletic. I'm Kabetha Davidson. |
| 1:05.8 | And I'm Anders Keltow. It's Monday, December 21st, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:10.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:14.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the best for the first one. |
| 1:19.8 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:22.8 | You can't play MC, you can't be like that. |
| 1:24.8 | That's not good, though. |
| 1:25.8 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:29.8 | It stays with you. |
| 1:35.8 | So Grace, after losing to Notre Dame back in early November without Trevor Lawrence, Clemson came out in the rematch on Saturday, and for a brief moment looked a little shaky again. |
| 1:46.8 | And then five, they pick up the pressure, called deflected and intercepted and Hamilton has the early takeaway deflected by true white. |
| 1:57.8 | But after that, it was pretty much a demolishing. |
| 2:00.8 | So what were your main takeaways from that game? |
| 2:02.8 | Yeah, I mean, I think we all saw Trevor throw that early pick and kind of wondered, all right, where is this going? |
| 2:07.8 | But the thing about Trevor is that when the stakes are the highest or Clemson isn't a bind, he really rises to the occasion and plays his best football. |
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